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By: Tom Dermody - October 29, 2018 -
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Coal Valley, crash, Father Anthony Ego, St. Maria Goretti, truck
Plywood covers a hole created when a truck crashed into St. Maria Goretti Church in Coal Valley last Oct. 25, spraying bricks and mortar throughout the church and toppling pews and music equipment. (Photo by a St. Maria Goretti parishioner)
UPDATED Nov. 7, 2018 COAL VALLEY – St. Maria Goretti Church here was extensively damaged and has been temporarily closed after a vehicle crashed through its southwest wall the evening of Thursday, Oct. 25. The driver, Joe Gotthardt, reportedly suffered a sudden medical condition prior to losing control of his truck, a Dodge Ram 2500. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 29, 2018 -
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Benet House Retreat Center, Sister Bobbi Bussan, Sister Joyce Rupp
The new Compassion Team at Benet House Retreat Center in Rock Island is shown with Sister Joyce Rupp, OSM (second from left), who trained them. Team members are Jan Gull, Sister Bobbi Bussan, OSB, director of Benet House, and Elaine Olson. Provided photo
ROCK ISLAND — If the world is going to be at peace, it may be compassion that turns things around. The Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery are doing what they can to support that by making their Benet House Retreat Center a “center of compassion,” according to Sister Bobbi Bussan, OSB, director. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 26, 2018 -
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ALS, Ed and Ann Rapp Family Endowment, Ed Rapp, OSF HealthCare Foundation
Ed Rapp, former group president at Caterpillar in Peoria, said that even though being diagnosed with ALS meant he couldn't finish out his career at the company he gave 37 years to, being able to make a difference at Caterpillar and in the world of ALS makes his a happy story. (Provided photo)
Ed Rapp is reminded every day, with every step he takes, that ALS is a part of his life. He prefers not to focus on the fear of what is to come, however. “I remind audiences that none of us is going to get out of this alive,” he recently told The Catholic Post during […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
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Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio, a senior priest from Galesburg, and Father Michael Pica, parochial vicar at St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington and St. Mary Parish, Downs, sign letters promising prayers and support to diocesan seminarians "during these challenging times for the Catholic Church in our country." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
When nearly 100 priests of the Diocese of Peoria gathered for a two-day assembly in Peoria this week, they found a way to express their solidarity with seminarians “during these challenging times for the Catholic Church in our country.” As Priest Assembly Days opened at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria on Oct. 23, Msgr. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
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Bloomington, clothing closet, food pantry, Holy Trinity, School, St. Vincent de Paul Society
Heads bow as Steve Nolan leads volunteers in prayer before the opening of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at the Holy Trinity Parish Center in Bloomington on a recent Monday morning. Next spring, the busy pantry will leave its crowded quarters for a new home at the nearby former Holy Trinity Junior High School. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
BLOOMINGTON — It seems fitting that nearly all the doors in the former Holy Trinity Junior High School building here are being widened as the building is transformed into a spacious new home for the food and clothing distribution projects of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Holy Trinity Conference. For practical reasons, the […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 26, 2018 -
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Franciscan Sister Gwen Hennessey encouraged people to "get involved" and build the reign of God in whatever area we are in" as part of the Nuns on the Bus "Tax Justice Truth Tour" Oct. 18 in Peoria. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
Seeing a brightly colored bus pull up in front of Heartland Health Services on Peoria’s East Bluff isn’t something that happens every day, but curiosity turned to gratitude as the “Nuns on the Bus” declared their intention to “show up, stand up, and demonstrate our concern for others” as a result of the Tax Cuts […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 15, 2018 -
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The banners of new saints Oscar Romero and Paul VI hang from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for seven new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
By Cindy Wooden / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church. Thousands of pilgrims from the new saints’ home countries — Italy, El […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
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A procession leaves St. Patrick Church in Washington on its way to the city's downtown square on Sunday, Oct. 7. There the group prayed the rosary as part of a nationwide effort called the Rosary Coast to Coast campaign. On Saturday, Oct. 13, many parishes will take part in Public Square Rosary rallies that begin at noon. October is a month of special devotion to the Holy Rosary. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Several locations in the Diocese of Peoria are hosting simultaneous local prayers this Saturday, Oct. 13, in conjunction with a Public Square Rosary Crusade coordinated nationally by the group America Needs Fatima. The rallies to pray for our country take place annually on the closest Saturday to Oct. 13, the feast of Our Lady of […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
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Galesburg, Life Chain, Pizzamiglio, Respect Life Sunday
Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio offers a prayer before the Life Chain in Galesburg began on Oct. 7. He would then take his sign and sit among other participants at the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
GALESBURG — Prayers, smiles and signs proclaiming Jesus’ love and forgiveness and the sanctity of human life greeted motorists driving through the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets here last Sunday as dozens of pro-life advocates participated in Life Chain. The peaceful, prayerful witness is held on the first Sunday of October — known as […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 5, 2018 -
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baseball, Brooke Rick, Marquette Academy, softball, state champion
The IESA Class 1A state championship plaques earned on successive weekends by Marquette Academy junior high baseball and softball teams were displayed on an awards table for an Oct. 4 celebration in the elementary school gym. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
OTTAWA – It hadn’t happened in the state since 1986, but Marquette Academy here made its mark on Illinois Elementary School Association history when its junior high boys baseball team won the Class 1A state championship on Sept. 29, just seven days after the school’s junior high girls softball team had brought home its own […]
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