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Diocese’s ‘distinguished’ educators of year surprised, humbled by recognition

By: Jennifer Willems - January 18, 2019 - Featured Article Distinguished, Eileen Lohr, Msgr. Brian Brownsey, Pastor, principal, Randy Simmons, Teacher

Receiving recognition from the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools for 2018-2019 are, from left: Msgr. Brian Brownsey, pastor of St. Mark Parish in Peoria, Distinguished School Pastor of the Year; Eileen Lohr, longtime kindergarten teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School, Peoria, Distinguished Teacher of the Year; and Randy Simmons, principal of Peoria Notre Dame High School, Distinguished Principal of the Year.

“Distinguished” isn’t a title that sits easily with the pastor, principal and teacher being honored by the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools. In fact, each admitted to being surprised by the honor, which was announced in late December. “I’m humbled by it,” said Randy Simmons, who was named Distinguished Principal of the Year. He leads […]

Despite snow, diocese’s enthusiastic presence seen at March for Life Chicago

By: Jennifer Willems - January 18, 2019 - Featured Article Central Catholic, March for Life Chicago, Pro-life, St. Bede

Jacob Hopper, Kevin Ellis, Sam Menacher and Chase Stevens of the St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal carry the banner for the Diocese of Peoria during March for Life Chicago on Jan. 13. It says, “Life Plays in Peoria.” (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

CHICAGO — Respect life advocates of all ages proved that it takes more than a snow storm to keep them from standing up for the unborn when they gathered for March for Life Chicago last Sunday. The enthusiastic rally in Federal Plaza and walk through downtown Chicago proceeded, despite the storm on Jan. 12 that […]

Many from diocese began new year by deepening faith at SEEK2019-Indianapolis

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - Featured Article Father Adam Cesarek Emma Bucher, Father Chase Hildenbrinck, FOCUS, Indianapolis, SEEK, SEEK2019

This is only about two-thirds of the group of 72 from the St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois that attended the SEEK2019 conference in Indianapolis Jan. 3-7. The biannual gathering is sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. (Provided photo)

The nearness of a major Catholic gathering led nearly 150 college students, young adults, priests and Religious from the Diocese of Peoria to begin 2019 by deepening their faith at the SEEK2019 experience in Indianapolis. “Faithful Catholics often feel isolated or alone in their school or workplace,” said Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, who accompanied a group […]

In new Festival Letter, Bishop Jenky calls believers to a necessary ‘Fear of the Lord’

By: The Catholic Post - January 4, 2019 - Featured Article Bishop Jenky, Fear of the Lord, Festival Letter

A holy fear of the Lord is necessary for all Christian believers, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, repeatedly emphasizes in a new teaching document published in the Jan. 6 issue of The Catholic Post. “It seems to me that reverence and awe before Almighty God is necessary for all of us, especially in these godless, […]

Mass with Bishop Jenky on Jan. 25 among Respect Life activities planned in January

By: The Catholic Post - January 4, 2019 - Featured Article abortion, anniversary, Bloomington, Chicago, Galesburg, March for Life, Roe, Sanctity of Human Life Rally, Wade

A group from the St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center at Illinois State University in Normal sings as they process up Dearborn Avenue with thousands of other participants in last year's March for Life Chicago. The Diocese of Peoria is sponsoring a bus to this year's event on Jan. 13. (The Catholic Post file/Tom Dermody)

Respect life advocates from around the Diocese of Peoria are planning to pray together and march locally, regionally and nationally as the 46th anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy approach. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, is inviting all clergy, religious and faithful to join him at St. […]

Two parishes and Seton Catholic School in Moline launch joint capital campaign

By: Tom Dermody - January 4, 2019 - Featured Article capital campaign, Christ the King, Moline, Sacred Heart, Seton Catholic School, Steier Group

The logo for the joint capital campaign in Moline that enters its public phase on the weekend of Jan. 12-13.

MOLINE — Together is better for three Catholic institutions here that are uniting on a $5 million capital campaign that enters its public phase Jan. 12-13 after nearly a year of study and preparation. Christ the King Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, and Seton Catholic School — all of Moline — are collaborating in the “Today […]

Pope to U.S. bishops as retreat begins: Abuse crisis requires conversion, humility

By: The Catholic Post - January 3, 2019 - Featured Article

U.S. bishops pray during Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary Jan. 3 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. The U.S. bishops are on retreat Jan. 2-8 at the seminary, suggested by Pope Francis in September, which comes as the bishops work to rebuild trust among the faithful as questions continue to revolve around their handling of clergy sex abuse. (CNS/Bob Roller)

By Cindy Wooden / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The clerical abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. church and to a temptation to look for administrative solutions to problems that go much deeper, Pope Francis told the U.S. […]

Bishop Jenky’s 2018 Christmas message: With Mary, treasure the Incarnation mystery

By: Tom Dermody - December 20, 2018 - Featured Article

A stained-glass image from the choir loft of St. Bernard Church in Bushnell depicts the scene of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. "The living memory of the Christmas mystery can transform every aspect of our lives and of our world today and for eternity," writes Bishop Jenky. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

To the Clergy, Religious, and Faithful of the Diocese of Peoria and to all people of good will: My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: “And Mary treasured all of these things in her heart.” (cf. Luke 2:51) Christmas — and all the many Church and family rituals that surround this sacred season — is […]

Bushnell priest’s Nativity village ‘hobby’ invites people deeper into ‘living reality’

By: Jennifer Willems - December 19, 2018 - Featured Article Bushnell, Christmas, Father Patrick O'Neal, Fontanini, Nativity

"Christ was born just like any other child. . . . This is not God pretending to be a human being. It is God who becomes one of us," says Father Patrick O'Neal, whose Fontanini Nativity village has 300 figurines and about 60 structures. (Provided photo)

BUSHNELL — Anyone who wants to know what Father Patrick O’Neal’s hobby is need only visit St. Bernard Church, where he is the pastor, and walk down the center aisle. Throughout Advent he has been sharing his Fontanini Nativity village, complete with 300 figurines and about 60 structures, with parishioners and members of the community. […]

Schoenstatt movement helping families at Normal parish, beyond strive for holiness

By: Tom Dermody - December 19, 2018 - Featured Article

Area families, most from Epiphany Parish in Normal, taking part in a retreat at the Schoenstatt International Retreat Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in early December pose for a group photo in the shrine chapel. (Provided photo)

NORMAL — A group of Catholic families striving for holiness at Epiphany Parish here are being guided by, and having an impact on, a Marian movement founded in Germany more than a century ago. Twelve families — 10 from Epiphany, and one each from Rutland and Peoria — took part in a first-of-its-kind Covenant Family […]

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