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OSF Saint Francis receives $1.1 million grant to help victims of violent crime

By: Tom Dermody - April 12, 2018 - News Article Dr. Mike Cruz, OSF HealthCare, Peoria Public Schools, Sister Judith Ann Duvall, violent crime

Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, chairperson of OSF HealthCare, speaks at a press conference March 29 announcing that OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria will establish a Trauma Recovery Center in partnership with Peoria Public Schools to assist victims of violent crimes. Looking on are Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, left, superintendent of Peoria Public Schools, and state Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92nd), a sponsor of the legislation that resulted in a $1.1 million grant to establish the center at Manual Academy in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria announced March 29 it has been selected to receive a $1.1 million grant to help children and adult victims of violent crimes recover not only from physical wounds but the lingering psychological and emotional ones as well. OSF will partner with Peoria Public Schools to establish a […]

Service of six to be recognized at ‘Night of Knights’ Mass and dinner on April 14

By: Tom Dermody - April 3, 2018 - Featured Article 2018, Dave Volz, David Boylan, John Paul Toyne, Knights of Columbus, Night of Knights, Richard Dubois Samuel Joseph, Rob Anderson

These six members of the Knights of Columbus from throughout the Diocese of Peoria will be recognized at a Mass and dinner in Peoria on Saturday, April 14.

Six members of the Knights of Columbus from across the Diocese of Peoria will be recognized for outstanding service to the organization, the church, and their communities at the 30th annual “Night of Knights” Recognition Dinner in Peoria on Saturday, April 14. Sponsored by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, the evening […]

Entire student body of St. Joseph, Pekin, celebrates patron’s feast with pilgrimage

By: Tom Dermody - April 3, 2018 - Uncategorized Deptula, Pankiewicz, Pekin, Peoria, Sophia's Kitchen, St. Joseph

Sister Merlinda, FAS, greets Kim Terry and her third-graders from St. Joseph School in Pekin, who are decorating brown bags that will be used to serve lunch to patrons of Sophia's Kitchen at St. Joseph Church in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Say “pilgrimage” and people usually think of the Holy Land or Ireland or Spain. For students at St. Joseph School in Pekin, however, Peoria proved to be a wonderful destination when they celebrated their patron’s feast day on March 19. The entire student body — 131 students — boarded buses to travel to St. Joseph […]

Sr. Jean . . . and Sr. Kathleen, Sr. Judith Ann, Sr. Sandra, Sr. Loretta, Sr. Silvia, etc.

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Editorial

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, 98, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, gives a thumbs up after the team defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack in the semifinals of the South regional of the 2018 NCAA Tournament March 24 in Atlanta. (CNS photo/Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

“You’ve gone viral. Do you know what that means?” The question was posed to Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, in one of the numerous nationally televised interviews the 98-year-old chaplain of Loyola University of Chicago’s men’s basketball team has granted during the Ramblers’ amazing run through the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. This time the questioner […]

Have you had the encounter that will change your life?

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Living the Word Easter, Father Timothy Hepner, Living the Word, Scripture

Father Timothy Hepner

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord/April 1 Acts 10:34a,37-43; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes; John 20:1-9 or Mark 16:1-7 Let’s take a test. The only right answer is the honest one. Which of these best describes your encounter with Jesus? A) Mary Magdalene: A sudden encounter, like being […]

Snow can’t hold back the Holy Spirit as teens stirred up at Diocesan Youth Rally

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Featured Article Amelia Misiak, Jackie Francois Angel, Karley Bates, Youth Rally

Msgr. Stanley Deptula blesses palm branches held by Diocesan Youth Rally participants prior to the Mass closing the event at the Spalding Pastoral Center on March 24, the eve of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

On the eve of Holy Week, in the middle of a spring snowstorm, the time was right for more than 100 Catholic teenagers from around the Diocese of Peoria to choose a life of greatness. “If you want to be a saint, you have to start right now living it,” said Jackie Francois Angel, keynote […]

Events planned along route from Nauvoo to Mendota as priests pedal for prayers

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Uncategorized

Assemblies, Masses and Holy Hours for Vocations are planned as the “Priests Pedaling for Prayers” make their way across the Diocese of Peoria from April 16 to 20. Following is a list of the places Father Tom Otto, Father Adam Cesarek and Father Michael Pica can be found during the ride and the approximate times […]

Trinity Catholic Academy’s Living Stations of the Cross a LaSalle tradition

By: Tom Dermody - March 26, 2018 - Featured Article Deb Myers, LaSalle, Living Stations of the Cross, St. Patrick Church, Trinity Catholic Academy

Jesus (Stevan Sanchez) meets his mother (Lauren Griggs) on his way to Calvary in a scene from the Living Stations of the Cross performed by Trinity Catholic Academy in LaSalle. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

LA SALLE — Deb Myers expects to shed a few tears when the eighth-graders of Trinity Catholic Academy here perform the Living Stations of the Cross during this Holy Week. She won’t be alone. The student production — set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, and 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 29, at St. […]

After nine-month church renovation, “it’s good to be home” in Wenona

By: Tom Dermody - March 16, 2018 - Featured Article

Parishioners returned to the newly remodeled St. Mary Church in Wenona on Feb. 25. The project cost $320,000 and is completely paid for. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

WENONA – “It’s good to be home.” That was a common sentiment expressed by members of St. Mary Parish here upon returning to their beloved church Feb. 25 when it reopened after nine months of renovations. “The first couple of homilies we didn’t have to worry about content,” joked Father Steve McKinley, OFM Conv., former […]

Research into Lincoln church leads to files of renowned architect, mysteries

By: Tom Dermody - March 16, 2018 - Featured Article

Wayne Cox shows an enlarged photo of the interior of Holy Family Church (the former St. Patrick Church) in Lincoln taken shortly after it was built in 1904. Photos and blueprints of the church were among items Cox found in files that the familiy of architect George Stauduhar donated to the archives of the University of Illinois decades ago. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

LINCOLN — Wayne Cox is a former corporate executive chef, but what has kept his interest simmering the past few years has been unlocking some mysteries of Holy Family Parish’s 114-year-old church. “God is trying to say something here,” says Cox, recalling a string of what he believes are Holy Spirit-inspired events and discoveries that […]

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