Editor’s Note: During this Respect Life Month, on the weekend of Oct. 25-27, men and women who have been wounded by abortion will gather at a location in the Diocese of Peoria for a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. The journey to attend this weekend is often a long and winding one. One Diocese of Peoria woman […]
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Box of Joy is about showing the world’s poorest children that they are loved. Individuals, families, parishes or schools fill shoebox-sized boxes with small, age-appropriate gifts and bring them to drop-off centers, such as the drop-off and sorting center at St. Joseph Church in Brimfield. Box of Joy Week is from Nov. 2 to Nov. 10.
BRIMFIELD — Box of Joy coordinator Tina Windish of St. Joseph Parish, Brimfield is in her ninth year of what she describes as a “labor of love”: working with diocesan parishes and schools to collect shoebox-sized gift boxes for some of the world’s poorest children. The Box of Joy program – itself in its 11th […]
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Bishop Louis Tylka presides at Mass during the closing Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Sister of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island Oct. 13. (Anne Marie Amacher)
By Anne Marie Amacher for The Catholic Post Online ROCK ISLAND – “It was a blessing to be here a year ago and feel the excitement as the sisters celebrate and reflect on their 150 years. “It is great to be back to bring to a conclusion the year-long celebration,” said Bishop Louis Tylka. He […]
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Over 500 gather with Bishop Louis Tylka for Mass in U of I’s St. John’s Catholic Chapel to kick off “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Oct. 6. “Feast Week” honors St. John the Evangelist, patron of the Newman Center Chapel, and St. John Henry Newman. (St. John’s Catholic Newman Center/Grace Beumler)
By Grace Beumler, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center CHAMPAIGN – St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois marked the beginning of their “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Sunday, Oct. 6 with Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka. The week-long Feast Week celebration honors both of the Newman Center’s patrons: St. John the […]
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As the leaves begin to change, autumn brings a new year of life for a dozen priests of the Diocese of Peoria. Many happy returns to: Father Ghislain Inai, SMA (Oct. 8); Father Jeffrey Stirniman (Oct. 12); Father Nicolas Wilson (Oct. 13); Father Austin Bosse and Msgr. Philip Halfacre (Oct. 15); Father Eugene Radosevich (Oct. […]
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On October 6, 2024 the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis elected a major superior and council (from left): Sister Rose Therese Mann, O.S.F. – also appointed to be assistant secretary; Sister Theresa Ann Brazeau, O.S.F. – also appointed to be treasurer general; Sister Agnes Joseph Williams, O.S.F. – major superior; Sister Judith Ann Duvall, O.S.F. – appointed to be assistant major superior and treasurer general; Sister Teresa Paul Selamat, O.S.F. (Provided photo)
The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis met in a General Chapter this fall which occurs every six years. On October 6, 2024 they elected a major superior and her council who comprise the governing board for the religious congregation. They also serve as the highest board holding reserve powers over OSF HealthCare […]
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In a letter to priests in advance of the 2024 elections, Bishop Louis Tylka wrote, “As Catholics we are to engage in the political process and to vote our conscience.” The formation of conscience In order to help form our conscience, Bishop Tylka points to resources such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s (USCCB) […]
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“Our Sisters have found such comfort in the Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer that has been celebrated at St. Mary Cathedral for the past several years each fall. “Once again it is being planned for Saturday, October 5, 2024 with a concert by the tenor, John McDermott, beginning at 3:30 p.m. followed by Mass […]
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BARTONVILLE – Barbara Harzman of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) is the coordinator of the Care for Creation program launch at St. Anthony of Padua Church on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. She says the initiative was inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment “Laudato Si’” (2025), and his later […]
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The National Eucharistic Congress is planning to do another Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the summer of 2025. The plan is to launch from Indianapolis and then make their way across the country to conclude in Los Angeles on the feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 22, 2025. The daily schedule will include Mass, followed by […]
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