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Priests adjusting to new parish models, too

By: The Catholic Post - October 23, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

Priests of the Diocese of Peoria met for their fall Assembly Days at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria Oct. 22-23. The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore

The agenda of the fall priest Assembly Days (Oct. 22—23) for the Diocese of Peoria might have been characterized as, “Let’s not kid ourselves that something big didn’t just happen.” The “something big” was the announcement of the new parish models by Bishop Louis Tylka at Pentecost as part of Growing Disciples pastoral planning process. […]

Priests of Diocese of Peoria gather for fall Assembly Days

By: The Catholic Post - October 22, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article, Uncategorized

Bishop Louis Tylka elevates the Body of Christ during the Eucharistic prayer at a Mass for the priests of the diocese before the start of their fall Assembly Days on Oct. 22 in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)

The priests of the Diocese of Peoria gather for their semi-annual Assembly Days Oct. 22-23 in Peoria. This is the first such assembly since the announcement of the new parish models by Bishop Louis Tylka at Pentecost as part of Growing Disciples pastoral planning process. RENEW THEIR WITNESS OF FAITH As one of the prayers […]

Green Mass successfully launches PDCCW Care for Creation program

By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article, Uncategorized

Bishop Louis Tylka celebrated a Green Mass to launch the Care for Creation initiative organized by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) on Oct. 5 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville. PDCCW Care for Creation committee members are (from left): Colleen Carlson, Susan Lawhorn, Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB, Barbara Harzman, Mary Ann Hughes and Chris McAtee. (Dean Campbell, St. Anthony Parish)

Bartonville – The Peoria Diocese Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) organized a Green Mass event for Oct. 5 to launch the diocese-wide Care for Creation program. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville, IL. He encouraged recognizing the beauty and enjoyment of God’s creation and the need […]

Kathy’s journey – from abortion to redemption

By: The Catholic Post - October 19, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

Editor’s Note: During this Respect Life Month, on the weekend of Oct. 25-27, men and women who have been wounded by abortion will gather at a location in the Diocese of Peoria for a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. The journey to attend this weekend is often a long and winding one. One Diocese of Peoria woman […]

Joy is about to brim over in Brimfield – by the shoebox-full

By: The Catholic Post - October 16, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

Box of Joy is about showing the world’s poorest children that they are loved. Individuals, families, parishes or schools fill shoebox-sized boxes with small, age-appropriate gifts and bring them to drop-off centers, such as the drop-off and sorting center at St. Joseph Church in Brimfield. Box of Joy Week is from Nov. 2 to Nov. 10.

BRIMFIELD — Box of Joy coordinator Tina Windish of St. Joseph Parish, Brimfield is in her ninth year of what she describes as a “labor of love”: working with diocesan parishes and schools to collect shoebox-sized gift boxes for some of the world’s poorest children. The Box of Joy program – itself in its 11th […]

Bishop Tylka celebrates closing of 150th anniversary with Sisters of St. Benedict

By: The Catholic Post - October 15, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

Bishop Louis Tylka presides at Mass during the closing Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Sister of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island Oct. 13. (Anne Marie Amacher)

By Anne Marie Amacher for The Catholic Post Online ROCK ISLAND – “It was a blessing to be here a year ago and feel the excitement as the sisters celebrate and reflect on their 150 years. “It is great to be back to bring to a conclusion the year-long celebration,” said Bishop Louis Tylka. He […]

“Feast of faith” at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center

By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

Over 500 gather with Bishop Louis Tylka for Mass in U of I’s St. John’s Catholic Chapel to kick off “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Oct. 6. “Feast Week” honors St. John the Evangelist, patron of the Newman Center Chapel, and St. John Henry Newman. (St. John’s Catholic Newman Center/Grace Beumler)

By Grace Beumler, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center CHAMPAIGN – St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois marked the beginning of their “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Sunday, Oct. 6 with Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka. The week-long Feast Week celebration honors both of the Newman Center’s patrons: St. John the […]

Prayerful witness as Planned Parenthood Peoria resumes abortions

By: Paul Moore - October 9, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article

Jeanne Whalen, former family life director for the Diocese of Peoria, is seen witnessing at Life Chain outside the Planned Parenthood facility in Peoria. Earlier, she had contacted the facility posing as a 16-year old girl, and had been supplied with information. The Catholic Post Online/Paul Thomas Moore

Now more than ever, prayerful witness is required in support of the culture of life. That was the message that came through “peaceful and clear” across the Diocese of Peoria during the 37th annual Life Chain on Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 6. In Peoria, Life Chain participant Jeanne Whalen, former director of family life for […]

Twelve priests serving the diocese of Peoria celebrate birthdays Oct. 8 – 30

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, Uncategorized

As the leaves begin to change, autumn brings a new year of life for a dozen priests of the Diocese of Peoria. Many happy returns to: Father Ghislain Inai, SMA (Oct. 8); Father Jeffrey Stirniman (Oct. 12); Father Nicolas Wilson (Oct. 13); Father Austin Bosse and Msgr. Philip Halfacre (Oct. 15); Father Eugene Radosevich (Oct. […]

Soaring song at Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer

By: Paul Moore - October 8, 2024 - Featured Article, Local News Brief, News Article, Uncategorized

The fourth annual Spirit of Hope Mass and Concert for Cancer was celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 5 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer stemmed from a suggestion made to Bishop Louis Tylka by Dr. James McGee, founding director of the OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute, to offer a special […]

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