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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 […]

‘Distinguished’ Nauvoo teacher honored for work she has never considered a job

By: Jennifer Willems - January 25, 2018 - Featured Article Connie Lake, Distinguished Teacher, Nauvoo

Connie Lake works on math equations with sixth-grader Clair Powelson in her combined fifth- and sixth-grade classroom at Sts. Peter and Paul School in Nauvoo. She said she hopes the students learn to believe in themselves and become committed leaders for Christ by the time they go on to junior high school. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

NAUVOO — Connie Lake is a lifelong teacher. Even as a child, the Nauvoo native taught her younger brother and two younger sisters at home, and assisted the special education teacher while attending Nauvoo-Colusa High School. This year marks Lake’s 35th anniversary as a classroom teacher, with all of those years spent at her alma […]

‘Bella’ producer Jason Jones tells Sanctity of Human Life Rally ‘we are so close’

By: Jennifer Willems - January 24, 2018 - Featured Article Jason Jones, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life Rally, Sister Mary Jo Yutt

Little Alexis Ryken of Pekin is taking her first pro-life walk around the Federal Courthouse in Peoria in the arms of her big sister Ashly. The walk preceded the Sanctity of Human Life Rally sponsored by Central Illinois Right to Life on Jan. 22. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Jason Jones didn’t know abortion was legal when he found out he was going to be a father two days shy of his 17th birthday. Once the shock of the unplanned pregnancy passed, he made plans with his girlfriend, Katie, and started thinking about what he wanted to give this child. That dream was cut […]

Pilgrims from diocese celebrate, defend life at 2018 March for Life Chicago

By: Tom Dermody - January 18, 2018 - Featured Article bus, Cecilia Soñé, March for Life Chicago, Shirley Plaag, Sister Silvia, St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center

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 March for Life Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 14. Those pictured include, from left, Ayla Kibler, Hannah Carroll, Sister Silvia Maria, SCTJM, Maria Castiblanco, Noelle Ortega, Kristin Anderson, and Alex James. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

CHICAGO — Pilgrims from the Diocese of Peoria to March for Life Chicago on Jan. 14 knew the seriousness of their cause but also found ways on a sub-freezing January day to reflect the joy of their faith and belief that “Love Saves Lives.” Many of the 35 college students and staff from the St. […]

‘Distinguished’ Monmouth pastor offers enrollment to every child who wants it

By: Jennifer Willems - January 18, 2018 - Featured Article Distinguished Pastor, Immaculate Conception School, Monmouth, Msgr. Thomas Mack

Msgr. Thomas Mack makes it a point to visit Immaculate Conception School, Monmouth, several times each day. Just being present to the principal, faculty and staff, and students is important, he said. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

MONMOUTH — While his official title is pastor, Msgr. Thomas Mack notes that he’s also a pretty good “horse trader” when it comes to getting students enrolled at Immaculate Conception School in Monmouth. “Don’t ever tell me you can’t afford Catholic education. I’ll get you in here,” he told The Catholic Post during a recent […]

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