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Couple celebrates 300 episodes of ‘Being Catholic’ on Catholic Spirit Radio

By: Tom Dermody - February 22, 2023 - Featured Article

Deacon Al Lundy blesses Lynn and Bob Johnston at the conclusion of the 300th episode of "Being Catholic," which they co-host on Catholic Spirit Radio. The Johnstons received a certificate from station management, as well as congratulatory messages from Bishop Louis Tylka and EWTN. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

BLOOMINGTON — In bowling, a score of 300 is a cause for celebration. In local Catholic radio, Bob and Lynn Johnston are being celebrated for reaching 300 episodes of sharing the joy of “Being Catholic” each week on Catholic Spirit Radio. “Thank you for everything you’ve given not only to the radio station, but to […]

Bishop: Lent invites us to focus on Paschal Mystery, pray for those entering church

By: The Catholic Post - February 21, 2023 - Featured Article

Bishop Louis Tylka greets Mary Stech of Mahomet at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion last March at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. In his message for this Lent, he commends those who are preparing for the Easter sacraments of baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist to the prayers of all the faithful in the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)

Dear Friends, Each year, the Church invites us to enter into a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter and the Sacraments of Initiation. This holy season of Lent is marked by practices that invite us to participate more fully in the Lord’s Paschal Mystery. We commit ourselves in a more intentional way to […]

Opportunities for study, prayer and retreats announced as Lent begins

By: The Catholic Post - February 21, 2023 - Featured Article

A file photo shows a crown of thorns at St. Bonaventure Church in Paterson, N.J. Lent begins on Feb. 22, Ash Wednesday. (OSV News photo/Octavio Duran)

Fish fry listings posted, will be updated With the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, comes a listing of fish dinners being offered around the Diocese of Peoria. Information provided to The Catholic Post can be found in the print edition and will be added to our comprehensive online listing as it becomes […]

Bishop at Catholic Schools Week Mass in Rock Island: ‘Put Jesus in the center’

By: Jennifer Willems - February 9, 2023 - Featured Article

Seton Catholic School student Macy DeMeulenaere receives Communion from Sister M. Bernadette, FSGM, at the Catholic Schools Week Mass hosted by Alleman High School in Rock Island on Feb. 3. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

ROCK ISLAND — Math, science, history and English are important subjects, but Catholic schools offer something more, something eternal, Bishop Louis Tylka said at a Mass marking the end of Catholic Schools Week. “To put Jesus in the center of all we do, to put Jesus at the center of how we live our lives […]

‘Unmatched unity’ energizes witness of diocesan pilgrims to D.C. March for Life

By: Tom Dermody - February 5, 2023 - Featured Article

The 50 students and chaperones from Peoria Notre Dame High School who took part in a five-day pilgrimage to the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., are pictured outside Union Station after the Jan. 20 march. (Provided photo)

High school students from the Diocese of Peoria who joined tens of thousands in Washington, D.C., for the national March for Life and related events on Jan. 20 returned with a deeper commitment to uphold the dignity of all human life, especially the unborn threatened by abortion. But the pilgrimage had an added spiritual bonus. […]

Catholic Illini welcome Cardinal Cupich for Mass, tour of Newman Center Jan. 29

By: Jennifer Willems - February 1, 2023 - Featured Article

Spencer Steeves, a sophomore studying sustainable design at the University of Illinois, welcomes Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to St. John’s Catholic Newman Center in Champaign on Jan. 29. It was a little taste of home for Steeves, who is from Lake Zurich in the Archdiocese of Chicago. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

CHAMPAIGN — St. John’s Catholic Chapel at the University of Illinois is filled with scaffolding, but it felt like a cathedral on Jan. 29 when Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago celebrated Mass for students as they start a new semester. In his opening remarks, he also noted that his visit came at the beginning of […]

St. Mary School in Bloomington has been ‘home’ to Donna Zvonar for 45 years

By: Jennifer Willems - January 28, 2023 - Featured Article

Donna Zvonar, who has taught for 45 years at St. Mary School in Bloomington, lets her class settle before handing out a test. She said she loves watching the students make discoveries and grow spiritually. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Catholic Schools Week starts tomorrow, Jan. 29, and runs through next Saturday, Feb. 4. The theme for the national celebration is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.” Jerry Sanderson, interim superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Peoria, reflects on that theme in a column he wrote for The Catholic Post. What follows […]

Midway through journey, diocesan pilgrims to France send, receive prayers

By: The Catholic Post - January 26, 2023 - Featured Article

Photos like this are being posted from the pilgrimage to France that is being led by Bishop Louis Tylka. Assisting are (from left) Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, diocesan vocation director of recruitment, and Father Patrick Henehan, diocesan vocation director of formation and pastor of St. Jude Parish in Peoria. Among the 40 pilgrims is Father Keith Walder (far right), pastor of St. Thomas Parish in Philo and St. Mary Parish, Pesotum. They are standing in front the altar at the tomb of St. John Vianney in Ars. (Provided photo)

Forty pilgrims from the Diocese of Peoria aren’t alone in traveling back and forth from France Jan. 22-31. Prayers are also flying in both directions, especially prayers for vocations. Bishop Louis Tylka is leading the pilgrimage – today the group is in Nevers, Chartres and Lisieux – with the assistance of Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, diocesan […]

Respect life goals remain in diocese, but events shift with reversal of Roe v. Wade

By: The Catholic Post - January 22, 2023 - Featured Article

Pro-life advocates gather for the 50th annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 20. Among them were students from Peoria Notre Dame High School and Marquette Academy in Ottawa. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

For decades, in the Diocese of Peoria and around the nation, the date Jan. 22 has been a rallying point for those promoting the sanctity of human life and honoring the tens of millions of lives ended by abortion since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized it. Those goals remain, but the court’s […]

SEEK23 sets prayerful tone, empowers young adults from diocese for new year

By: Tom Dermody - January 19, 2023 - Featured Article

Participants kneel in prayer and praise during SEEK23, sponsored Jan. 2-6 by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. (Provided photo/FOCUS)

“It was an incredible, powerful week.” “I felt God’s presence in the Eucharist in a way I never had before.” “I had never experienced anything like it.” Those were just some of the reactions of university students in the Diocese of Peoria to being part of SEEK23, a five-day conference in St. Louis that invited […]

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