GALESBURG — The Christ Child Society of Central Illinois has started to offer layettes to OSF St. Mary Medical Center and Cottage Hospital in Galesburg. The hospitals received their first layettes last Saturday, May 7. A group of Christ Child Society members, including Sharon Gerdes of Gridley, Joan Weber and Ingrid Ruscheinski of Peoria, and […]
Continue readingCalling Blessed Pope John Paul II “truly one of the greatest popes in history,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has invited Catholics throughout the Diocese of Peoria to celebrate his beatification by attending a Mass of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. this Saturday, May 7, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. More than one million faithful […]
Continue readingGolf Classic set June 3 in Danville DANVILLE — Catholic Charities programs throughout Vermilion County will benefit from the 12th Golf Classic to be hosted on Friday, June 3, at Turtle Run Golf Course here. Sponsored by Provena United Samaritans Medical Center, the Golf Classic has raised nearly $70,000 since 1999 to benefit the work […]
Continue readingFather John J. Dietzen, the foremost question-and-answer columnist in the Catholic press for 35 years and a former associate editor of The Catholic Post, has been nominated posthumously for the highest honor of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. Father Dietzen, who died March 27 at the age of 83, is […]
Continue readingA funeral Mass was offered at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Wednesday, April 20, for Msgr. Joseph A. Zube, 85, who served the Diocese of Peoria’s Marriage Tribunal for more than five decades. Msgr. Zube, who was also a former pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish in Camp Grove and St. Monica’s Parish in East […]
Continue readingTo assist Catholics of the diocese in their Holy Week journey, we offer this video reflection on the Stations of the Cross using meditations written by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The 10-minute video features images of Stations from churches throughout the Diocese of Peoria. It was produced by The Catholic Post and is narrated […]
Continue readingDo you know of a group or individuals from the Diocese of Peoria planning to travel to Madrid for World Youth Day in August? The Catholic Post is planning a round-up story for a future issue. Contact our newsroom at 1-800-340-5630, or e-mail cathpost@cdop.org. World Youth Day was instituted by Pope John Paul II in […]
Continue readingWEST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on April 5 in the chapel of Immaculate Conception Convent for Sister Mary Virginia Butkovich, OSF, who was in her 75th year of religious profession. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery here on April 6. Sister Mary Virginia, 93, died on March 31, 2011, at […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — The Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Avenue West, are offering time to pray and participate in the liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil with them from Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. through Easter Sunday, April 24, at 1 p.m.The cost of the retreat is […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria is planning a workshop in Bloomington on Saturday, April 9 to clarify the process of adopting orphans from Haiti. Haitian authorities recently announced they are accepting new adoption applications. According to Catholic Charities, the process can be challenging and applicants must comply with all Haitian and […]
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