Photo Caption: Students at St. Bede Academy, Peru, carry a 40′-by-60′ flag during an all-school prayer service Sept. 9 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. By: By Catholic News Service ANCONA, Italy (CNS) — Remembering the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Pope Benedict XVI appealed to government leaders and all […]
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Photo Caption: The Sangamon County Complex in Springfield was the scene of a hearing Aug. 17 before Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge John Schmidt, who issued his ruling the following day. — Catholic Post photo By: By Tom Dermody A Sangamon County Circuit Judge ruled Aug. 18 that the State of Illinois may refuse to renew […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Ana Pia Cordua, SCTJM, and Sister Silvia Tarafa, SCTJM, form a prayer circle during the healing Mass that took place July 30 at the 25th annual Charismatic Renewal Conference in Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Words of love and gratitude are part of any anniversary celebration and those could be found in […]
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Photo Caption: Parishes across the Diocese of Peoria will plan for the future in concert with neighboring parishes under a new initiative called “Growing in Faith Together.” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has called all parishes and missions in the Diocese of Peoria to begin a yearlong process of planning for the future. The major […]
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Photo Caption: “Grave harm” would result if Catholic Charities were to be forced out of its longstanding mission of serving children in foster care and adoption, said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two Catholic bishops praised an Illinois judge’s ruling late July 12 that […]
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Photo Caption: Father Douglas Martis fields questions after his presentations on how the third edition of the Roman Missal in English invites Catholics to renew their understanding of the Mass. By: By Jennifer Willems If people focus on changes in language to the exclusion of all else, they will be missing an opportunity to change […]
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Photo Caption: A couple comforts a foster child. The Catholic dioceses of Peoria, Joliet, and Springfield are seeking legal confirmation that their mission of providing foster care services can continue. Editor’s note: For full text of letter from Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, regarding this topic, click here —– Catholic Charities of the Diocese of […]
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Photo Caption: A painting of Sister Canisia Gerlach, OSF, longtime administrator of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, is seen in the chapel sanctuary as Msgr. Michael Bliss offers a Memorial Mass June 3. Sister M. Canisia Gerlach, OSF, who was administrator of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria during nearly four decades […]
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Photo Caption: From left are Father James Kruse, new deacons Daniel Gifford and Timothy Heppner, Bishop Jenky, new deacons Joel Phelps and Johnathan Steffen, and Msgr. Paul Showalter, PA. By: By Tom Dermody The joy experienced at a packed St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday will echo in the coming days at the home parishes for […]
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Photo Caption: Members of “Witnesses to Love” are pictured after recording their original song “Planted” at the John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal. By: By Tom Dermody NORMAL — First things first. “Votar” is Spanish for “Vote,” and to help a group of World Youth Day pilgrims-to-be from the Pope John Paul II […]
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