Photo Caption: The home page of comeandfollowme.org, the new website of the Office of Priestly Vocations of the Diocese of Peoria, offers videos and resources for every age group only a click away. By: By Tom Dermody Even if you don’t feel called to the priesthood, there is something for everyone to enjoy and ponder […]
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Photo Caption: Six of the Diocese of Peoria’s 34 seminarians are featured on the new cards, which along with a new website and poster series help create a “culture of vocations.” By: By Tom Dermody They don’t come wrapped with a brittle stick of bubble gum like their baseball counterparts, but the Diocese of Peoria’s […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Stanley Deptula, pastor of St. Bernard’s Parish, shakes hands with Jim Combs, board president of the East Bluff Community Center, after signing the lease on Nov. 29. By: By Tom Dermody A “beacon” on Peoria’s East Bluff for more than a century, the former St. Bernard’s School will serve the neighborhood in […]
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Photo Caption: Astronomer Jeff Cooke, a native of St. Mary’s Parish in Westville who is credited with a major discovery this year, fields a question during his Dec. 4 presentation at Schlarman Academy in Danville. By: By Tom Dermody WESTVILLE — Jeff Cooke has seen the most distant edges of space and time, but the […]
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Photo Caption: EWTN radio host and author Patrick Madrid holds up one of his books during his presentation at the Evangelization and Apologetics Seminar in Peoria on Dec. 1. By: By Tom Dermody “How many of you know someone who has left the church?” Hands went up throughout the Spalding Pastoral Center conference room in […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Stanley Deptula, pastor of St. Bernard’s Parish, shakes hands with Jim Combs, board president of the East Bluff Community Center, after signing the lease on Nov. 29. By: By Tom Dermody A “beacon” on Peoria’s East Bluff for more than a century, the former St. Bernard’s School will serve the neighborhood in […]
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Photo Caption: Rebecca and Darwin Builta of Sacred Heart Parish in Farmer City accept a St. Isidore Rural Family Life Award from Bishop Jenky at the Mass for the Conferral of Ecclesiastical Honors. By: By Tom Dermody As Thanksgiving week opened, the Diocese of Peoria and even Pope Benedict XVI expressed profound gratitude to 56 […]
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Photo Caption: Artist Michael Acerra puts finishing touches on “Reception of the Unwanted,” a painting commissioned by Knox County Right to Life. It will be hosted each month by a different area church. By: By Tom Dermody GALESBURG — As the cause of defending the sanctity of human life continues in central Illinois, a new […]
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Photo Caption: Leah Darrow and Bob Rice will energetically share the Catholic faith at both the 2012 Youth Rally for high school students on Nov. 3 and the first-ever Junior High Youth Rally on Nov. 4. By: By Tom Dermody In planning a Catholic youth rally, what could be better than having a former professional […]
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Photo Caption: Many participants at the Oct. 20 “Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally” in downtown Peoria made their feelings known with signs as well as their presence. By: By Tom Dermody Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, drew cheers at the third and final “Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally” during this election year on […]
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