By: By Tom Dermody It didn’t take long for the impact of the April 27 canonizations of Sts. John XXIII and St. John Paul II to be felt in the Diocese of Peoria. Hours after Pope Francis presided at the ceremonies at the Vatican, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, issued decrees naming merged or merging […]
Continue readingAnswers to the questions posed in our May 11 editorial, “To help vocations blossom in spring”. 1. Sister Mary Barbara Buckley, OSF, page B14; 2. Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, page B18; 3. Brother Louis Zant, OFM, page B10; 4. Sister Mary Bea Snyder, CHM, page B20; 5. Father Michael Gould, MM, page B8; 6. […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Wellman will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for his golden jubilee and retirement at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Sacred Heart, Moline, where he has been pastor since 2001. By: By Jennifer Willems Editor’s note — This article was part of “Jubilarians 2014,” a 20-page special section in the May 11 […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Rita Ann Bregenhorn, OSU, will serve a three-year term as leader of the Ursuline Sisters of the Central Province. By: By Jennifer Willems ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sister Rita Ann Bregenhorn, OSU, pastoral associate at St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington for the last 17 years, has been installed as the […]
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Photo Caption: A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Claude will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, at St. Bede Abbey Church in Peru. PERU — Father Claude (John) Peifer, OSB, abbot emeritus of St. Bede Abbey, a former teacher at St. Bede Academy, and an internationally recognized scholar in Scripture, died […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, told a cathedral filled with Catholic men that God is calling them to be “militant men of faith” in their families, parishes, communities, and places of employment. By: By Tom Dermody Maybe it is holding your spouse’s hand and saying an Our Father every night before falling asleep. […]
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Photo Caption: Pilgrims kneel before images of newly canonized St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII following a diocesan Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrating the April 27 canonizations. By: By Tom Dermody Newly canonized St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II are presented by the church as models of holiness so that […]
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By: By Tom Dermody CAPTION: Members of the Rolinitis family of Westville including parents D.L. and Stacey and children Mariah and Dalton (who served at the Mass) hold a glove once worn by St. Gianna Beretta Molla. More photos from the visit of the relics to churches in Westville and Georgetown can be found on […]
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EAST MOLINE — A funeral Mass was offered on Friday, April 25, at St. Anne Church here for Father Robert D. O’Connor, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria and the former pastor of St. Anne’s as well as parishes in Mendota, Peterstown, Elkhart, and Mount Pulaski. Father O’Connor, a former teacher and missionary […]
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By: By Jennifer Willems EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series profiling Catholic campus ministry at colleges located within the borders of the Diocese of Peoria. —– NORMAL — Holiness is attractive. Pope John Paul II proved that to be true as he drew young people from around the world to a deeper […]
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