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Rock Island’s Alleman rocks flags and football

(Left) One of the Top 10 entries for the Illinois State Flag Redesign Competition has been submitted by Alleman High grad Brady Senatra. (Right) Alleman alumni Charles Jagusah – here holding Orange Bowl jacket – was Notre Dame’s starting left tackle in the College Football Playoff National Championship game Jan. 20.

ROCK ISLAND – Flag football is a growing sport worldwide, sponsored by the NFL and set to be part of the 2028 Olympics. However, a different combination of flag and football has been making news for Alleman High School alumni in recent days. Charles Jagusah (’23), played for Notre Dame against Ohio State in the […]

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Central Catholic Vision Campaign – $10M+ in under a year

BLOOMINGTON – Central Catholic High School’s $10M Vision campaign reached and exceeded its lofty goal in less than one year. Following Central Catholic’s Saints Alive dinner auction last fall, the Catholic Post Online reported on a $1M donation for student mental health announced at the event as part of the campaign (“Central Catholic Celebrates $1M […]

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Bread Monk talks bread, education and community

Father Dominic Garramone – “The Bread Monk” prays before breaking bread with visiting members of the National Evangelization Team (NET) and Saint Bede Academy students at St. Bede Abbey’s Bethany House. (Supplied photo)

Father Dominic Garramone, OSB – aka the “Bread Monk” – has a lot cooking. He has written 11 cookbooks (not counting second editions), and served as the host of the PBS cooking show “Breaking Bread with Father Garramone” from 1999-2001. He’s also an also an award-winning children’s book author (“Brother Jerome and the Angels in […]

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Sister Joan Tousignant, O.S.F., former superior at St. Mary’s Medical Center, dies

EAST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, here for Sister Joan Tousignant, O.S.F. Sister Joan, 89, a member of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, died on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at the motherhouse in East Peoria. She was born on May 11, 1935, in […]

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Catholic Charities Christmas program distributes 2,650 gifts across diocese

Maggie Abrams of Peoria, single mother of six, said of the Catholic Charities Christmas gift distribution: “We feel blessed.” (The Catholic Post Online/ Paul Thomas Moore)

Catholic Charites conducted its Peoria Christmas gift distribution at Cabrini Center on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Bishop Louis Tylka helped to hand out the gifts, and prayed with staff and volunteers before the doors opened. “We are grateful for all those who are participating in this effort, so that we can reach out to those in […]

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Jordan Catholic EarlyAct Club gets in on Santa’s act

Jordan Catholic fifth graders (from left) Hudson Kerr, Svea Hancks, and QuinEvelyn Allison shop in support of families in need at Christmas.

ROCK ISLAND – The Jordan Catholic School EarlyAct Club got an early-December jump on Christmas gift giving in support of the less fortunate in their parish communities. After a casual day for a donation towards the Angel Tree raised over $1,700, the student elves went to work. Accompanied by Mrs. Katy Saucedo, fifth grade teacher, […]

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A Christmas suggestion from Bishop Louis Tylka: “Let Him In”

December, 2024 Dear Friends in Christ, Merry Christmas! We once again celebrate with great joy the birth of Jesus Christ, the long-awaited Messiah. And as we do each year, we have spent the past several weeks preparing our hearts and our homes. The season of Advent beckoned us to prepare for the Lord’s coming, especially […]

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