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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Photo Caption: Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, said at the Respect Life Dinner that “we have the truth…and we have to have the courage to defend the lives being threatened.” By: By Tom Dermody “Courage.” The president of the National Right to Life Committee brought that one-word wish to 152 […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, blesses the 71.5-acre site for a new Peoria Notre Dame High School during groundbreaking ceremonies on Sept. 28. The first phase will be a unified athletic complex. By: By Tom Dermody With prayers, gratitude, and several chants of “Go Irish!,” a field of Catholic high school dreams was […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky urges those at a kickoff event for “40 Days for Life” in Peoria to believe in the “power of the cross” as they and communities across the U.S. unite in prayer for an end to abortion. By: By Tom Dermody Urging united prayer, renewed optimism, and belief in the “power of […]
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Photo Caption: Golden anniversary couple Ted and Virginia Gilles (foreground) of St. Mary of the Woods Parish in Princeville were among couples renewing their vows at the annual diocesan Anniversary Mass Sept. 16. By: By Tom Dermody Some might say it was chance that brought John Minnaert of Atkinson, then a worker on the County […]
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Photo Caption: Pat Pelger and Bob Franzwa of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul pray with Detra Sanders of Peoria during a recent home visit. By: By Tom Dermody Want to do more than write a check to help the poor in your community? Consider becoming a member of the Society of St. Vincent […]
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Photo Caption: Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, former Bishop of Peoria, processes into St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Sept. 6 for a Mass of Thanksgiving marking 25 years since his episcopal ordination. By: By Tom Dermody Twenty-five years after he was ordained a bishop in its sanctuary, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark […]
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Photo Caption: Mother Vaclava Ballon and Sister Marion Hudackova of the Franciscan Sisters of John the Baptist hold commemorative programs at the Sept. 9 Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. By: By Tom Dermody Calling Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen “the model of virtue our world needs today,” friends and family of the […]
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Photo Caption: Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, former Bishop of Peoria, processes into St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Sept. 6 for a Mass of Thanksgiving marking 25 years since his episcopal ordination. By: By Tom Dermody Twenty-five years after he was ordained a bishop in its sanctuary, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark […]
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Photo Caption: One of four cameras mounted on the choir loft rail at St. Joseph’s Church in Pekin captures sights and sounds at a recent Mass being “live streamed” on the Internet for viewers near and far. By: By Tom Dermody Catholics have always known that the graces of each Mass extend well beyond their […]
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