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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Photo Caption: Patricia Kellogg, who is retireing as associate superintendent of schools at the end of this month, received a gift from Bishop Jenky during the recent luncheon. By: By Jennifer Willems Before they went their separate ways for the summer, the principals of Catholic schools around the Diocese of Peoria came together for Mass […]
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Photo Caption: Jim Kovac, the diocese’s 2013 Distinguished Principle, accepts a token of appreciation from Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at the closing luncheon for pastors and principals on June 5. By: By Jennifer Willems SHERRARD — He may have retired from teaching and coaching at Sherrard High School in 2007, but Jim Kovac wasn’t […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky gets a Teens Encounter Christ “agape hug” from Tony Alwan, who gave a witness talk prior to a Peoria TEC question-and-answer session with the bishop on June 12. By: By Tom Dermody Telling young people “I hope you never stop letting Jesus win more of your heart,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, […]
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Photo Caption: Judith MacNutt, left, co-founder and president of Christian Healing Ministries Inc., and Father Bob Hogan, BBD, of San Antonio, Texas. Anyone who doubts that the Holy Spirit is full of surprises hasn’t been to one of the annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conferences. “You do see manifestations of the Holy Spirit there. Miracles happen […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter from Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria. For more information about the Fortnight for Freedom and threats to religious liberty, visit fortnight4freedom.org. —– Dear Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria, There has always been anti-Catholicism in the United States of America. Some organizations and lodges, some […]
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Photo Caption: To symbolize the approaching merger in Kewanee, a St. Francis Garden has been created on the grounds of St. Mary Parish. Father Anthony Bernas, administrator, offers a helping hand to the work crew. By: By Tom Dermody The face of the Diocese of Peoria will change July 1 when the first stage of […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — Father David Sajdak, SDB, has been named pastor of Holy Cross Parish here by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. He succeeds Father Stephen Willard, who has been appointed pastor of St. Patrick in Washington and St. Monica in East Peoria. Joining Father David as parochial vicar will be Father Jose Santa Bibiana, SDB. […]
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