In August Linda Vander Vennet returned to Seton Catholic School in Moline to teach seventh and eighth grade religion, but she wasn’t there for very long. Earlier this month, she was named principal at Our Lady of Grace Academy in East Moline. “I’ve had a wonderful three weeks. I think the teachers and I work […]
Continue readingTwenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 27 Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19:8,10,12-13,14; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 IN THIS WEEK’S Gospel, Jesus continues to teach the disciples about what it means to be his followers. The disciples “tried” to stop someone from casting out demons in Jesus’ name. Remember the disciples were unable to cast out a […]
Continue readingMOLINE — “Faith in a Foxhole” will be explored by a panel of war veterans on Thursday, Oct. 8, as the new year of the “Let’s Go Fishing” men’s program begins at Christ the King Church, 3205 60th St. Open to all men in the Quad Cities area, the gathering begins with registration at 6 […]
Continue readingEditor’s note: We give this week’s editorial space to enthusiastically promote an idea developed by Father James King, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria who is presently on leave of absence for health reasons. A Peoria native who was ordained in 1992, he has served in several parishes, including as pastor of Sacre Coeur, […]
Continue readingMAHOMET — Roger Phelps doesn’t count the hours he puts in as director of religious education at Our Lady of the Lake Parish anymore. “Whenever ministry needs to happen, then I’m here,” he said simply as he waited for religious education classes to start last Sunday morning. “One day it’s two or three hours and […]
Continue readingTHE NATIONAL Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the United States will tour throughout the Diocese of Peoria for 15 days at the beginning of October, a month of special rosary devotion. That the visit of this blessed image of Our Lady of Fatima comes at a key point of our diocese’s “Year of the Most Holy […]
Continue readingEAST MOLINE — “Can We Talk,” a day designed to celebrate Mary, woman to woman, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Cleary Hall of St. Anne’s Church, 555 18th Ave. Bev Bryan, regional director of religious education for the Galesburg and Macomb vicariates of the Diocese of […]
Continue readingJames Pouillon, a pro-life activist murdered in Michigan on Sept. 11, was known as the “sign guy” because he often carried graphic images to show the victims of abortion. Such images make us all uncomfortable as they show the results of the violence that is abortion. Our question for readers: Do you believe such graphic […]
Continue readingDEVELOPING A theme for the annual convention of the Peoria Diocese Council of Catholic Women came very easily after a conversation with Father Don Roszkowski, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Metamora. Joan Weber, DCCW president, said he talked to the organization’s board about “Vianney,” a one-man show by Leonardo Defilippis that will be coming […]
Continue readingCAMBRIDGE — Visitors now have more time to pray for the clergy of central Illinois in the only church named for the patron saint of parish priests in the Diocese of Peoria. Father John Burns has announced that St. John Vianney Church, 313 S. West St., will remain open between the 8 a.m. Mass and […]
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