On Ordinary Times l Lucia A. Silecchia Every year, when I flip my calendar to December, thoughts of Christmas overwhelm me with anticipation of the joys to come and the great gift of Christ’s Nativity. Yet, when I open that same calendar to the month of March, my initial thought has never been, “The Solemnity […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Paul Thomas Moore’s last regular column. He will return to the pages of The Catholic Post in the April 2 issue, however. More to come. . . . — This column began when I jotted down my reflection on the eve of Advent 2018, […]
Continue readingCause of Our Joy l Katie Faley In the Church we tend to forget guardian angels frequently. Except for when we’re little kids and we’re told that we have a constant friend watching out for us in our guardian angel, we really don’t hear too much about them. Since angels don’t have physical, earthly bodies like […]
Continue readingMy Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar Perhaps one of the greatest personal challenges for living out Lent is remembering that I am both body and spirit. That might seem a bit obvious — every person is both body and soul. However, so many times in history, the temptation has been to in some way […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore It’s my impression that the readership of The Catholic Post tends to skew somewhat toward the traditionally conservative. If you (like me) fit in this category, perhaps you — like me — find some of what the media reports Pope Francis as saying on certain issues to be […]
Continue readingCause of Our Joy l Katie Faley A friend from grad school recently welcomed her first son and gave him the name Oscar. No, my friend didn’t name her baby after the grouchy monster who lives on Sesame Street. She named him after one of her favorite saints, Oscar Romero. St. Oscar Romero was an archbishop in […]
Continue readingMy Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar Having recently been sick and realizing recovery times as an adult seem much longer than when I was a child, a line from Flannery O’Connor has been coming to mind: “I have never been anywhere but sick.” Diagnosed with lupus at 27 years old, O’Connor was forced to move back […]
Continue readingCouncil Comments l Kim Padan Hello Sisters in Christ! With a new calendar year underway, many parish women’s groups are looking for ideas to grow their ministry. The National Council of Catholic Women, along with our own Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, have numerous resources for service projects and prayer for individuals and groups. […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore My wife Mary Louise (a.k.a. Marilou) is on the short list of people called when our parish needs food for receptions after funerals. However, she broke her shoulder on Dec. 1, and although recovery is proceeding in God’s grace and time, she is not yet back to […]
Continue readingCause of Our Joy l Katie Faley With the new year usually comes resolutions. One of my resolutions this year is to make one retreat. I used to go on retreat at least once a year until COVID-19 interrupted in-person events. Now that it’s safer to gather, I want to add this practice back into […]
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