Photo Caption: The project is the next phase of a master plan that followed an evaluation of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria as it approached its 125th anniversary in 2013. By: By Tom Dermody The mother church of the Diocese of Peoria is about to become even more beautiful, and you are invited to play […]
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Photo Caption: A screen grab of a Facebook post by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery promoting the Midwest Vocation Match. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — It’s one thing to be attracted to consecrated life. It’s another to know what makes each religious community unique and which one might be the best […]
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PEKIN — Eight members of the Knights of Columbus from around the Diocese of Peoria will be honored at the 27th annual “Night of Knights” recognition dinner on Saturday, April 11, in ceremonies hosted by the Archbishop Schlarman Council No. 3507 here. The event, sponsored by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, […]
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Photo Caption: Father Mwongyera will assist Bishop Jenky in exercising the bishop’s judicial authority on various matters and work with Sister Marianne Burkhard, OSB, in directing the Office of the Tribunal. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Father Martin Mwongyera as judicial vicar for the Diocese of Peoria. He will assist Bishop Jenky in […]
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Photo Caption: The Rev. Vernon McNear is the supervisor of the new Clinical Pastoral Education Program set to begin with a summer session at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. By: By Tom Dermody Do you have a personal desire or a professional need to learn “the art and heart of caring?” OSF Saint […]
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By: By Susan Flansburg, Special to The Catholic Post EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of Peoria in honor of the Year of Consecrated Life. Called by Pope Francis, the celebration will run through Feb. 2, 2016, the World Day […]
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Photo Caption: Heinz-Dietrich Suppan, author of “Remember Indian Creek! In the Shadow of the Black Hawk War,” is pictured with the creek flowing behind him in LaSalle County. By: By Jennifer Willems OTTAWA — Every story has two sides and as he collected information about the Black Hawk War and Indian Creek Massacre, Marquette Academy […]
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Photo Caption: The design for her pysanka emerges as Lauren Woodley of Immaculate Conception Parish in Manito holds it to the candle’s flame. By: By Jennifer Willems CHAMPAIGN — It’s easy to look at pysanky and see only how beautiful these intricately decorated eggs are. The prayer that goes into creating them, however, adds a […]
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Photo Caption: Among the first visitors to the new “St. John Vianney Rectory” exhibit were seminarian Deacon Eric Bolek, left, and permanent Deacon Michael Schallmoser and his son, Conrad. By: By Tom Dermody The Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria now has a rectory. “The St. John Vianney Rectory” is the title of a new display […]
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Photo Caption: Singers from all over the diocese are welcome to join the choir, which will depart from Chicago on Dec. 30, and return on Jan. 7, 2016. The trip is also open to anyone wishing to travel. If St. Augustine is right and “those who sing pray twice,” the diocesan choir that is forming […]
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