Photo Caption: Catechist, author and blogger Joe Paprocki will be the keynote speaker for the Diocese of Peoria’s annual Catechetical Leadership Conference. Catechist, author and blogger Joe Paprocki will be the keynote speaker for the Diocese of Peoria’s annual Catechetical Leadership Conference, which is planned for Saturday, Aug. 2. Sponsored by the Office of Catechetics, […]
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Photo Caption: Scott Schoonmaker cuts a tile cross. An online catalogue of his creations is at stojoart.com. By: By Tom Dermody MOLINE — Scott Schoonmaker and his father were tiling a bathroom floor at Scott’s grandparents’ home when the Moline teenager thought of another use for the tile. “I just decided to see if I […]
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Photo Caption: “It’s so fulfilling if you can rescue one or two or three children in a night,” says Mary Queen of Heaven Missionary Sister Irene Baquiran. By: By Jennifer Willems Four times a week, members of the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries put aside their pale pink habits and white veils, don civilian clothing, […]
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PERU — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered in St. Bede Abbey Church on July 9 for Father Henry Fritz, OSB, who served as a teacher and principal at St. Bede Academy for 37 years and gave nearly 30 more to parishes around the Diocese of Peoria. Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, of St. Bede […]
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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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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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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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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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