Photo Caption: Joseph Berlinger, left, and Christian Brown of Peoria were the first in Illinois to receive the Squire of the Body of Christ Award from the Knights of Columbus. Joseph Berlinger and Christian Brown, members of the Knights of Columbus Squires youth organization, were awarded the Squire of the Body of Christ Award at […]
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Editor’s note: Following is the full text of the homily at the Dec. 7 funeral Mass for Father Stanley Malinowski. The funeral was at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Thomasboro, and the homilist was Father Ted Pracz, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Danville. Father Malinowski died on Dec. 4, 2012, at the age […]
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Photo Caption: The home page of comeandfollowme.org, the new website of the Office of Priestly Vocations of the Diocese of Peoria, offers videos and resources for every age group only a click away. By: By Tom Dermody Even if you don’t feel called to the priesthood, there is something for everyone to enjoy and ponder […]
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Photo Caption: Pictured at the Dec. 5 celebration are, from left, Dr. Maureen Dowling of the U.S. Department of Education, Dr. Sharon Weiss, principal, and Msgr. John Prendergast, pastor. WASHINGTON — Being designated a Blue Ribbon School took representatives from St. Patrick’s School to Washington, D.C., to receive the national award Nov. 13. The celebration […]
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Photo Caption: Donna Medina, Felicia Schafer, and Erin Neff were among those taking part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new hospice home on Dec. 4. Asking God to bless the new OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home and all who would come through its doors, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, showered the new facility […]
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Photo Caption: Steve Wagner is preparing to enter the Catholic Church with support from his wife, April. He also credits St. Francis and Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen for their roles in his faith journey. By: By Jennifer Willems ROANOKE — Steve Wagner has always been the kind of guy who needs proof before he accepts […]
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THOMASBORO — A funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church here for Father Stanley J. Malinowski, who guided St. Malachy’s Parish in Rantoul for 25 years and was in residence at the Thomasboro parish since 2001. Father Malinowski, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria […]
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Photo Caption: EWTN radio host and author Patrick Madrid holds up one of his books during his presentation at the Evangelization and Apologetics Seminar in Peoria on Dec. 1. By: By Tom Dermody “How many of you know someone who has left the church?” Hands went up throughout the Spalding Pastoral Center conference room in […]
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Photo Caption: Astronomer Jeff Cooke, a native of St. Mary’s Parish in Westville who is credited with a major discovery this year, fields a question during his Dec. 4 presentation at Schlarman Academy in Danville. By: By Tom Dermody WESTVILLE — Jeff Cooke has seen the most distant edges of space and time, but the […]
Continue readingWhile enrollment for the 44 schools of the Diocese of Peoria is down by 490 students from last year, there is a glimmer of hope in the statistics for the 2012-2013 school year. Total enrollment stands at 10,983, with 8,497 students in Catholic elementary schools and 2,486 in Catholic secondary schools around central Illinois. Among […]
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