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Catholic Schools Week bestows mid-winter blessings across diocese

By: The Catholic Post - February 7, 2024 - Featured Article

Riley Haas, a first grade student at St. Mary School in Bloomington, participates in the presentation of the intentions at the all-area Catholic Schools Week Mass at St. Patrick Church of Merna on Friday, Feb. 2. Seminarian JohnPaul Stedwill (class of 2026) stands beside her. The Post Online/Paul Thomas Moore

PHILO — In the midst of winter, blessings were abundant in the Diocese of Peoria during Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 28 — Feb. 3). To cite just a few examples: Students at St. Thomas School in Philo made thank you cards for local first responders, as well as cards for elderly parishioners and community members […]

Agriculture Teacher of the Year connects with the “true vine”

By: The Catholic Post - February 2, 2024 - Featured Article

Amanda Stanko (right), a STEM teacher (science, technology, engineering, and math) with Corpus Christi Catholic School in Bloomington, was recently selected as the 2024 Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) Teacher of the Year. Stanko, who teaches pre-K and elementary, celebrated her recognition with principal Adrienne Wilson. The Catholic Post / Paul Thomas Moore

BLOOMINGTON – Amanda Stanko, who teaches at Corpus Christi School in Bloomington, was recently selected as the 2024 Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) Teacher of the Year. Stanko teaches STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), to pre-K and elementary school students. Speaking with some fourth-grade students taught by Stanko, it quickly becomes clear why […]

Update letter from Bishop Tylka on The Catholic Post closure

By: The Catholic Post - February 1, 2024 - Featured Article

Dear Friends of The Catholic Post, By now, many of you have probably heard of my difficult decision to cease publication of The Catholic Post newspaper. As I noted in a letter to readers in early January, rising costs and staffing challenges — in particular a lack of success over many months in finding a […]

Music video features Nativities from 50 churches across the Diocese of Peoria

By: Tom Dermody - December 21, 2023 - Featured Article

To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the creation of the first Nativity scene by St. Francis of Assisi, The Catholic Post invited parishes of the Diocese of Peoria to send photos of their church Nativities. Fifty parishes responded, and a representative 20 of the photos were printed in the Dec. 24 Christmas edition of the […]

A Christmas message from Bishop Tylka

By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2023 - Featured Article

Following is the message for Christmas 2023 from Bishop Louis Tylka, Bishop of Peoria. Each year during the holiday season, we hear many wonderful hymns and songs filled with faith, joy, and cheer. Some of the classics invite us to recall the central truth of Christmas: the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Indeed, many […]

Catholic Charities Christmas program distributes 2,300 gifts across the diocese

By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2023 - Featured Article

Jessica Anderson of LaSalle receives Christmas presents from Bishop Tylka for her two girls, ages 9 and 10, during a distribution from the Catholic Charities St. Nicholas Van outside St. Patrick Church in LaSalle on Dec. 12. Assisting is Chris McAtee, director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)

By Paul Thomas Moore LASALLE — The Catholic Charities St. Nicholas van rolled into the parking lot of St. Patrick Church here on Dec. 12, and soon the gift-giving commenced. Distributing the Christmas gifts — donated by Catholics throughout the diocese and given through Catholic Charites to more than 2,300 people — on this day […]

OSF Sisters, Diocese of Peoria align for future of Catholic health care ministry

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

The OSF HealthCare logo is seen at the ministry's new headquarters in downtown Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

After “great prayer and discernment,” The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis have aligned with the Diocese of Peoria in a new partnership to build on the religious community’s 147-year legacy in health care. The planned creation of a Diocesan Public Juridic Person was announced on Dec. 19 to “ensure OSF HealthCare continues […]

Donkey drew attention, but preparing for Jesus was focus of Advent ‘journey’

By: Tom Dermody - December 6, 2023 - Featured Article

Father Don Roszkowski, chaplain, checks on Buckeye the donkey as Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem is recreated on the motherhouse grounds of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in East Peoria on Dec. 3. Helping to guide Buckeye are Sister Theresa Ann Brazeau, OSF, and “shepherd”-owner Renee Humphrey. Joseph and Mary are portrayed by Phillip Rupert and Faustina Hoerdeman. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

EAST PEORIA — The 150 voices sweetly singing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” as they recreated Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem were joined by a shrill shout as the procession neared a stable erected on the Franciscan motherhouse grounds. “Hee-haw, hee-haw,” chimed in Buckeye the donkey, making his voice heard for the first time […]

‘Awesome . . . job well done’ — dedication of new St. Jude Church, Peoria, is celebrated

By: Tom Dermody - November 30, 2023 - Featured Article

The interior of the new St. Jude Church in Peoria is seen as the procession makes its way through the packed assembly at the close of the Dedication Mass on Nov. 29. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

With two three-word phrases, Bishop Louis Tylka summed up the thoughts of many who packed the new St. Jude Church in Peoria for its Dedication Mass on Wednesday evening, Nov. 29. “This is awesome,” said Bishop Tylka as he began his homily. Moments later, as the bishop thanked and congratulated Father Patrick Henehan, pastor, and […]

Pope Francis cancels Dec. 1-3 Dubai trip, but Vatican says his health is improving

By: The Catholic Post - November 28, 2023 - Featured Article

Pope Francis gives his blessing to people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican and watching a livestream of the midday Angelus prayer on Nov. 26. The pope did not go to his window overlooking the square because, he said, he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs." (CNS/Vatican Media)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “With great regret,” Pope Francis has accepted his doctors’ advice to not travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 1-3 and is looking at alternative ways the Vatican can participate in the U.N. Climate Change Conference, the director of the Vatican press office said. The pope was scheduled to be among […]

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