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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Photo Caption: Father Fredi Gomez Torres, pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Mendota, and director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Peoria, accepts the Offertory gifts at the opening Mass of the all-night vigil. While most of us slept, they prayed, sang, and shared their faith.Spanish-speaking Catholics from around the Diocese of Peoria took part […]
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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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Photo Caption: Priests observing significant anniversary years or ordination receive the applause of their brother priests and the assembly at the close of the Jubilarian Mass on June 27. Beyond the personal successes and failures of priests, Jesus is intimately involved and at work “in the whole of our ministry,” Msgr. Doug Hennessy told priests […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Doug Hennessy, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Bloomington and a golden jubilarian, delivers the homily during the Diocese of Peoria’s 2013 Jubilarian Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily by Msgr. Doug Hennessy at the June 27 Mass for Jubilarian Priests […]
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Photo Caption: Sarah Collins leads a “Patriotic Rosary” at St. Mary Church in Pontiac June 25 during the parish’s weekly prayer vigil for our nation. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post PONTIAC — While Independence Day and the just-ended Fortnight for Freedom gave Catholics additional reasons to ask God’s blessings and guidance on the […]
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Photo Caption: Team member Jack Gebert leads young “Totus Tuus” participants in prayer at the end of a session on the sacraments at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Mahomet. By: By Tom Dermody MAHOMET — If young Catholics are saying “Amen!” and singing with more gusto at parish Masses, or if your children […]
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Photo Caption: Stefanie Rupert serves tea duing the Mother-Daughter Tea sponsored June 22 by the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Family Life. By: By Nancy Piccione Mary, the mother of God, “personifies faith” and is an authentic, realistic model for mothers, daughters, and all women, author and speaker Kate Wicker told dozens of mothers and […]
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Photo Caption: After taking part in Theology on Tap with dozens of young adults in Peoria, Bishop Jenky joins a group of graduate students from Bradley University for further discussion and social time. By: By Tom Dermody The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on same-sex marriage are “another step of deconstruction for our culture” that further […]
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