Photo Caption: More information on the Rosary Victory Project can be found at rosaryvictory.com A small group of Peoria area Catholics has embraced an enormous challenge — to convince 1,000,000 people to say the rosary for the needs of the United States on the same day: Sunday, Oct. 7. The group has created a website, […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Stanley Deptula, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, delivers the homily at the Sept. 9 Mass celebrating the advancement of Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause. EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily by Msgr. Stanley Deptula at the Sept. 9 Mass of Thanksgiving celebrating the declaration of […]
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Photo Caption: Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, former Bishop of Peoria, processes into St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Sept. 6 for a Mass of Thanksgiving marking 25 years since his episcopal ordination. By: By Tom Dermody Twenty-five years after he was ordained a bishop in its sanctuary, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark […]
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Photo Caption: Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, former Bishop of Peoria, processes into St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Sept. 6 for a Mass of Thanksgiving marking 25 years since his episcopal ordination. By: By Tom Dermody Twenty-five years after he was ordained a bishop in its sanctuary, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark […]
Continue readingNew administrators or leadership configurations were waiting for students at schools in Bloomington, Champaign, East Moline, Kewanee, Metamora and Odell when classes started in August. One of those new configurations is taking place at Holy Trinity School in Bloomington, where Gayla Moore will be the interim principal of the elementary school and Christina Ellis will […]
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Photo Caption: Colleen Yucas of Immaculate Conception Parish, Ohio, accepts a certificate of appreciation and the gratitude of Bishop Jenky at the annual Mass for respect life coordinators on Aug. 25. By: By Jennifer Willems Respect life coordinators from parishes around the Diocese of Peoria heard words of encouragement and thanks when they came together […]
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Photo Caption: John Grillot of Washington kneels on the grass the Aug. 26 Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on the grounds of the Erin Feis festival in Peoria. Catholics in the United States are at a “defining moment of testing” in which they must live their faith and not “cave in” to […]
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Photo Caption: After they were married at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria on Aug. 11, Rachel and Jared Lucas returned to Peoria notre Dame high School where they started dating in 2004. Rachel Merriman and Jared Lucas have known each other since junior high and started dating as seniors at Peoria Notre Dame High School […]
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Photo Caption: Bev Tomblin pulls a bin of sandwiches from the failing refrigeration unit at Sophia’s Offerings from Angels Kitchen while Rita Loyd holds the door. Having a working refrigerator — and a pretty big one at that — isn’t really an option when you’re serving meals to between 400 and 500 people every day. […]
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Photo Caption: One of four cameras mounted on the choir loft rail at St. Joseph’s Church in Pekin captures sights and sounds at a recent Mass being “live streamed” on the Internet for viewers near and far. By: By Tom Dermody Catholics have always known that the graces of each Mass extend well beyond their […]
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