Photo Caption: Participants in a Diocese of Peoria sponsored pilgrimage to the March for Life carry a diocesan banner through the streets of Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22. By: By Tom Dermody As Lydia Schirano walked with dozens of her classmates and tens of thousands of strangers from the National Mall to the steps of […]
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Photo Caption: Sheila Luck, keynote speaker at the Sanctity of Human Life Rally in Peoria, encouraged pro-life advocates to pledge that “I will do what I can, where I am, with the great I Am.” By: By Jennifer Willems Sheila Luck was 17 when she had an abortion. A scared high school senior, she didn’t […]
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Photo Caption: Juniors Jack Costigan, Meghan McConnell and Erin Hinderer from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington carry the school banner at March for Life Chicago on Jan. 18. By: By Jennifer Willems CHICAGO — More than 4,000 people cheered for the right to life in downtown Chicago on Jan. 18, and adding their voices […]
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By: By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — National Catholic Schools Week will be observed in U.S. dioceses Jan. 26-Feb. 1 with the theme: “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” A special section in the Jan. 19 issue of The Catholic Post included a calendar of many of the events being planned at […]
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Photo Caption: Father Daniel Gifford, parochial vicar at Epiphany Parish in Normal, addresses a crowd on the steps of the old McLean County Courthouse in downtown Bloomington at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 22. By: By Tom Dermody BLOOMINGTON — People who believe in and promote the sanctity of human life are not “bitter and angry […]
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Photo Caption: An open house from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the new Family Resources Center, 415 N.E. Monroe St. in Peoria, precedes the Sanctity for Human Life Rally this Thursday, Jan. 16. Whether they’re praying and walking in central Illinois or joining the March for Life in Washington, D.C., people from around the Diocese […]
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Photo Caption: Laura Knapp works with third-grader Jaelyn Weber during a lesson linking the glorious mysteries of the rosary with their corresponding Bible passages. By: By Jennifer Willems MENDOTA — She’s Mrs. Knapp to her third- and fourth-graders at Holy Cross School here, but Laura Knapp once sat in the classrooms of this vital little […]
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Behold, a Catholic conference on “the dignity and vocation of women,” is growing again. Not only are 800 women expected at the next gathering, which will be held Saturday, March 1, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites in East Peoria, but there will be more keynote speakers. Among them is Mother Assumpta […]
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Photo Caption: Sheila Luck, an author and columnist who serves on the board of directors of Wisconsin Right to Life, will be guest speaker at the Sanctity of Human Life Rally in Peoria on Jan. 16. In a break from tradition, pro-life advocates won’t be walking from the Peoria County Courthouse to Riverside Community Church […]
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Photo Caption: Father Luke Spannagel, episcopal vicar for rural life in the Diocese of Peoria, is shown during a meeting of the Council of Farmers in the summer of 2012. By: By Father Luke Spannagel Editor’s Note: In his 2014 Festival Letter to the Diocese of Peoria, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, proposes a return […]
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