Photo Caption: Tom Weiss, who made the altars consecrated this month at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Leonore, works on the presider’s chair that now graces the chapel at Central Catholic High School in Bloomington. By: By Jennifer Willems OTTAWA — Tom Weiss admits that when he went to St. Columba Church for Mass […]
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By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post With guest speakers like Chris Stefanick and Megan Mastroianni (pictured above) coming next month, organizers of the Diocese of Peoria’s Youth Rally ’14 are excitedly expanding their invitation to the event. This year’s Youth Rally — scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria […]
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Photo Caption: The Motherhouse of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis is located at 1175 St. Francis Lane in East Peoria. By: By Sister Rose Therese Mann, OSF EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a monthly series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of Peoria. […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post As often happens when people gather in Illinois these days, the women who attended the convention of the Diocese of Peoria Council of Catholic Women wanted to know how to vote in the upcoming election and keynote speaker Robert Gilligan of the Catholic Conference of Illinois told them. […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, told those attending the Red Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Oct. 19 that while we should love our country, “we should love Jesus even more.” Whether we claim to be Republican or Democrat, “our ultimate loyalty and obedience must be to God, above all, and […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky pours sacred Chrism on the altar of sacrifice during the consecration ritual at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Leonore on Oct. 11. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post LEONORE — As members of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish here and Annunciation BVM Parish in Eagle Township continue to draw […]
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By: By Tom Dermody CAPTION: School, parish, and community leaders turn the first spades of earth on a $2.1 million addition for Costa Catholic Academy in Galesburg. (More photos from the groundbreaking may be viewed on The Catholic Post’s Facebook page.) —– GALESBURG — A $2.1 million expansion project at Costa Catholic Academy here officially […]
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Photo Caption: Plans call for the station to affiliate with EWTN and operate at 95.7 FM under the name “Holy Family Radio.” CHAMPAIGN — The first Catholic radio station to serve the Champaign/Urbana area may be on the air by July 2015. The Catholic Post has learned that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued […]
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Photo Caption: Brian Clowes, director of education and research for Human Life International, told those at the Respect Life Dinner “you are part of something much, much bigger than you might expect.” By: By Tom Dermody On a day when Life Chains linked pro-lifers standing side-by-side in communities around the Diocese of Peoria, the keynote […]
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Photo Caption: Sammy the Saber and Cindy Zhang exchange a high-five before an Oct. 3 homecoming pep rally at The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign, a newly named 2014 National Blue Ribbon School. By: By Jennifer Willems CHAMPAIGN — Academic excellence was a promise made to parents and the community when The […]
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