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Marquette Academy celebrates historic double state titles in softball, baseball

By: Tom Dermody - October 5, 2018 - Featured Article baseball, Brooke Rick, Marquette Academy, softball, state champion

The IESA Class 1A state championship plaques earned on successive weekends by Marquette Academy junior high baseball and softball teams were displayed on an awards table for an Oct. 4 celebration in the elementary school gym. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

OTTAWA – It hadn’t happened in the state since 1986, but Marquette Academy here made its mark on Illinois Elementary School Association history when its junior high boys baseball team won the Class 1A state championship on Sept. 29, just seven days after the school’s junior high girls softball team had brought home its own […]

Local sites in diocese to join national rosary campaigns next two weekends

By: Tom Dermody - October 4, 2018 - News Article

"When I hold my rosary," says Several parishes in the Diocese of Peoria will host the Rosary Coast to Coast Project on Oct. 7 and/or the Public Square Rosary Campaign on Oct. 13. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Several locations in the Diocese of Peoria are hosting local prayers in conjunction with national rosary events on the following two weekends. At least eight sites in the diocese will take part in the Rosary Coast to Coast Project at 3 p.m. this Sunday afternoon, Oct. 7. Meanwhile, several others will host Public Square Rosary […]

Harvest gratitude

By: Tom Dermody - October 4, 2018 - Editorial

How can anyone who has driven in a rural area on these early autumn days not lift a prayer of gratitude for the harvest now well under way? Ocean beaches relax us, tall mountains inspire us, but the beauty and bounty of a field being harvested is a sight that we who live on the […]

More than 100 anniversary couples renew vows, share stories at diocesan Mass

By: Tom Dermody - October 2, 2018 - Featured Article anniversary, Elmore, exhortation, Gobert, golden, Hart, Jenky, silver, Walcott

Joe and Mary Kamp of St. Mary of Lourdes Parish in Germantown Hills embrace after renewing their marriage vows at the Diocese of Peoria's Anniversary Mass on Sept. 30 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. The Kamps will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 12. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Ron and Doris Hart of Epiphany Parish in Normal had looked forward to the Anniversary Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria all year. And the experience of attending the Sept. 30 celebration for couples marking 50th and 25th wedding anniversaries in 2018 didn’t disappoint. “It was fabulous,” said Doris of the Mass celebrated by […]

At screening, documentary’s creators foresee a ‘natural’ sexual revolution

By: Tom Dermody - September 27, 2018 - News Article Alana Newman, Daniel diSilva, documentary, Humanae Vitae, Marsha Kampfl, Sexual Revolution

Alana Newman and Daniel diSilva share a light moment with the audience prior to the Sept. 22 screening of their new documentary "Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae" at Hettinger Hall of St. Jude Parish in Peoria. The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody

The director and narrator of a new documentary screened at a Peoria parish on Sept. 22 believe the sexual revolution that followed the introduction of artificial contraception in the 1960s may soon give way to a new and “real sexual revolution” that embraces natural family planning (NFP). “I believe with all my heart there is […]

Real Presence, music draw hundreds to 177 Project events in Rock Island, Champaign

By: Tom Dermody - September 21, 2018 - Featured Article 177 Project, Champaign, Greg Boudreaux, Ken Wagner, Rock Island, Sacred Heart

Catholic musicians Greg Boudreaux, left, and Ben Wagner, right, performed as past of the 177 Project evening at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island on Sept. 20. They are among 24 musicians taking part in the 177 Project, a nationwide tour of eucharistic adoration and music. In the center, Father Anthony Co elevates a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament during a Holy Hour that was the focus of the evening. A second evening was scheduled the following night at St. John's Catholic Newman Center in Champaign. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

ROCK ISLAND — “We need to be here, right?” Catholic musician Greg Boudreaux asked the question moments after 300 people had spent an hour adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Sacred Heart Church here during a 177 Project event on Thursday evening. “Especially at this point in our church, especially at this moment in […]

Believe in ‘something’? Our catechists believe in, and share love for, Someone

By: Tom Dermody - September 18, 2018 - Editorial

“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” So encourages former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the latest Nike advertising campaign. Kaepernick is a polarizing figure for many, since in 2016 he began the practice of kneeling on one knee rather than standing while the U.S. national anthem is played before sporting events. Others […]

Senior living community in Normal is acquired by Franciscan Ministries

By: Tom Dermody - September 18, 2018 - News Article

The Village at Mercy Creek is the first outreach in the Diocese of Peoria for Franciscan Ministries, sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago. (Provided photo)

NORMAL — Franciscan Ministries, sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, has acquired a senior living community here as its first expansion into the Diocese of Peoria. Now known as The Village at Mercy Creek, the facility near the intersection of Raab and Towanda Barnes roads was built in 2012 and includes 60 one- and […]

Rally on Sept. 25 to open Peoria’s fall campaign of 40 Days for Life

By: Tom Dermody - September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized

A kickoff rally for the Peoria 40 Days for Life campaign will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Riverside Community Church, 207 N.E. Monroe. Andrew Whalen of Prayer and Justice Ministries will be the featured speaker. Information about this fall’s 40 Days for Life campaign, which will include a […]

‘Prayers answered’: Champaign abortion provider stops after 40 Days for Life

By: Tom Dermody - September 12, 2018 - Featured Article 40 Days for Life, Champaign, Renee Mullen, Women's Health Practice

Participants in the 40 Days for Life campaign are pictured this spring outside Women's Health Practice, 2125 S. Neil St. in Champaign. The facility, which offers gynecology, obstetrics, and other services for women, reportedly stopped performing abortions on April 1. Renee Mullen, volunteer coordinator for the local 40 Days for Life, is seen holding the sign at right. (Provided photo)

CHAMPAIGN — Organizers of this area’s 40 Days for Life campaign reacted with joy, amazement, and gratitude to word that Women’s Health Practice of Champaign stopped providing abortions just days after the pro-life group’s spring campaign. “Everyone I know is saying it’s fantastic,” said Renee Mullen, volunteer coordinator for the local peaceful, prayerful public witness […]

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