Photo Caption: An alleged miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been approved by a team of medical experts convoked by the Vatican. By: From Catholic Post and Catholic News Service reports A seven-member team of medical experts convoked by the Vatican has unanimously concluded there is no natural […]
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Photo Caption: Kevin Urbain, a simulation engineer at Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, shows 3-D imaging lab work to students from St. Jude Catholic School, Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Parents trying to enhance the science, technology, engineering and math at St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria may have helped students everywhere, thanks to […]
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Editor’s note: The vital contributions to our country of consecrated women are being celebrated through National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, a brand-new addition to National Women’s History Month. There are more than 51,000 Catholic sisters in the U.S. today. As part of the Vocations 2014 section in the March 16 issue of The Catholic […]
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Photo Caption: Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured writing on a chalkboard during his television show, “Life is Worth Living.” By: By Tom Dermody HOOPESTON — This winter’s cold and snow provided the perfect environment for the fertile mind of Tom Sweeney to create a new dramatic interpretation of the life and teachings of […]
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Photo Caption: From left: Sister Rose Therese Mann, OSF; Father Paul Schneider, OFM Conv.; Sister Anne Germaine Picard, SMP; Sister Theresa Samson, FMA; Sister Marie, CSJ; and Sister Sarah Elizabeth Roy, OSF. By: By Jennifer Willems Religious life is a joyful life but not enough people know that, let alone how many communities of consecrated […]
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Photo Caption: Marie Miller, a Curb Records recording artist, gave a special musical performance near the end of Behold 2014, a Catholic conference for women March 1 at Embassy Suites in East Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Like diamonds, which start as carbon and only become precious after years of pressure, women who live out […]
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Photo Caption: Father Antonio Dittmer, pastor of St. Hyacinth and St. Patrick in LaSalle, introduces Maricela Escobedo to Bishop Jenky during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on March 9. By: By Jennifer Willems As Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, reached out to clasp the hand of another person preparing to enter […]
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Photo Caption: Former FOCUS missionary Jeremy Rivera became the first male keynote speaker in the history of Behold conferences, and also addressed a group of men the night before. By: By Jennifer Willems EAST PEORIA — When Jeremy Rivera speaks about the need to admit that we are broken and be open about the pain […]
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PERU — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bede Abbey here on March 11 for Father Arthur Schmit, OSB, longtime teacher of modern languages at St. Bede Academy and also a beekeeper who directed the abbey’s apiary. Father Arthur, 83, died the morning of March 8, 2014, in St. Joseph Nursing Home, Lacon. He […]
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By: By Tom Dermody PHOTO: The Sabers and coaching staff pose with their Class 2A state championship trophy after their win over Peterstown in the title game at Redbird Arena in Normal. — Photo by Daryl Wilson for The Catholic Post (More photos from the title game may be viewed and purchased by clicking on […]
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