Photo Caption: State Rep. Mike Unes (R-91st) of East Peoria and Jeannine McAllister, executive director at Advocates for Access, will share how they integrate faith with their work. By: By Tom Dermody When Karlo Leonor attended his first Faith-Based Leadership Seminar a year ago, the morning gave him “practical advice, honest dialogue, and a Christ-centered […]
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Photo Caption: Volunteers load a mattress and other furnishings into a truck for one of 40 initial families in the “House in a Box” program sponsored by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to assist tornado victims. By: By Tom Dermody Recovering from losing everything in a disaster is a marathon, not a sprint. […]
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Photo Caption: Anne Hess and Mary Starcevich work on installing a new showerhead in one of the 65 rooms at Nazareth House, the diocesan retreat center in Henry, on Feb. 15. By: By Jennifer Willems HENRY — Water isn’t the only thing raining down in the shower stalls at Nazareth House these days — although […]
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Photo Caption: Linda Mitton holds one of the stained glass heart suncatchers sold to raise money for clean water projects around the world. With her are Barb Brooks, left, and Therese Roman. By: By Jennifer Willems SILVIS — Providing clean water for people around the world is the goal of four women in the Quad […]
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By: By Tom Dermody A lot can happen in 91 days. A central Illinois winter can begin and (please) end. The construction phase of a new home might be completed. The planet Mercury will completely orbit the sun. And now, thanks to the Catholic Conference of Illinois, a Catholic can come to better understand and […]
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Photo Caption: Adam (Gary Wells) lists his complaints about Eve (Maria Romine) in a scene from “Adam and Eve Got to Marriage Counseling” performed at the diocesan Valentine Date Night. By: By Tom Dermody Did you ever wonder in Adam and Eve’s marriage who really wore the “plants” in the family? The world’s first married […]
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ROANOKE — A funeral Mass was celebrated on Feb. 11 at St. Joseph Church here for Deacon Andrew Heckman, 45, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria. Deacon Heckman died on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, where he had undergone a heart and kidney transplant on Feb. […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky awards the Family of God medal to Megan Graham of St. Patrick Parish, Urbana, during the annual Scout Mass at St. Mary’s Cathredral on Feb. 9. By: By Tom Dermody When Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, ended his homily at the Diocese of Peoria’s Scout Mass last Sunday by urging those […]
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Photo Caption: Showing the uniforms of American Heritage Girls are Giuliana Piccione of St. Mary, Metamora, and Sarah Brabec of St. Jude, Peoria. There were new faces, and uniforms, at this year’s diocesan Scout Mass on Feb. 9. Nearly 30 girls from newly formed American Heritage Girls troops representing St. Jude Parish in Peoria and […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems PHOTO: Sister Charlotte Seubert, FSPA, stands next to a board offering opportunities to support students at the school in El Salvador she helped to found 50 years ago. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) — MOLINE — Fifty years ago a revolution began. This new world didn’t start with four lads from Liverpool […]
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