By: By Jennifer Willems CHAMPAIGN — Anything is possible when you ask the Blessed Mother for help, gather a group of “angels” and entrust everything to the Good Shepherd. At Holy Cross School, doing that has made it possible to open the first Catholic preschool in Champaign-Urbana. The program started quietly last year with 17 […]
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Photo Caption: Former model Mario St. Francis will be among the conference presenters Sept. 18-19 at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems At its heart, the Wake Up the World Conference that will be held Sept. 18-19 at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria is much more than an opportunity to […]
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HAMILTON — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Mary Church here on Aug. 17 for Father Raymond M. Lukoskie, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who served as pastor of Sacred Heart, Warsaw, and the Hamilton parish for 22 years. Father Lukoskie died on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at his home […]
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Photo Caption: Megan Gilbert of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Peoria Heights touches the reliquary containing a bone fragment from St. John Vianney, the patron of priests, at the end of the Holy Hour. By: By Jennifer Willems If the name of every priest in the Diocese of Peoria wasn’t lifted up in prayer […]
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is the destination for the next bus pilgrimage sponsored by the Bishop’s Commission on Women and everyone is welcome to come along. The bus will leave from the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, for the five-hour drive […]
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Photo Caption: Teachers from Bloomington Central Catholic High School and St. Jude School in Peoria pray after Communion at the “explanatory Mass” celebrated by Msgr. Brownsey. By: By Jennifer Willems Teachers eager to start their first year in Catholic schools around the Diocese of Peoria recently had an opportunity to slow down, take a deep […]
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GALESBURG — A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, at Corpus Christi Church here for Father Joseph Michael Presley, IC, parochial vicar at Corpus Christi and St. Patrick parishes in Galesburg as well as Sacred Heart Parish, Abingdon. Father Joseph, who served the parishes since his ordination to the […]
Continue readingTotus Tuus, which is Latin for “totally yours,” is completing its fourth summer in the Diocese of Peoria. Started in six parishes, the catechetical program was taken to 21 parishes this year. In addition to the team of Zachary Taylor, Stephen Tony, Lydia Perrilles and Maddie Conley mentioned in the story about how Totus Tuus […]
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Photo Caption: Carrie Carroll of Pontiac was among the 260 praising Jesus during the Charismatic Renewal Conference sponsored July 25 by the Diocese of Peoria at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria. By: By Tom Dermody With bluntness and urgency, speakers at the Charismatic Renewal Conference last Saturday called Catholics to grow closer to Christ […]
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By: By Tom Dermody (Photo by Rachel Palmberg) CHAMPAIGN — As a series of disturbing videos continued to be released claiming Planned Parenthood’s involvement in procuring and selling human body parts from aborted fetuses, some members of the local pro-life community turned to public prayer on Tuesday. About 15 people took part in a prayerful […]
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