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By: Tom Dermody - December 19, 2018 -
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Area families, most from Epiphany Parish in Normal, taking part in a retreat at the Schoenstatt International Retreat Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in early December pose for a group photo in the shrine chapel. (Provided photo)
NORMAL — A group of Catholic families striving for holiness at Epiphany Parish here are being guided by, and having an impact on, a Marian movement founded in Germany more than a century ago. Twelve families — 10 from Epiphany, and one each from Rutland and Peoria — took part in a first-of-its-kind Covenant Family […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 19, 2018 -
News Article
capital campaign, church, Father David Kipfer, Ottawa, St. Columba
OTTAWA — With exterior renovations to its historic church complete, St. Columba Parish here has entered a second phase of church preservation and restoration with the launching of a $3 million capital campaign. “This is truly an exciting time for St. Columba,” wrote Father David Kipfer, pastor, in a letter included in family campaign packets […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 11, 2018 -
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Advent, Franklin Gallo, Lessons and Carols, St. Patrick, Urbana
As the St. Patrick Bell Choir plays at left and Dr. Franklin Gallo accompanies on organ, a combined choir of nearly 100 voices sings at the close of A Festival of Lessons and Carols at St. Patrick Church in Urbana on the evening of Dec. 9, the Second Sunday of Advent. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
URBANA — Just as Jesus’ birth brought joy to local shepherds and kings from far-off lands, the anticipation of celebrating the miracle 2,000 years later united diverse groups in an evening of song and prayer Dec. 9 at St. Patrick Church here. Eight choirs, representing several ethnic communities, took part in the third annual A […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 5, 2018 -
News Article
Holy Cross School, Karl Soliman, Mendota
Karl Soliman
MENDOTA — Holy Cross School here, as well as extended Catholic school communities throughout the region and diocese, joined in mourning, prayer and remembrance this week following the death of a Holy Cross seventh grade student who collapsed Dec. 1 while taking part in a basketball tournament at Lincoln Junior High in LaSalle. A funeral […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 5, 2018 -
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Africa, Dr. Susan Nagele, Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Nagele, Urbana
Dr. Susan Nagele, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner from St. Patrick Parish in Urbana, is pictured in South Sudan last March with Regina Lotyam, a catechist. South Sudan is one of three nations in which Nagele served during 33 years of medical service in Africa. (Provided photo)
URBANA — Dr. Susan Nagele, who witnessed both miracles and misery during a remarkable 33-year career as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner serving in East Africa, is thankful. “I am one of the most fortunate people in the world,” said Nagele, 63, in closing a recent talk to a women’s group at her home parish of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 21, 2018 -
Editorial
Our consumer society will tell you that Thanksgiving is past and that the holiday shopping season is upon us beginning with the craziness of Black Friday. And that it’s just fine if Black Friday actually starts on Thanksgiving, or before. We say that while a day set aside for giving thanks is a wonderful tradition […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 8, 2018 -
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Abide in Me, Alleman High School, Bloomington, Corpus Christi, Father Eric Bolek, Sarah Hogan, Sister Bernadette
Father Eric Bolek carried Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament to each participant in the Abide in Me diocese-wide youth retreat for a moment of personal encounter and adoration. The 40-hour retreat for high school students took place Nov. 2-4 at Corpus Christi School in Bloomington. Father Bolek is chaplain of The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign and parochial vicar of St. Matthew in Champaign and St. Boniface, Seymour. (Provided photo/Daryl Wilson)
BLOOMINGTON — Nearly 100 high school students from across the Diocese of Peoria accepted an invitation to be in Jesus’ eucharistic Presence throughout a weekend retreat called Abide in Me hosted Nov. 2-4 at Corpus Christi School here. “The whole mission of the retreat is to really give each of the youth a profound and […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 7, 2018 -
News Article
Andrew Hagemann, Henry, Nazareth House, retreat center
Nazareth House near Henry, built in 1962 and known for many years as King's House, has been razed and a new diocesan retreat center will be constructed on the site near Henry.
Construction is expected to begin next spring on a new Nazareth House retreat center complex near Henry. The former Nazareth House — built in 1962 on a bluff overlooking the Illinois River northeast of Henry and for many years known as King’s House — has been razed, according to an update given to priests of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 7, 2018 -
News Article
Assembly Days, Father Sean Kilcawley, Peoria, pornography, priests
Father Sean Kilcawley speaks to priests of the Diocese of Peoria who gathered Oct. 23-24 for their annual Assembly Days at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Pornography is so prevalent in our culture that working to free Catholics from it should not be viewed as a “special ministry” but rather a “foundation for the evangelization work of the church.” That was one message brought to priests of the Diocese of Peoria Oct. 23 by Father Sean Kilcawley, a priest of the […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 7, 2018 -
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Bergan, Brophy, Honor Flight, LaHood, Peoria Notre Dame, Spalding, Ten on the Wall, veterans, Vietnam
Five of the 40 alumni of the former Spalding Institute or Bergan High School in Peoria who took part in the Honor Flight place their hands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Their reflection creates a symbolic illustration of the "Ten on the Wall" --those graduates from the Catholic high schools in Peoria who were killed in the convlick or are missing in action. Photo courtesy OneNine Images/Andy Brophy
Our nation celebrates and thanks its military veterans this weekend, but almost a month ago the Peoria Catholic high school community remembered and honored the sacrifices of its alumni who served during the Vietnam War era. Forty alumni of the former Spalding Institute and Bergan High School who are Vietnam or Vietnam-era veterans were among […]
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