By: 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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Photo Caption: Father Mike Schaab, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island, and Rabbi Tamar Grimm of Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri City Jewish Center iin Rock Island will guide the July 6-15 trip. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — Over the years, the Catholic, Jewish and Muslim communities in the […]
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By: Text and photo by Jennifer Willems RUSHVILLE — Music is the language that transcends all other languages. For the last three months the African Ensemble of Central Illinois has been sharing that language with the members of St. Rose Parish here as they praise God together. In recent years Africans from many countries have […]
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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: Shirley Faux of St. Joseph Parish, Pekin, says the vows she professed with the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites deepens her relationship with God. By: By Jennifer Willems PEKIN — Shirley Faux wanted more. She wasn’t looking for more of what the world offered, however.Faux was seeking a more structured prayer life and […]
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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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