Photo Caption: Collin Cornett of Minneapolis, Minn., and a team of young Catholics paint the interior of the parish center at St. Mary Parish in Champaign as part of their Catholic HEART Workcamp experience. By: By Tom Dermody CHAMPAIGN — As Jazmin Butzin cleared trays of dirty lunch dishes for guests at the Daily Bread […]
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MORTON — A funeral Mass was offered at Blessed Sacrament Church here on July 17 for Deacon Thomas A. Moran, 87, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria who served at Blessed Sacrament Parish from 1992 to 2006. Deacon Moran died on Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Pinecrest Community in Mount Morris. Father Mark […]
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Photo Caption: Members of Sacred Heart, Rutland, leave the church after the closing Mass on July 7. Sacred Heart has merged into St. Ann Parish, Toluca. RUTLAND — At the final Mass at Sacred Heart Church here, many commented on the beauty of the more than century-old church, including its striking stained glass windows. But […]
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Spanish-speaking Catholics from Bloomington, Peru, LaSalle, Mendota, Peoria, Seneca and Streator gathered at Nazareth House in rural Henry last weekend to celebrate the Year of Faith by reflecting on “Faith in Christ and His Church.” The retreat — conducted completely in Spanish — included Masses, the sacrament of reconciliation, eucharistic adoration, a rosary procession on […]
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Photo Caption: Daniel Reinke of Minnesota walks through East Peoria on his “Cross America” trek during the Year of Faith. By: By Jennifer Willems Some would say that walking 2,500 miles across America would be taxing enough, but Daniel Reinke is challenging himself and others to go the extra mile for their faith this summer. […]
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Photo Caption: Father Robert Spilman greets people after a July 6 Mass marking the beginning of the new Parish of the Nativity of Our Lord in Spring Valley. By: By Jennifer Willems SPRING VALLEY — Looking forward with hope, Catholics in this Bureau County community came together as members of the new Parish of the […]
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Photo Caption: To mark the Year of Faith, Daniel Reinke is walking across the United States to inspire Christians to take their faith seriously. He is pictured along Highway 150 in East Peoria on July 9. By: By Jennifer Willems Mail carriers have nothing on Daniel Reinke. They both walk through all kinds of inclement […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Stefanie professed perpetual monastic vows with the Sisters of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island on July 11. ROCK ISLAND — Working her way through college in the infirmary of the Franciscan Sisters in Dubuque, Iowa, Sister Stefanie MacDonald found peace. When one of them called her to ask […]
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Photo Caption: Collin Cornett of Minneapolis, Minn., and a team of young Catholics paint the interior of the parish center at St. Mary Parish in Champaign as part of their Catholic HEART Workcamp experience. By: By Tom Dermody CHAMPAIGN — As Jazmin Butzin cleared trays of dirty lunch dishes for guests at the Daily Bread […]
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By: By Nancy Piccione, for The Catholic Post In an age of “digital gluttony,” parents and other adults should help young people use technology in a way that frees rather than tethers them, a digital strategist told a group of parents and teachers. “More than anything, we need to be good role models that technology […]
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