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54 parish volunteers recognized by Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

By: Jennifer Willems - May 9, 2018 - Featured Article appreciation luncheon, DCCW, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, Kim Padan, Msgr. Dale Wellman

Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, is surrounded by the volunteers honored by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women last April. This year's Volunteer Appreciation Mass and Luncheon has been canceled because of coronavirus restrictions. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Quoting from Proverbs 31, Kim Padan told the 54 volunteers who were about to be recognized by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women that “Many do noble things but you surpass them all.” “I know that you women have been doing so many things on a local level — many on the diocesan level […]

‘Guardians of the family’: Catholic men urged to follow example of St. Joseph

By: Tom Dermody - May 1, 2018 - Featured Article A Call to Catholic Men of Faith, Bishop Jenky, Devin Schadt, Father John Steffen, men's march

Hundreds of Catholic men from throughout the Diocese of Peoria begin the mile-long march through downtown Peoria to St. Mary's Cathedral on April 28 during "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Before and after prayerfully walking through the streets of downtown Peoria on April 28, hundreds of Catholic men from across the diocese were urged to turn to St. Joseph “to discover what it means to be a real man, a real father, a real leader.” “We men are called to live his example,” said Devin […]

10th anniversary exhibit at diocesan museum reveals ‘Secrets of the Archives’

By: Tom Dermody - April 27, 2018 - Featured Article Diocesan Museum, exhibit, Secrets of the Archives, Sister Lea Stefancova

“Secrets of the Archives: Trinkets and Treasures from the Basement” is a newly opened exhibit at the Museums of the Diocese of Peoria, which is observing its 10th anniversary at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Clean out the basement of a home you’ve lived in for a while and you’ll find as many memories as objects. For an exhibit to mark the 10th anniversary of the Museums of the Diocese of Peoria, planners poked through the diocesan archives in the basement of the Spalding Pastoral Center and found memories — […]

Women’s Choice Center-Quad Cities buys former Planned Parenthood property

By: Tom Dermody - April 25, 2018 - Featured Article Planned Parenthood, Vicki Tyler, Women's Choice Center of the Quad Cities

The Women's Choice Center of the Quad Cities, above, a pro-life pregnancy help center opened in 2002 at 2711 Happy Joe Drive in Bettendorf, Iowa, has announced expansion plans that include the purchase of the former Planned Parenthood of the Heartland clinic across the street. Abortion was among the services offered at the Planned Parenthood facility since it opened in 1999 after considerable controversy. (Provided photos)

BETTENDORF, Iowa — “We see this as a redemption project.” Vicki Tyler, executive director of the Women’s Choice Center of the Quad Cities, was speaking about a development announced Monday that the area pro-life community also sees as two decades of prayer answered in a most unlikely way. The Women’s Choice Center, a pro-life pregnancy […]

Priests Pedaling for Prayers reach finish line, recall blessings of 275-mile trek

By: Jennifer Willems - April 25, 2018 - Featured Article Deacon Matt Levy, Father Adam Cesarek, Father Michael Pica, Father Tom Otto, priesthood, Priests pedaling for prayers, vocations

Members of the track team from Holy Cross School in Mendota ran with Father Michael Pica, Father Tom Otto, Father Adam Cesarek and Deacon Matt Levy as they completed last year's Priests Pedaling for Prayers ride across the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

After riding through snow, wind and rain for much of the first three days, the Priests Pedaling for Prayers started to pick up some sunshine on the fourth day of their 275-mile journey and finished strong on “a perfect day” in Mendota on April 20. That seemed appropriate in the middle of the Easter Season, […]

Annual Diocesan Appeal under way; seeks $6,580,000 to strengthen diocese, parishes

By: Tom Dermody - April 13, 2018 - Featured Article Annual Diocesan Appeal, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Deacon Tony Nickrent, Dr. Sharon Weiss, Maddie Mangieri, Sister Isabel, Sister Silvia

The Annual Diocesan Appeal opens in parishes across the Diocese of Peoria this weekend, inviting Catholics to serve Christ by sharing their gifts “to enable the church to do what is called to do.” “It is religious truth that by giving we receive,” says Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in a nine-minute video to be […]

100 women religious celebrate, grow in holiness at regional spiritual workshop

By: Jennifer Willems - April 12, 2018 - Featured Article consecrated life, Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, Father Dennis Gill, Sister Judith Ann Duvall

More than 100 members from eight religious communities in the Diocese of Peoria and the Diocese of Springfield gather for a group photo at the regional spiritual workshop hosted by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis at their East Peoria motherhouse on April 7. The day was co-sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

EAST PEORIA – Holiness begets holiness and women religious, by strengthening their commitment to consecrated life, help everyone recognize and grow in their own call to holiness, Father Dennis Gill said at a regional spiritual workshop hosted by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis last weekend. “For many people, holiness is not […]

3 Pierced Heart Sisters bring the gift of religious life to Newman Center at U of I

By: Jennifer Willems - April 11, 2018 - Featured Article Newman Center, Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Sister Clara Maria, Sister Lucia Maria, Sister Mary Rachel, St. John's Catholic Newman Center, University of Illinois

Sister Clara Maria Malay, Sister Lucia Maria Sol, and Sister Mary Rachel Hart stand near the courtyard of St. John's Catholic Newman Center on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign. The members of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary joined the pastoral staff there in January. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

CHAMPAIGN — Faith is a great gift, but if students don’t know their faith they could fall for anything that glitters and Sister Clara Maria Malay, SCTJM, said everything on a college campus glitters. “If they encounter Christ here, it can change the trajectory of their lives,” according to Sister Clara, who in January joined […]

Service of six to be recognized at ‘Night of Knights’ Mass and dinner on April 14

By: Tom Dermody - April 3, 2018 - Featured Article 2018, Dave Volz, David Boylan, John Paul Toyne, Knights of Columbus, Night of Knights, Richard Dubois Samuel Joseph, Rob Anderson

These six members of the Knights of Columbus from throughout the Diocese of Peoria will be recognized at a Mass and dinner in Peoria on Saturday, April 14.

Six members of the Knights of Columbus from across the Diocese of Peoria will be recognized for outstanding service to the organization, the church, and their communities at the 30th annual “Night of Knights” Recognition Dinner in Peoria on Saturday, April 14. Sponsored by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, the evening […]

Priests renew promises as sacramental oils are blessed at annual Chrism Mass

By: Jennifer Willems - March 29, 2018 - Featured Article Chrism Mass, holy oils, priests

The permanent deacons of the Diocese of Peoria offer applause for the priests (standing), who renewed their commitment to priestly service at the Chrism Mass. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems

God is capable of speaking to his disciples in a “still small voice,” but during Holy Week the Lord is much more direct, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, said in his homily at the Chrism Mass on March 27. “In the life, the suffering, the death and the rising of Christ, God Himself is almost […]

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