NORMAL — Marriage and “Raising Kids of All Ages” will be the topics for discussion when Dr. Ray Guarendi visits Epiphany Parish this Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22. Both presentations will be held in the parish center, 1000 E. College Ave. The first is a “Date Night with Dr. Ray” and is planned […]
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EAST PEORIA — Sister Mary Pacifica Lorber, OSF, died on Oct. 14, 2016, at the motherhouse of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was 104 and in her 78th year of religious profession. Visitation is planned for 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, in the motherhouse chapel, 1175 St. Francis Lane. […]
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ROCK ISLAND — Sister Martina Brinkschroeder, OSB, died on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at St. Mary Monastery. She was 94 and in her 74th year of profession as a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict. Visitation is planned for Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 4 to 7 p.m., in the chapel of St. Mary Monastery, […]
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Dr. Peter Howard is author of "The Woman: Thy Mystery of Mary as Mediatrix in the Teaching of Fulton J. Sheen."
WASHINGTON — Marian consecration, Our Lady of Fatima, and the prophetic wisdom of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be the focus of a parish retreat led by Dr. Peter Howard on Saturday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 23, at St. Patrick Church, 705 E. Jefferson. A nationally known speaker who recently relocated to the […]
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Public Square Rosary Rallies are being organized in several communities of the Diocese of Peoria on Saturday, Oct. 15, to pray for our nation and the conversion of sinners as Our Lady of Fatima requested. According to the organization America Needs Fatima, the rosary will be prayed at more than 16,000 public locations around the […]
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“Apparition Hill” to open Oct. 7-13 at Bloomington and Peoria theaters Cinemas in Peoria and Bloomington will be among those screening the new documentary “Apparition Hill,” which is opening in 35 cities this Friday, Oct. 7. The film explores the alleged appearances of Mary in the village along the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia through […]
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Police officers, firefighters and other first responders will be honored by the parishes of the LaSalle Vicariate at a Blue Mass on Thursday, Sept. 29. It will take place at 7 p.m. at the Shrine of the Holy Rosary, 529 Fourth St., in LaSalle. Sept. 29 is the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and […]
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Msgr. Greg Ketcham is pictured with his sister, Clarisse Slater, in Houston, Texas, where the pastor of St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington and St. Mary, Downs, has been receiving treatment for brain cancer. Their t-shirts bear the slogan Msgr. Ketcham has emphasized throughout his treatment, that "Jesus reigns." (Photo from stpatrickmerna.org)
BLOOMINGTON — Saying “I feel strong and am excited to be with you soon,” Msgr. Gregory Ketcham is returning to his parishes today during a break in his treatment for brain cancer. Msgr. Ketcham, pastor of St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington and St. Mary in Downs, has been at MD Anderson Cancer Center […]
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Former Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood.
PEORIA HEIGHTS — Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will explore voting when he speaks on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 904 E. Lake Ave. His presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the church. The public is invited. His talk will be based not on the words […]
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St. Malachy Church and School in Geneseo.
GENESEO — Even before the Diocese of Peoria was established in 1877, the Catholic faith was blooming in Beautiful Valley, the Indian name for Geneseo. On Sunday, Oct. 9, members of St. Malachy Parish here will celebrate 150 years of prayer and good works with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. During the liturgy, a statue […]
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