Photo Caption: The main hospital of Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center at 1100 East Norris Drive in Ottawa. OTTAWA — After a nearly 15-month study, a definitive agreement has been signed that may result in Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center joining the OSF HealthCare System. The hospital is to be renamed OSF Saint […]
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Photo Caption: Ashley Slaight, Madison Hills and Lisa Do huddle around a laptop at one of the learning centers in the school’s new science lab. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — They’re home. On Jan. 4, the seventh- and eighth-graders at Jordan Catholic School returned to the campus where they started their education and […]
Continue readingA record-breaking 800 people attended the 2012 Joyce Thome Benefit for the Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center on Jan. 14, raising more than $315,000 for the hospital. Each year, in memory of his mother, Major League Baseball player and central Illinois native Jim Thome and his wife, Andrea, host a […]
Continue readingWhen it came to choosing an “Honorary Giant” to recognize during Catholic Schools Week, the girls’ basketball coach at Visitation Catholic School was a slam dunk. The recipient of this year’s award is Karen McNeill, who has coached the team for 18 years and led the girls to victory at the Diocesan Basketball Tournament in […]
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Photo Caption: The Nauvoo Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seen in the foreground while just down Wells Street is the spire of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. By: By Tom Dermody NAUVOO — While the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney has caused some in the United States to […]
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Msgr. Donnelly J. Fitzpatrick, 78, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria in residence at St. Augustine Manor in Peoria, died suddenly on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Italy while attending a Focolare priests convention near Rome. Msgr. Fitzpatrick, who served at numerous parishes in the Diocese of Peoria — including for 17 years […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Veronica accepts the Paideia Award from Father Joseph Hogan at a recent Donor Appreciation Brunch at The Heigh School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign. CHAMPAIGN — At its recent Donor Appreciation Brunch “Showcase of Thanks,” The High School of Saint Thomas More bestowed its 2012 Paideia Award on Sister M. Veronica […]
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Photo Caption: Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, of St. Bede lays hands on Father Gregory’s head in silent prayer after his ordination to the priesthood on Jan. 16. PERU — Surrounded by his Benedictine brothers, his proud mother and sisters, and many happy well-wishers, Brother Gregory Jarzombek was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Daniel R. […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Duncan was chaplain and director of the Newman Foundation at the University of Illinois in Champaign from 1943 to 1998. His funeral will be Jan. 11 in LaSalle. Msgr. Edward J. Duncan, PA, chaplain and director of the Newman Foundation at the University of Illinois in Champaign from 1943 to 1998 and […]
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SENECA — A Mass of Christian Burial was to be offered at St. Patrick’s Church here on Thursday, Jan. 5, for Msgr. Raymond J. Boyle, PA, pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish since 1996 and the former pastor of parishes in Ottawa, Rock Island, Silvis, and Hoopeston. Msgr. Boyle died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at Kindred […]
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