Photo Caption: Katie Bogner dispays a “pop-out” Marian Shrine she included in a religious education curriculum she designed that looks through the lens of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s life. By: By Jennifer Willems PEKIN — Fulton Sheen helped the fifth-graders at St. Joseph School learn about the sacraments, prayer and Mary last year and now […]
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Photo Caption: Those attending Rozanne Karr’s 90th birthday party this Saturday, Aug. 9, are asked to bring baby items to benefit families in need throughout DeWitt County. By: By Jennifer Willems WAPELLA — For her 90th birthday, Rozanne Karr didn’t ask for much. She just wanted a baby shower. Mrs. Karr knows more than a […]
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Photo Caption: An image of the Santo Nino de Cebu is carried by Al Cuizon, Alex Morales, and Alfredo Cuizon during a eucharistic procession through St. Joseph Church in Peoria on July 20. For 15 years, Filipino Catholics have filled St. Joseph Church in Peoria to pray and sing of their love for the Christ […]
Continue readingWhen respect life coordinators from parishes around central Illinois gather in Peoria on Saturday, Aug. 24, they will pray together, hear about the U.S. bishops’ Respect Life program, and recommit themselves to promoting life from conception until natural death. They may also get a peek inside the new Family Resources Center, which is nearing completion […]
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Photo Caption: Seminarian Matthew Deptula visits with eighth-graders at St. Philomena School in Peoria during a break from his own studies. Students in Catholic schools around central Illinois are proud of their “big brothers” — all 31 of them — and the children are making sure they know it. Those “big brothers” are the seminarians […]
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Photo Caption: Rose Costello, former teacher and principal at Holy Cross School in Champaign, is the first regional coordinator of Catholic education for the Champaign Vicariate of the Diocese of Peoria. CHAMPAIGN — She retired as principal at Holy Cross School in May, but no one really believed Rose Costello would sit still for long. […]
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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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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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