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Logan County Catholic Community Food Pantry now serving at new, larger site

By: Tom Dermody - July 5, 2018 - Featured Article Father Laible, food pantry, Holy Family, Lincoln, Logan County Catholic Community

Beth Fleshman, a volunteer at the Logan County Catholic Community Food Pantry in Lincoln, assists a guest with her selections at the pantry’s new location on June 27. The outreach serves more than 1,600 people annually and is supported by the county’s four Catholic parishes. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

LINCOLN — “Wow, this place is huge,” said the first guest to walk through the door of the newly built and blessed Logan County Catholic Community Food Pantry on June 27. She would find, as do the dozens of others who are assisted with their families’ food needs here every Wednesday, that the new facility’s […]

Bishops’ delegation ends border visit, calls reunification of children urgent

By: The Catholic Post - July 3, 2018 - Featured Article

Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pa., talks to an immigrant woman, recently released from U.S. custody, July 1, at a Catholic Charities-run respite center in McAllen, Texas. A delegation of U.S. bishops has traveled to the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, to learn more about the detention of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexican border. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service SAN JUAN, Texas (CNS) — In less than 48 hours, a group of Catholic bishops saw the faces of triumph and relief from migrants who had been recently released by immigration authorities, but ended their two-day journey to the border with a more “somber” experience, visiting detained migrant children […]

Elevating 14 to College of Cardinals, pope says credible leadership serves others

By: The Catholic Post - June 28, 2018 - Featured Article

New Cardinal Desire Tsarahazana of Toamasina, Madagascar, is seen with other cardinals during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals. “None of us must feel ‘superior’ to anyone. None of us should look down at others […]

Christ Child Society marks decade of loving service here to new moms in need

By: Jennifer Willems - June 20, 2018 - Featured Article Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, Central Illinois, Christ Child Society, Quad Cities

Shari Paris of St. Mary Parish, Pontiac, and Patricia Grove of St. Mary of the Woods Parish, Princeville, measure fabric that will be used to make receiving blankets for the layettes prepared by the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Bringing a baby home from the hospital is a joyful occasion for most families. For others, that joy can be overshadowed by stress if they are in need that places their precious newborn at risk. For the last 10 years, two chapters of the Christ Child Society in the Diocese of Peoria have worked hard […]

Shrine to Mary planned for site of Naplate church lost to tornado in 2017

By: Tom Dermody - June 20, 2018 - Featured Article Bill Mucci, Father David Kipfer, Naplate, shrine, St. Mary Church, tornado

An architect's drawing of the shrine to be built this summer at the site of the former St. Mary Church in Naplate.

NAPLATE — A shrine in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be built this summer on land that until a tornado hit in early 2017 was the site of a Catholic church under her patronage. The open-air shrine will include many items salvaged from St. Mary Church after it was structurally damaged by a […]

Homeless, unemployed visitors appreciate outdoor crucifix at Sophia’s Kitchen

By: Jennifer Willems - June 20, 2018 - Featured Article crucifix, Father Jim Pankiewicz, Heritage Restoration, Heritage Restoratoin, Sophia's Kitchen

The steeple of St. Joseph Church in Peoria rises behind the new crucifix, made by Heritage Restoration and Design Studio and recently installed in front of Sophia's Kitchen. (Provided photo)

People who are homeless, unemployed and underemployed have found a kindred spirit waiting for them at Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria. He’s the one on the crucifix in the parking lot at 103 S. Richard Pryor Place. Fully divine and fully human, Jesus knew what it was like to be in pain, said Father Jim Pankiewicz, […]

N.Y. court again rules Archbishop Sheen’s remains can be transferred to Peoria

By: Tom Dermody - June 20, 2018 - Featured Article Archbishop Fulton Sheen, body, court, Joan Sheen Cunningham, New York

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS file photo)

The niece of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has again been granted the legal right to transfer her uncle’s mortal remains from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Diocese of Peoria reacted with “great joy” to the ruling in favor of Joan Sheen Cunningham’s petition issued June 8 […]

Corpus Christi processions in diocese unite Catholics around eucharistic Lord

By: Jennifer Willems - June 7, 2018 - Featured Article Corpus Christi, Father Anthony Co, Granville, LaSalle, procession, Rock Island

Hundred of Catholics walk down Tonti Street in LaSalle in a Corpus Christi procession June 3 that included prayerful stops at all three Catholic churches in the city. In addition to uniting the parishes, the public demonstration of faith in praise of the Blessed Sacrament also brought together both English and Spanish-speaking Catholics. The LaSalle celebration was one of several processions on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. (Provided photo/LaSalle Catholic parishes)

ROCK ISLAND — Jesus desires to bring together people and that happened in parishes around the Diocese of Peoria as processions were held to celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi, on June 3. In Rock Island, members of Sacred Heart Parish left church after […]

Commissioned song, quilt among parish’s surprises for Msgr. Merdian on jubilee

By: Jennifer Willems - June 7, 2018 - Featured Article commissioned song, gifts, jubilee, Merdian, Pius X, quilt, Rock Island

Msgr. Merdian thanks Rita Kirk, Karen Boyle and Kate Elliott for their work on the quilt made to mark the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

ROCK ISLAND — With St. Pius X Church filled with family, friends and current and former parishioners from as far away as Louisiana and Chicago, Msgr. Mark Merdian thanked God for his 25 years of priestly ministry on June 3. “I love being a priest, if you can’t tell,” he told them with a smile. […]

Logan County priest, deacon take part in Warriors to Lourdes healing pilgrimage

By: Jennifer Willems - June 7, 2018 - Featured Article Laible, Logan County, Lourdes, Lowry, warriors to Lourdes

Father Jeffrey Laible of Lincoln, second from left, spiritual director for the Warriors to Lourdes program, and Father Tom Foster of Duluth, Minnesota, deputy director, visit with two of the pilgrims to Lourdes, France, on May 17. (CNS/Tamino Petelinsek courtesy Knights of Columbus)

LINCOLN — Healing comes in many ways when soldiers who have been wounded go to Lourdes. “People may come back to the United States or wherever home is and have a physical healing. However, they might also come back with a spiritual, maybe an emotional, maybe a moral healing, where there’s been some kind of […]

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