Photo Caption: Deacon Bob Sondag accepts a check for $60,098 from Jim Bednar of Pontiac, representing the Illinois Knights of Columbus, as Msgr. Paul Showalter and Herb Binghom, K. of C. state warden, look on. One of the first charities established by the Illinois State Council of the Knights of Columbus was the Newman Apostolate […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Even before there was a Diocese of Peoria, there was a passion for Catholic education in central Illinois. It was a passion shared by Bishop John Lancaster Spalding, who was consecrated to lead the fledgling diocese on May 1, 1877, and would be felt throughout the country before he died in […]
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Photo Caption: A woman prays at a memorial July 22 for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora, Colo. A Catholic life embraces mystery on so many levels. We don’t know how the bread and wine become the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ. We don’t know what […]
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Photo Caption: An artist’s rendering of the proposed new home for the Family Resources Center, to be located across Monroe Street from the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will advance the cause of respect for life again this Thursday, July 26, when he blesses and breaks […]
Continue readingCatholics of the Diocese of Peoria will soon learn the results and implications of the yearlong “Growing in Faith Together” study that will impact all parishes. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, is now studying the final recommendations made by the Diocesan Planning Commission following a two-day meeting in late June. The advisory group weighed recommendations […]
Continue readingARLINGTON — A new Celtic garden added to the landscaping on the southwest side of St. Patrick’s Church here was blessed and dedicated following the 10:30 a.m. Mass on June 24. Its design replicates miniature gardens found throughout Ireland and features a Celtic cross, meditation bench, imported stepping stones inscribed with an Irish blessing, and […]
Continue readingURBANA — The Provena Covenant Medical Center Foundation has awarded more than $65,000 to six local agencies for programs that impact community health needs. The grants were announced July 18 through a new fund called “FAITH2” — the Fund to Accelerate Innovation Towards Healing and Hope. “Each of the programs being funded present an exceptional […]
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Photo Caption: Father Robert Rayson, pastor, and Msgr. Albert Hallin, pastor emeritus, ring a century-old church bell that members of St. Boniface Parish in Seymour named “St. Isidore” after the patron of farmers. By: By Tom Dermody SEYMOUR, Ill. (CNS) — The desperation of drought-stricken farmers in the Midwest was evidenced by what topped Mary […]
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Photo Caption: Among those taking part in groundbreaking ceremonies for the new St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria on June 28 were Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and Father Patrick Henehan, pastor. By: By Tom Dermody Calling it “a great day for St. Jude and also a great day for our diocese,” Bishop Daniel R. […]
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Photo Caption: At the June 28 Mass are jubilarians Msgr. William Watson (50), Father Joseph Anderson (50), Father Gabriel Msoka, (25), Father John Onderko (50), and newly ordained Father Johnathan Steffen. By: By Tom Dermody Fifty years in 11 minutes. Msgr. Richard Pricco, pastor of St. Paul’s Parish in Macomb for 35 of his 50 […]
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