Awards are sweet when they come one at a time, but what happens when they come two at a time? Ask Deacon Bob Vogelbaugh, who was inducted into the Moline High School Hall of Honor on Jan. 15, and received the Spirit of Saints Francis and Clare Award from the University of St. Francis in […]
Continue readingSt. Bede Abbey and Academy in Peru has a new director of development. She is Donna Aleksy, a Peru businesswoman who brings with her 28 years of development experience from both the public and private sectors.She assumed her new duties on Feb. 1. Officials said her knowledge and background in the St. Bede community made […]
Continue readingHAVE GOOD photos from your trip to the national March for Life? The Catholic Post would like to share them with the diocese in our next issue. E-mail two or three of your best ones, along with any necessary identifications, to cathpost@cdop.org by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. Did something about this year’s march move […]
Continue readingIT ISN’T unusual for James and Sharon McNamara of Holy Trinity Parish in Bloomington to travel outside their comfort zone to help others. After building homes for the poor in El Salvador and visiting southern Africa, they decided it was time for an extended service opportunity. Last month, the McNamaras started a year of service […]
Continue readingEach year The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign hosts “Showcase of Thanks,” a donor appreciation brunch to honor its loyal and committed supporters. Two people came away from last month’s event with awards recognizing their commitment and service to the school. The 2009 Paideia Award was given to John May, who was […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Retreats and programs planned for this month by the Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery include a book club that will focus on the challenge of being a Christian in a difficult time. “Compassion,” a book by Father Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill and Douglas Morrison, will be studied on six […]
Continue readingPONTIAC — A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at St. Mary’s Church here for Jayne L. Brunskill, 95, the mother of three children including Father Richard Brunskill, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria on senior status. Mrs. Brunskill died at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 […]
Continue readingA MEMORIAL Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, for Father Marne Breckensiek, OFM, who served as pastor of the downtown Peoria parish for 24 years. Father Marne died on Dec. 29, 2009, at St. Margaret Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 71. A Mass […]
Continue readingNAUVOO — Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Nauvoo will host a concert at 3 p.m. next Sunday, Jan. 10, in conjunction with the dedication of its newly installed 1874 E.G. & G. Hook and Hastings pipe organ. The historic 985-pipe instrument — once housed in the Unitarian Church in Keokuk, Iowa — was obtained […]
Continue readingBy: Ninth Festival Letter of the Most Rev. Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria In the early centuries of Catholic Christianity, when calendars were uncommon and often imprecise, a bishop would send out an annual “Festival Letter” to announce the proper dates for observing the fasts and feasts of the Liturgical Year. It was […]
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