Photo Caption: Sharon Dodd has retired as coordinator of religious education at Christ the King Parish, Moline, and Special Persons Encounter Christ. MOLINE — Even as a child growing up in Moline, Sharon Dodd could be counted on to stand up for those who needed protection and support. “Whenever someone was bullied I would be […]
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Photo Caption: Bloomington Central Catholic senior Kaitlyn Baughman cheers a Special Olympics Young Athlete to the finish line in the balancing and jumping event. The school hosted 340 young athletes on May 9. BLOOMINGTON — Do you remember how you spent the last day of your senior year of high school? The 80 seniors of […]
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By: By Tom Dermody PERU — Zhengzhou, China and LaSalle County, Illinois are worlds apart in terms of geography, population, and culture. But under a new agreement, the bustling Chinese megacity and the rural Illinois Valley now have two priceless aspects in common: the curriculum of St. Bede Academy and a handful of students from […]
Continue readingThe seven Catholic high schools or academies in the Diocese of Peoria have scheduled graduation events for 578 seniors in the coming weeks. In Peru, a Baccalaureate Mass for the 52 graduating seniors of St. Bede Academy will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, at St. Bede Abbey Church. Graduation services will […]
Continue readingBy: 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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