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Blogger and author visits area parishes, schools to discuss ‘Sacred Balancing Act’

By: Jennifer Willems - February 16, 2018 - Featured Article Family, Lisa Hendey, saints, St. Mary in Metamora, St. Mary of Lourdes in Germantown Hills, St. Patrick in Washington, technology

Lisa Hendey signs copies of books from her "Chime Travelers" series for Deanna Casey of St. Mary of Lourdes Parish in Germantown Hills. She said she came to Hendey's presentation on balancing busy lives and family spirituality to "kickstart" her Lent in new and different ways. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

GERMANTOWN HILLS — Saints-in-the-making of all ages heard words of encouragement — and a few challenges — when nationally known blogger and author Lisa Hendey recently visited central Illinois. While she was in the area from Feb. 8 to 10, she talked to the students at St. Patrick School in Washington and St. Mary School […]

Hometown bishop returns to Moline to help Boy Scout Troop 109 mark centennial

By: Jennifer Willems - February 15, 2018 - Featured Article Bishop Christopher Glancy, centennial, CSV, Moline, Sacred Heart, Scouting, Troop 109

Past and present members of Troop 109 at Sacred Heart in Moline pose for a group photo after the Mass for Scout Sunday on Feb. 4. Among them is Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV (kneeling, second row), who attained the rank of Eagle Scout with the troop in 1977. Troop 109 is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2018. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

MOLINE — Members of Boy Scout Troop 109 at Sacred Heart Church are fond of saying, “Once a member of Troop 109, always a member of Troop 109.” That proved to be true Feb. 4, when Auxiliary Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV, of the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan in Belize, returned to his hometown to celebrate […]

Opportunities for spiritual enrichment offered around diocese as Lent begins

By: The Catholic Post - February 15, 2018 - Featured Article Bible study, Lent, retreats, Scripture

Bible studies, parish missions, and retreats are just some of the offerings parishes and institutions have planned to help Catholics on their Lenten journey. (CNS/Octavio Duran)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Parishes and Catholic organizations around the Diocese of Peoria are planning special activities for the penitential season of Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14. Following are just some of the opportunities made known to The Catholic Post, listed in order of date. This round-up will be updated as new activities are […]

Mass, programs welcome Urbana and Danville medical centers into OSF ‘family’

By: Tom Dermody - February 14, 2018 - Featured Article Danville, OSF, OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center, OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center, Presence Health, Urbana

Msgr. Mark Merdian, episcopal vicar for health care in the Diocese of Peoria, accepts a framed portrait of Mother M. Frances Krasse, foundress of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, from Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF. A Celebration Mass on Feb. 1 marked the transition of Catholic medical centers in Urbana and Danville into the OSF HealthCare System and honored the religious communities that are part of their histories. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Intense overnight preparation led to a morning of celebratory prayer as Catholic medical centers in Urbana and Danville were welcomed into the OSF HealthCare family on Feb. 1. “Throughout the history of religious orders in the church, one order has completed its mission and another carries it forward. This is the setting in which we […]

Visiting Rock Island, Gov. Rauner reiterates tax credit scholarship support

By: Jennifer Willems - February 7, 2018 - Featured Article Gov. Bruce Rauner, Invest in Kids Act, Jordan Catholic School, Rock Island, tax credit scholarships

Gov. Bruce Rauner gestures as he takes questions from students at Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island during a visit on Feb. 2. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

ROCK ISLAND — Before the Jordan Catholic School community wrapped up Catholic Schools Week, they received a special visit from Gov. Bruce Rauner, who thanked the teachers for their hard work and expressed his support for tax credit scholarships. The Invest in Kids Act, which he signed into law on Aug. 31, 2017, provides tax […]

Diocese remains confident as Sheen legal case returns to original New York court

By: The Catholic Post - February 7, 2018 - Featured Article Appeal, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, beatification, court, Diocese of Peoria, New York, Sheen

The New York court has granted Joan Sheen Cunningham the right to remove the remains of her uncle, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (pictured), from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for transfer to St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria.

The Diocese of Peoria remained confident that legal issues surrounding the transfer of the remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen from New York to Peoria will soon be resolved after the New York Court of Appeals on Feb. 6 sent the case back to the original court for an evidentiary hearing. “Please continue your prayers […]

There is ‘space for God’ in new chapel, hearts at St. Malachy School, Rantoul

By: Jennifer Willems - February 2, 2018 - Featured Article chapel, Father Joel Phelps, Rantoul, St. Malachy School

Father Joel Phelps blesses St. Malachy School in Rantoul and its students, faculty, and staff after dedicating its new chapel room in this 2018 file photo. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

RANTOUL — Prayer is part of what makes any Catholic school special and as Catholic Schools Week began, St. Malachy School made certain it always would be by blessing its new chapel room. The patron for the new space is St. Peregrine. During the ceremony, which took the students and teachers throughout the building as […]

“Year with the Saint John’s Bible” opens; masterpiece on display in Bloomington

By: Jennifer Willems - February 2, 2018 - Featured Article Benedictine, Bloomington, Heritage Edition, Illinois Wesleyan University, Saint John's Bible

Taking in the depiction of the genealogy of Jesus at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel in the Heritage Edition of the Saint John’s Bible are (from left) Toni Wilken of Lexington, Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB, prioress of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, and Carolyn Gray, Sharon McNamara and Feli Sebastian, all of Bloomington. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

BLOOMINGTON — To say that the Saint John’s Bible is an artistic masterpiece would be true, but that isn’t why it was created. “The main reason we did this project is to remind people that the Bible, by its very nature, is communal. It’s meant to be shared,” said Tim Ternes, director of the Saint […]

Nearly 250 high school students from diocese among March for Life throng

By: Tom Dermody - February 2, 2018 - Featured Article Central Catholic, March for Life, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pro-life, Schlarman, The High School of Saint Thomas More

The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign sent 28 students to Washington, D.C. Here they hold a Sabers for Life banner on the steps of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Provided photo)

Whether they got there by bus or by air, the nearly 250 high school students from the Diocese of Peoria were in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19 to walk. And pray. “I wanted to go on the March for Life in order to stand up for the dignity of each and every human life, both […]

‘Gospel of Life will always win,’ bishop tells pro-life advocates at cathedral

By: Jennifer Willems - February 2, 2018 - Featured Article cathedral, Deacon Bob Sondag, Mass and Eucharistic Adoration for the Unborn, Pro-life

A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, long a symbol of the pro-life movement, is carried into St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria in this photo from a previous Mass for the Legal Protection of the Unborn. This year's Mass and Holy Hour is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

In word, song and an extended period of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, pro-life advocates joined Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria to lift up human life and dignity and gather the strength they needed to keep doing it. As he greeted them before Mass on Jan. 24, Bishop Jenky […]

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