Sister Helen Carey, OSB
ROCK ISLAND — A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Thursday, July 6, in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery here for Sister Helen Carey, OSB. The liturgy will begin at 10 a.m. and be livestreamed through the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery Facebook page. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. […]
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Father Harold Datzman, OSB
UPDATE: For the full text of the homily at Father Harold’s funeral Mass, click here. — PERU — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Father Harold Datzman, OSB, on June 30, at St. Bede Abbey Church here. Abbot Michael Calhoun, OSB, presided and gave the homily. Burial followed in the abbey cemetery. Father […]
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The Catholic Post has been recognized for excellence by the Catholic Media Association of the United States and Canada. The award, for material published in 2022, was announced on June 9 in Baltimore, at the end of the association’s annual conference. Shannon Reznik, graphic designer, and Sonia Nelson, advertising manager, received an honorable mention for […]
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DAVENPORT, Iowa — In almost every vocation story Susan Flansburg has heard, when women who are discerning religious life find the right community they explain it the same way: “It felt like home.” Her new book, “Feels Like Home: A Single Catholic Woman’s Guide to Religious Life in the U.S.,” aims to help more women […]
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Sister M. Patricia Klosinski, OSF
EAST PEORIA — A funeral Mass will be celebrated for Sister M. Patricia Klosinski, OSF, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, at the Motherhouse of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, 1175 St. Francis Lane. Burial will follow in the community’s Mater Dolorosa Cemetery. A visitation is planned for 7 p.m. […]
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In response to continued acts of violence that have resulted in the deaths of people across the country, the National Council of Catholic Women has planned a prayer vigil for June 10-13. The announcement came from Kim Padan of Danville, the NCCW’s spirituality commission chair and past president of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic […]
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Father R. Michael Schaab
CHILLICOTHE — To prepare for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, St. Edward Church will have 40 Hours of eucharistic adoration from Wednesday, June 7, through Saturday, June 10. The featured speaker will be Father R. Michael Schaab, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria. Adoration is planned for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on […]
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Due to an mistake on the part of The Catholic Post, the wrong location was listed for the Diocesan Traveling Monstrance on Thursday, June 8. It will not be at Sts. Peter and Paul in Leonore, but at Sts. Peter and Paul in Peterstown. The Catholic Post regrets the error. The special monstrance will also […]
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Sister Mary Louise Hynd, OSF
WEST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Friday, June 2, for Sister Mary Louise Hynd, OSF. It will be celebrated by Msgr. Michael Bliss at 9 a.m. in the chapel of Immaculate Conception Convent, 2408 W. Heading Ave. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, also in West Peoria. A visitation […]
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They were inadvertently left out of the May 28 issue of The Catholic Post, but not from our wishes for a wonderful new year of life. Many happy returns to: Father Paul Meismer (June 7); Father Scott Archer (June 8); Father Stephen McKinley, OFM Conv. (June 11); Father Robert Hoffmann (June 14); Msgr. Steven Rohlfs […]
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