DANVILLE — “Kickin’ It Country” is the theme for a fundraiser planned for Saturday, July 12, by the Presence United Samaritans Medical Center Foundation. It will be held from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Turtle Run Golf and Banquet Center, 332 E. Liberty Lane. The event will help Presence United Samaritans purchase new and enhanced […]
Continue readingKatie Heskett and Dodie Gomer will be the speakers at a Cursillo Ultreya on Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m. at St. Jude Church, 10811 N. Knoxville Ave. Their theme is “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst” (Matthew 18:20).
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A “Stump the Bishop” night on June 18 featuring Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, highlights a Theology on Tap series for Catholic young adults underway on Wednesdays in the month of June at Kelleher’s Irish Pub, 619 S.W. Water St. in Peoria. Theology on Tap, offering an opportunity to discuss faith issues with friends in […]
Continue readingLACON — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will join the residents, staff and Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, June 21, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Joseph’s Nursing Home. The bishop will be the principal celebrant for the Mass, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. and be held under a tent […]
Continue readingThere will be limited updates of thecatholicpost.com until Saturday, June 21, as the site’s webmaster attends the Catholic Media Convention in Charlotte, N.C. We will return to daily updates on Saturday. Thanks for your understanding.
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Photo Caption: Jacob Cox leads a rehearsal for students in the Cantus Choir School on a recent Thursday afternoon at St. Vincent de Paul School in Peoria. Music and ice cream are on the menu for an event to raise funds for the Cantus Choir School next Sunday, June 1, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in […]
Continue readingDWIGHT — Musician and speaker Michael James Mette will share his music and faith with area Catholics on the weekend of May 31-June 1. Mette will provide music during Masses at St. Patrick Church, 100 W. Mazon in Dwight, at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday, and at Sacred Heart Church, 205 […]
Continue readingMORTON — Blessed Sacrament Church, 225 E. Greenwood St., will host a Cursillo Ultreya on Saturday, June 7, at 7 p.m. Derek Amerman’s theme will be “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst” (Matthew 18:20).
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CHAMPAIGN — A funeral Mass was offered on Thursday, May 15, at St. Matthew Church here for Deacon Donald J. Fraley, 62, a permanent deacon for the parish since 2012. Deacon Fraley died on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Champaign-Urbana Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Father Robert Rayson was principal celebrant of the funeral liturgy. […]
Continue readingCHERRY — Catholics of Filipino descent are specially invited to a 3:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday, May 18, at Holy Trinity Church here, followed by a potluck dinner at the church hall. Father Anthony Bernas, administrator of parishes in Coal Valley and Orion and a native of the Philippines, will be principal celebrant of the […]
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