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Pro-life March (Springfield) and Life and Freedom Rally (Peoria) – March 25

By: The Catholic Post - March 21, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

Marchers of all ages joined the 2024 Illinois March for Life in Springfield. Central Illinois Right to Life is again inviting freedom riders from the Diocese of Peoria to literally and figuratively “get on the bus” again this year.

“It’s important that people care about pre-born children. We’re trying to overcome the apathy in our society.” That’s what Dan Smith of Central Illinois Right to Life wants to remind pro-lifers in the diocese of Peoria – the battle has shifted from Roe to the states, and Illinois is once again at the forefront of […]

First regional 150th Anniversary Celebration Mass held in Champaign March 18

By: The Catholic Post - March 19, 2025 - Uncategorized

The first of 10 regional 150th anniversary celebration Masses to be held across the Diocese of Peoria took place at St. Matthew Church in Champaign on Tuesday, March 18.

CHAMPAIGN – Bishop Louis Tylka began his homily at St. Matthew Church in Champaign on March 18 by explaining why the Diocese of Peoria is celebrating its sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) over a two year period (2025-2027). He outlined how, when the Diocese of Peoria was established by Pope Pius IX on Feb. 12, 1875, the […]

Father Mike Gould, Merna native, served 70 years as Maryknoll missionary

By: The Catholic Post - March 18, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

A memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, May 31 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington for Father Michael “Mike” Gould, who was a Maryknoll priest for 70 years. A funeral Mass and burial were celebrated in Ossining, NY on Feb. 4 for Father Gould, who died on Jan. 25, […]

St. Patrick blazed a trail of evangelism still alive with promise

By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

Bishop Louis Tylka (second from left), and diocesan staff, family and friends pose in front of the Diocese of Peoria’s St. Patrick’s Day parade float on March 17, 2025.

In his homily at the St. Patrick’s Day Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on March 17, Bishop Louis Tylka zeroed in on why the saint is still so relevant to Christians today. FROM SLAVE TO SAINT Bishop Tylka traced the arc of Patrick’s life – from enslavement in Ireland as a youth, to […]

Rite of Election – Mouro family join 377 preparing for Easter entry into Church

By: The Catholic Post - March 14, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

The Mouro family of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Peoria Heights pose in front of the tomb of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen after the Rite of Election at St. Mary’s Cathedral on March 8. (Left to right): Truman (13), Katria (20), Cameron, Laura, Levi (in front of Laura, 8) Haven (17), Pearl (10) Semaiah (15), and Amalea (12). (supplied photo)

During the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion which took place in separate weekend sessions on March 8 and 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria, 377 catechumens and candidates gathered to be called by name by Bishop Louis Tylka. When he came to the contingent from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in […]

Letter to Priests – Legislation on Assisted Suicide

By: The Catholic Post - March 12, 2025 - Featured Article, Living the Word, Local News Brief

March 12, 2025 Dear Monsignors and Fathers, Our Lenten journey is marked with prayer, fasting and almsgiving, and I am writing to you to ask that you consider offering your prayers and fasting to help us stop the effort to legalize assisted suicide in Illinois. There are two identical pieces of legislation that would legalize […]

St. Philomena teacher writes the books she wants for her students

By: The Catholic Post - March 11, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

They say if you want something done right, do it for yourself. A faith teacher for sixth through eighth graders at St Philomena Catholic School in Peoria, Katie Bogner has taken this advice to heart. Bogner has now written five books: “Through the Year with Jesus;” “Through the Year with Mary;” “We Have a Pope;” […]

10 new candidates for permanent deaconate received at St. Mary’s Cathedral on March 1

By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

Bishop Louis Tylka stands with new candidates for the permanent diaconate at St. Mary’s Cathedral on March 1. Front row, from left: Michael Rodman, Jose Gutierrez, Michael Boyer, Bishop Tylka, Christopher Pickens, and Mark Landsly. Back row: Andrew Olson, Julian Lopez-Espinoza, Msgr. Philip Halfacre (vicar general), Msgr. Timothy Nolan (episcopal vicar for the permanent diaconate), Michael Eppley, Gregory Massey, and Peter Smudde. (Theresa Lindley/Diocese of Peoria)

The permanent deacons of the Diocese of Peoria gathered for their annual Deacon Convocation March 1 in Peoria. At the Mass which started the day at St. Mary’s Cathedral, ten men were received as candidates for the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Peoria. They are: Michael Boyer of St. Patrick, Washington; Michael Eppley of […]

If it’s Friday, this must be fish

By: The Catholic Post - March 7, 2025 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

Friday fasting is leavened by the fish suppers that pop up all over the Diocese of Peoria. The following list has been put together thanks to parishes, and to the Peoria Journal Star, who compiled a list in their March 2 edition from which several of these entries have been drawn. If a parish organization […]

It’s that time again

By: The Catholic Post - March 5, 2025 - Uncategorized

Msgr. Jason Gray applies ashes to the forehead of parishioner Margaret Thomas during Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Peoria on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

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