New Evangelization “fatigue” has set in, but Scott Hahn has the cure. “The New Evangelization has got to really grow legs. It has got to walk out of the parish, walk out of the chancery,” the popular speaker and author told 350 people gathered at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria last Saturday. “It’s got […]
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Photo Caption: Father Jeffrey Laible presents a quilt made by the Quilting Club at St. Mary, Atlanta, to the Fisher House, which provides housing for families with loved ones being treated at military hospitals. LINCOLN — As a military chaplain, Father Jeffrey Laible has been trained to handle mass casualties. He found that nothing could […]
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Photo Caption: A woman holds a sign during a Defend Marriage Lobby Day that drew 2,500 people from throughout the state to the Capitol in Springfield on Oct. 23. SPRINGFIELD — The Catholic Conference of Illinois expressed deep disappointment at the Illinois House’s passage on Tuesday of legislation redefining marriage in the state from “between […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems More than 380 students from 35 Catholic schools in central Illinois formed an enthusiastic welcoming committee for Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who was the principal celebrant and homilist for a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Oct. 28. Concelebrating with him were Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and the […]
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By: Photo and stories by Tom Dermody Editor’s note: When priests from throughout the Diocese of Peoria gathered Oct. 28-29 at the Spalding Pastoral Center they heard from two major guest speakers: Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke (pictured above), prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura at the Vatican, and Bishop Edward M. Rice, […]
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By: By Jennifer Willems (Editor’s note: Additional photos from the dedication ceremonies have been posted on The Catholic Post’s Facebook site.) With full hearts, words of thanks and a generous sprinkling of holy water, the new Family Resources Center in Peoria was blessed and dedicated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on Oct. 23. “Make […]
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Photo Caption: Teachers from St. Mary School in Bloomington hold hands during the Lord’s Prayer at the opening Mass for the Diocesan Teachers’ Institute on Oct. 11. Nearly 800 teachers, principals and friends of Catholic education received encouragement and enough food for thought to take them through the rest of the school year at the […]
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Photo Caption: At the Oct. 11 Diocesan Teachers’ Institute, speaker Greg Dhuyvetter conferes with Maureen Vadis of Peoria Notre Dame high School about the plans for the school’s library. By: By Jennifer Willems When it comes to using technology in — and out — of the classroom, no one is going to do it perfectly, […]
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Photo Caption: Shannon Alvarez, a parent at St. Mark School in Peoria, takes part in a discussion on bullying and the school’s pioneering new Safe School Ambassador program. By: By Tom Dermody Name-calling. Teasing. Leaving someone out of a conversation or game. Shoving. Bullying. Mistreatment of others at school — including at Catholic schools — […]
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Photo Caption: Students are invited to “find your center” as they walk past St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. By: By Jennifer Willems EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a monthly series profiling college campus ministry in the Diocese of Peoria. CHAMPAIGN — At the heart of the […]
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