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Saint Thomas More group lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery ceremony

By: Tom Dermody - January 31, 2019 - News Article Arlington National Cemetery, Kennedy Record, Saint Thomas More, Sister Bridget Martin, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, wreath

Four representatives of The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign had the honor of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during ceremonies on Jan. 17, the day before the school's contingent took part in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. From left are Sister M. Bridget Martin, FSGM, theology teacher and campus minister; Kennedy Record, Delaney Record, and Ashley Mills. (Provided photo)

CHAMPAIGN — It wasn’t until after taking part in the solemn wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Jan. 17 that Kennedy Record realized she, two other students from The High School of Saint Thomas More, and a teacher had just experienced a once in a […]

Area students at national March for Life know they’re on ‘right part of history’

By: Tom Dermody - January 31, 2019 - Featured Article Central Catholic, D.C., March for Life, Marquette Academy, Peoria Notre Dame, Saint Thomas More, Schlarman Academy, Washington

The 46 students and chaperones from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington pose for a group photo outside the U.S. Capitol on the day they took part in the national March for Life in Washington, D.C. (Provided photo)

Whether it was their first time among the more than 100,000 at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., or their 16th, the immense annual peaceful demonstration against legal abortion left a lasting impression on the hundreds of high school participants and co-travelers from the Diocese of Peoria. “I really wanted to see the scale […]

Documentary shows how her last-minute decision for life impacted many others

By: Tom Dermody - January 31, 2019 - News Article adoption, documentary, I Lived on Parker Avenue, Melissa Coles, Sanctity of Human Life Rally

Melissa Coles, keynote speaker at the Sanctity of Human Life Rally on Jan. 24 in Peoria, speaks with Ken Goins, president of Central Illinois Right to Life, following the annual event. Coles' last-minute decision not to abort and later place her son for adoption is the focus of the documentary "I Lived on Parker Avenue." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

“How can I help?” Melissa Coles’ presentation at the Sanctity of Human Life Rally in Peoria on Jan. 24 had been memorable for many reasons. But the Indiana woman, whose last-minute choice 25 years ago not to abort her unborn child is the focus of a half-hour documentary, wanted her audience to leave Riverside Community […]

Many from diocese began new year by deepening faith at SEEK2019-Indianapolis

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - Featured Article Father Adam Cesarek Emma Bucher, Father Chase Hildenbrinck, FOCUS, Indianapolis, SEEK, SEEK2019

This is only about two-thirds of the group of 72 from the St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois that attended the SEEK2019 conference in Indianapolis Jan. 3-7. The biannual gathering is sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. (Provided photo)

The nearness of a major Catholic gathering led nearly 150 college students, young adults, priests and Religious from the Diocese of Peoria to begin 2019 by deepening their faith at the SEEK2019 experience in Indianapolis. “Faithful Catholics often feel isolated or alone in their school or workplace,” said Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, who accompanied a group […]

A snow of unity

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - Editorial

In many ways we live in a time of division, certainly in our politics but also culturally and generationally. Christianity itself and, sadly, the Catholic Church too can seem far from Jesus’ prayer before his Ascension that we “may all be one,” something called to mind annually during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, […]

Heavy weekend snow led some parishes in diocese to cancel Masses Jan. 12-13

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - News Article cancellations, Hancock County, Masses, snow

A statue of Mary outside St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria shows the effects of the foot of snow that fell on the city and much of the Diocese of Peoria the weekend of Jan. 12-13. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

A weekend snowfall that measured more than a foot in some regions of the diocese caused the cancellation of many parish or school activities, including all Masses in Hancock County on Jan. 12-13. “It snowed and snowed and just kept coming,” said Father Thomas Szydlik, parochial vicar of the five linked faith communities in Nauvoo, […]

Knights’ Holy Family icon presented to Rock Island church in Fr. Logan’s memory

By: Tom Dermody - January 9, 2019 - News Article Allouez Council, consecration, Holy Family, Knights of Columbus, Rock Island, Sacred Heart

Members of the Honor Guard from the Knights of Columbus, Father Bader Assembly No. 1922, are pictured with an icon of the Holy Family that was presented to Sacred Heart Parish in Rock Island during a Mass on Dec. 30, the feast of the Holy Family. The image, awarded by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, includes an inscription dedicating it in honor of Father Johnjoseph DePorres Logan, former pastor who died in early 2016. (Provided photo/Chris Mandle)

ROCK ISLAND — A framed icon of the Holy Family that has been utilized around the Diocese of Peoria for three years in conjunction with Knights of Columbus-sponsored programs has found a permanent home at Sacred Heart Church here. The image was presented to the parish by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of […]

Two parishes and Seton Catholic School in Moline launch joint capital campaign

By: Tom Dermody - January 4, 2019 - Featured Article capital campaign, Christ the King, Moline, Sacred Heart, Seton Catholic School, Steier Group

The logo for the joint capital campaign in Moline that enters its public phase on the weekend of Jan. 12-13.

MOLINE — Together is better for three Catholic institutions here that are uniting on a $5 million capital campaign that enters its public phase Jan. 12-13 after nearly a year of study and preparation. Christ the King Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, and Seton Catholic School — all of Moline — are collaborating in the “Today […]

Prayer list long as 2019 opens

By: Tom Dermody - January 4, 2019 - Editorial

If one of your resolutions for 2019 was to pray more, and we hope that’s the case, then there is no shortage of intentions as the new year opens. We have a few suggestions just for the month of January. As you receive this, more than 200 Catholic bishops from throughout the United States are […]

Bishop Jenky’s 2018 Christmas message: With Mary, treasure the Incarnation mystery

By: Tom Dermody - December 20, 2018 - Featured Article

A stained-glass image from the choir loft of St. Bernard Church in Bushnell depicts the scene of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. "The living memory of the Christmas mystery can transform every aspect of our lives and of our world today and for eternity," writes Bishop Jenky. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

To the Clergy, Religious, and Faithful of the Diocese of Peoria and to all people of good will: My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: “And Mary treasured all of these things in her heart.” (cf. Luke 2:51) Christmas — and all the many Church and family rituals that surround this sacred season — is […]

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