Photo Caption: From left are Deacons Jeremy Freehill, Tom Otto, Scott Potthoff, and Jacob Rose. In advance of their ordination May 25, they shared what and who influenced their paths to the priesthood. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will ordain four men to the priesthood on Saturday, May […]
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Photo Caption: The football field of Marquette Academy in Ottawa is covered in flood water on April 21. Heavy rainfall in mid-April led to flooding that devastated some communities and damaged Catholic properties. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post Joe Plankenhorn stood outside his home and neighboring pottery business in Utica — both inundated […]
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Photo Caption: Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley joins other faith leaders at the “Healing Our City” interfaith memorial service April 18 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. By: By Catholic News Service BOSTON (CNS) — In an April 18 interfaith prayer service, religious and political leaders emphasized […]
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Photo Caption: With the newly blessed sacred oils before him and the priests of the Diocese of Peoria surrounding him, Bishop Jenky celebrates the Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on March 26. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post Before they celebrate the sacred liturgies commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus […]
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Photo Caption: Flags, including those of his homeland of Argentina, are held up by pilgrims as Pope Francis make his way through the crowd in St. Peter’s Square before celebrating his inaugural Mass at the Vatican By: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis formally began his ministry as bishop […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and those in a nearly filled St. Mary’s Cathedral pray before the Blessed Sacrament on Feb. 28 just hours after the end of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post (EDITOR’S NOTE: For daily updates from Catholic News Service on the papal […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI leaves following an audience at the Vatican Feb. 15. Bishop Jenky will preside at a holy hour at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Feb. 28, the day the pope has announced he will resign. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has directed that prayers be included at every Mass in the Diocese […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd at the end of a Mass for the Knights of Malta in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 9. The pope announced Feb. 11 that he will resign Feb. 28. By: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he no longer has […]
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Photo Caption: “The message of the Gospel is so consoling and compelling that believers should not be able to contain their enthusiasm for sharing it with others,” writes Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in “Faith.” By: By Tom Dermody Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, opened 2013 by calling Catholics to “deepen the intensity of our […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky poses with seminarians of the Diocese of Peoria at Nazareth House in Henry. This photo was the cover of the bishop’s 2012 Christmas card. “Glory to God in the highest and PEACE to HIS people on earth!” My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: On every great feast day and on […]
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