Photo Caption: Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg, is pictured outside the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. on April 16. By: By Tom Dermody GALESBURG — After Palm Sunday and before Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio experienced a Grateful Wednesday. The 80-year-old […]
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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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Photo Caption: Hundreds of Catholic men make their way from the Peoria riverfront to St. Mary’s Cathedral in this image from the 2013 march. The 2014 event is scheduled for Saturday morning, April 26. Catholic men from throughout the Diocese of Peoria are invited to take a public stand in defense of faith, family and […]
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Photo Caption: Evidence of water damage is clearly visible around this window at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. By: By Tom Dermody Nearing its 125th birthday and showing signs of age, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria was due for a thorough exam. The results are in and have spurred caregivers of the mother church of […]
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Photo Caption: State Rep. Mike Unes (R-91st) shares the story of why he got into politics during the Faith-Based Leadership Workshop in Peoria on March 29. By: By Tom Dermody Asked to boil down a morning of discussion on faith-centered leadership to just three words of advice, a group of students from the John Paul […]
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Photo Caption: Ryan Ochs (far right) poses with his sponsor, Vince Felicetti, and Kristen Goetzka. He is one of eight people who will be baptized at St. John’s Chapel in Champaign at the Easter Vigil. By: By Jennifer Willems CHAMPAIGN — As a junior at the University of Illinois, Ryan Ochs is still asking questions […]
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Photo Caption: Kellsey McGuire demonstrates the training that make her and Jasper, a 2-year-old Lab mix, such a winning team. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — Bringing your best friend to school every day might be called a bonus. When that best friend can save your life, however, he’s called a hero. That’s what […]
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By: Photo and text by Tom Dermody GIFFORD — “Mary, help of Christians, pray for us. Let’s go get to work.” With that charge from Sister Maryann Schaefer, FMA, a group of seven students from St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois ended their prayer huddle (pictured above) April 6 and began […]
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Catholics throughout the Diocese of Peoria will join their prayers with people around the world as Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II are canonized on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27. It was John Paul II who declared in 2000 that the Second Sunday of Easter would be devoted to the celebration […]
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Photo Caption: Father David Whiteside, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Manito, stands close to the church as it is razed April 5. Parishioners have raised $1.45 million toward a new church and parish hall. By: By Jennifer Willems MANITO — It took just 23 minutes for Immaculate Conception Church here to be reduced to rubble […]
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