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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 […]

Snow can’t hold back the Holy Spirit as teens stirred up at Diocesan Youth Rally

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Featured Article Amelia Misiak, Jackie Francois Angel, Karley Bates, Youth Rally

Msgr. Stanley Deptula blesses palm branches held by Diocesan Youth Rally participants prior to the Mass closing the event at the Spalding Pastoral Center on March 24, the eve of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

On the eve of Holy Week, in the middle of a spring snowstorm, the time was right for more than 100 Catholic teenagers from around the Diocese of Peoria to choose a life of greatness. “If you want to be a saint, you have to start right now living it,” said Jackie Francois Angel, keynote […]

Trinity Catholic Academy’s Living Stations of the Cross a LaSalle tradition

By: Tom Dermody - March 26, 2018 - Featured Article Deb Myers, LaSalle, Living Stations of the Cross, St. Patrick Church, Trinity Catholic Academy

Jesus (Stevan Sanchez) meets his mother (Lauren Griggs) on his way to Calvary in a scene from the Living Stations of the Cross performed by Trinity Catholic Academy in LaSalle. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

LA SALLE — Deb Myers expects to shed a few tears when the eighth-graders of Trinity Catholic Academy here perform the Living Stations of the Cross during this Holy Week. She won’t be alone. The student production — set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, and 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 29, at St. […]

‘Priests Pedaling for Prayers’ set to ride through diocese again April 16-20

By: Jennifer Willems - March 21, 2018 - Featured Article Deacon Matthew Levy, Father Adam Cesarek, Father Michael Pica, Father Tom Otto, Msgr. Gregory Ketcham, Office of Priestly Vocations, Priests pedaling for prayers

A scene from the first leg of "Priests Pedaling for Prayers" last April shows (from left) Father Michael Pica, Father Tom Otto and Father Adam Cesarek tackling one of the major hills they encountered in central Illinois. They are preparing to ride again April 16-20, this time traveling from Nauvoo to Mendota. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)

Here they go again. Three young priests of the Diocese of Peoria are preparing to climb on their bicycles and cross central Illinois to raise awareness of and prayers for vocations. This year’s route is expected to cover as many as 275 miles as it takes Father Tom Otto, Father Adam Cesarek and Father Michael […]

After nine-month church renovation, “it’s good to be home” in Wenona

By: Tom Dermody - March 16, 2018 - Featured Article

Parishioners returned to the newly remodeled St. Mary Church in Wenona on Feb. 25. The project cost $320,000 and is completely paid for. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

WENONA – “It’s good to be home.” That was a common sentiment expressed by members of St. Mary Parish here upon returning to their beloved church Feb. 25 when it reopened after nine months of renovations. “The first couple of homilies we didn’t have to worry about content,” joked Father Steve McKinley, OFM Conv., former […]

Research into Lincoln church leads to files of renowned architect, mysteries

By: Tom Dermody - March 16, 2018 - Featured Article

Wayne Cox shows an enlarged photo of the interior of Holy Family Church (the former St. Patrick Church) in Lincoln taken shortly after it was built in 1904. Photos and blueprints of the church were among items Cox found in files that the familiy of architect George Stauduhar donated to the archives of the University of Illinois decades ago. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

LINCOLN — Wayne Cox is a former corporate executive chef, but what has kept his interest simmering the past few years has been unlocking some mysteries of Holy Family Parish’s 114-year-old church. “God is trying to say something here,” says Cox, recalling a string of what he believes are Holy Spirit-inspired events and discoveries that […]

Diocese is blessed with 9 new seminarians as vocation awareness seeds take root

By: Jennifer Willems - March 1, 2018 - Featured Article Ben Schoonmaker, Chip Chipman, Daniel Delgado, Daniel Dionesotes, Father Patrick Henehan, Father Tim Hepner, Jack Swoik, Jacob Martini, Justin Lindsey, Nathan Hopper, Ryann Mann, seminarians, vocations

The nine men accepted as seminarians for the Diocese of Peoria last fall all have different stories. The good news of their vocation interest is "obviously the work of prayer and the great support of the people of the Diocese of Peoria," said Father Patrick Henehan, vocation director of recruitment.

Seeds planted at last year’s Hundredfold Workshop to raise awareness of vocations have started to blossom, with nine more men accepted as seminarians for the Diocese of Peoria. Sent to Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, last fall were: Chip Chipman of St. Patrick Church of Merna, Bloomington; Nathan Hopper of Epiphany, Normal; Justin […]

Msgr. Ketcham’s influence on vocations recalled by young priests, seminarians

By: Jennifer Willems - March 1, 2018 - Featured Article Danny McShane, Father Joe Baker, Father Kyle Lucas, Father Lee Brokaw, Msgr. Gregory Ketcham, St. John's Catholic Newman Center, vocations

Msgr. Gregory Ketcham celebrates Mass at St. John's Chapel in Champaign in this file photo from St. John's Catholic Newman Center. Msgr. Ketcham, who died Feb. 8 at the age of 50, was known for promoting vocations in the way he lived the Gospel and celebrated Mass. (Provided photo/Greg Taylor)

In more than two decades of ministry, Msgr. Gregory Ketcham touched countless lives. Among them were the many students at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center in Champaign who discerned their vocation to the priesthood, consecrated life and holy marriages from the way he celebrated Mass and boldly proclaimed the Gospel with his life during his […]

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