Photo Caption: Maryknoll Father Bill Donnelly, a Peoria native and longtime missionary, holds a copy of his graphic novel on Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. (See his story following the centennial event article below.) By: By Tom Dermody From roots in the Diocese of Peoria, they have gone on to proclaim the Gospel for decades around […]
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Photo Caption: A preliminary sketch of the proposed new Immaculate Conception Church in Manito as seen from South Adams Street. MANITO — Members of Immaculate Conception Church here hope to “raise the roof” in more ways than one when they host a Harvest Hoe-Down Dinner and Auction on Saturday, Nov. 19. The event is a […]
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Photo Caption: Deacon David Steeples, pastoral care director at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg, and Deacon George Wagner, pastoral care director at OSF Saint James John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. By: By Jennifer Willems Even after 2,000 years the ministry of Jesus still has much to teach health care providers about caring for […]
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By: By Tom Dermody Pope Benedict XVI has honored four priests of the Diocese of Peoria by appointing them “Chaplains to His Holiness” with the title of monsignor. In addition, the pope has raised Msgr. Charles Beebe, 67, episcopal vicar for the permanent diaconate and pastor of parishes in Roanoke and Benson, to the rank […]
Continue readingPope Benedict XVI has honored four priests of the Diocese of Peoria by appointing them “Chaplains to His Holiness” with the title of monsignor. In addition, the pope has also appointed Msgr. Charles Beebe, 67, episcopal vicar for the permanent diaconate, to the rank of Protonotary Apostolic, the top level of monsignor and considered the […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. John Prendergast accepts the hosts during the annual Diocesan Mass for the Widowed and Divorced from Carol Tyra of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Morton. Protocol required Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, to be with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, who was making a pastoral visit at St. Sharbel’s Church in Peoria last Sunday, […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Anne Germaine Picard, SMP, offers rosaries to the teachers in on of the schools she visited in Cameroon. By: By Jennifer Willems PRINCETON — The poor are real. “The poor are no longer just a concept in my head, but in my heart,” said Sister Anne Germaine Picard, SMP, who left Princeton […]
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Photo Caption: Lauren Thomas accepts a signed copy of “Sports and Faith” from author Patrick McCaskey following the Bears’ senior director’s talk at the John Paul II Catholic Newman Center. By: By Tom Dermody NORMAL — Chicago Bears’ senior director Patrick McCaskey was fielding questions about football and his Catholic faith as smoothly as Devin […]
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Photo Caption: Linda Howley-Skuby of Bloomington, president of the Bishop’s Commission on Women in the Church and in Society, offers Father David Whiteside a token of appreciation after his presentation Oct. 1. By: By Jennifer Willems They may not wear uniforms, but the women who serve in countless ways in parishes throughout central Illinois were […]
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Photo Caption: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, leader of the world’s 5.5 million Maronite Catholics, presides at a Mass Oct. 9 at St. Sharbel’s Church in Peoria as Bishop Jenky assists at right. By: By Tom Dermody When the leader of the world’s 5.5 million Maronite Catholics visits your church not once but on consecutive weekends, […]
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