Photo Caption: Bringing forth the bread and wine during a recent Mass marking the anniversary were Sisters Gerarda Farska, DSF, general superior, and Sister M. Loretta Matas, DSF, regional superior in Lacon. By: By Jennifer Willems LACON — As Sister Olga Poluch, DSF, stands in front of St. Joseph’s Nursing Home and looks around, she […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Olga Paluch, DSF, shares her memories of the establishment of St. Joseph Nursing Home 50 years ago. EDITOR’S NOTE: Of the 15 Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi who traveled from Slovakia to Illinois in 1946, three are still living. One of these pioneers is Sister Olga Poluch, DSF, who had been […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Standing just a few feet from where he had been ordained at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on May 31, 1964, Msgr. Dale Wellman said, “I can see that it has been a wonderful life.” “I have found and made friends with many wonderful people in this Diocese of Peoria,” he […]
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Photo Caption: Ceil Myers reads “The Race” to her granddaughter, Anabelle Myers. The first-time author will sign books at Lagron-Miller in Peoria on Saturday, July 12. By: By Jennifer Willems Some of the best things in Cecilia Myers’ life weren’t planned. Among those special moments are close encounters with St. John Paul II at World […]
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By: By Tom Dermody PHOTO: Msgr. Thomas Mack carries the Blessed Sacrament in a eucharistic procession through a park in Roseville during the United in Faith celebration on June 22. (More photos from this event can be viewed in an album on The Catholic Post’s Facebook page.) —– ROSEVILLE — The first Catholic Mass in […]
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Photo Caption: Mike Hatfield, director of advancement for St. John’s Catholic Newman Center in Champaign, greets Father John Belmonte, SJ, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Joliet. School choice, school recognition and defense of marriage issues were among the topics covered when the superintendents and associate superintendents of the six dioceses of Illinois […]
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MENDOTA — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Friday, June 20, at Holy Cross Church here for Msgr. Richard G. Fitzsimmons, 83, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria and former pastor of parishes in Mendota, Peterstown, Westville, LaSalle, Wapella, and Downs. Msgr. Fitzsimmons, a native of Lincoln, died on Monday, June […]
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Photo Caption: Annie Karto and Father Richard McAlear, OMI, will address the theme of “Jesus Christ, Our Only Hope” at the conference, a one-day gathering at the Embassy Suites, East Peoria. EAST PEORIA — It will be just one day this year, but the annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference will still be filled with opportunities […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. John Prendergast, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Peoria, asked principals to remember that students will look to them to see the joy that comes from a relationship with God. By: By Jennifer Willems Even principals look forward to having some free time in the summer, but that isn’t why they were […]
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Photo Caption: Father Mark DeSutter, pictured with Mike Birdoes, says Catholic schools are “not just about education. It’s about bringing people to Christ.” By: By Jennifer Willems Father Mark DeSutter said he was surprised when he learned that he had been named the Diocese of Peoria’s Distinguished Pastor for 2013-14 by the Office of Catholic […]
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