PEORIA NATIVE PROFESSES PERPETUALVOWS WITH THE SISTERS OF LIFE Sister Mariam Caritas, 36, professed perpetual vows with the Sisters of Life during a Mass on Aug. 6 at the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, Conn. She entered the community in 2005 and professed her first vows on Aug. 15, 2008. The former […]
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Photo Caption: “When we come to Mass, we should always invite others to come with us,” said Bishop Jenky in his Aug. 25 homily on the Peoria riverfront. In this the 13th year of the 21st Century, our American culture is very obviously a therapeutic culture. We have a therapy for just about every problem […]
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Photo Caption: Father Larry Snyder is wished well by Diane Sheley, his aunt, after an Aug. 17 Mass at Holy Family Church in Lincoln in honor of the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Looking on is Lucille Eckert. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post LINCOLN — Meeting with officials at the White House to […]
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Photo Caption: St. Paul Church in Danville, dedicated in 1913, was built in the style of the Spanish mission churches of the Southwest. Bishop Jenky will celebrate a centennial Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post DANVILLE — A century of worship in one of the Diocese […]
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Photo Caption: Father Charles McCarthy, CSSp, pastor of parishes in Leonore and Eagle Township for 25 years, will move to senior status on Sept. 4. Father Charles McCarthy, CSSp, 89, a native of Ireland who has served in the Diocese of Peoria for nearly four decades — including the last 25 years as pastor of […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky greets one of the hundreds who attended the Aug. 25 Mass on the grounds of the Erin Feis on the Peoria riverfront. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post The Mass is the best “support group” and the sacrament of reconciliation “the very best therapy,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, told […]
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Photo Caption: “The AOL insignia took on a life of its own, as we were not allowed to walk on it,” recalled freelance writer Sandra Dempsey Post, a member of the Academy of Our Lady Class of 1966. By: By Sandra Dempsey Post, for The Catholic Post EDITOR’S NOTE: The author is a freelance writer […]
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HENRY — Principals of Catholic schools around the Diocese of Peoria were called to be “ministers of mystery, of awe, of wonder” by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC last week as they were commissioned for the new school year. In a break from tradition, the liturgy took place during their annual retreat at Nazareth House […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Maria Christi Nelson, OP, will teach first grade at St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria this year. She is pictured wpeaking with Kathryn Russell as her mother, Anna, and other siblings look on. By: By Jennifer Willems It was hard to tell who felt more blessed as parishioners greeted the Dominican Sisters […]
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DUBUQUE, Iowa — A funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, Aug. 14, in Marian Hall Chapel here for Sister Betty (William Mary) Cover, BVM, who served at Alleman High School in Rock Island for 28 years. Burial was to follow in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Sister Betty, 86, died on Aug. 8, 2013, at Marian Hall […]
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