Catholic youth of all ancestries are invited to a St. Patrick’s Day Youth Mass and Social on Saturday, March 17, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Those attending the first-of-its-kind event will also have the opportunity to view the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade through downtown Peoria, which steps off at 11 a.m. just […]
Continue readingEditor’s note: Following is the full text from the homily given at the Feb. 21 funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for Msgr. E. Edward Higgins, 80, a senior priest of the diocese who died on Feb. 16. The homilist was Father Thomas Taylor, parochial vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, bows to kiss the ring of Pope Benedict XIV during a Feb. 9 meeting in the pope’s library at the Vatican. By: By Tom Dermody No sooner did Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, say the name of his diocese in a private introduction to Pope Benedict XVI at […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Ana Pia Cordua, SCTJM, president and director of mission and ministry for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria. Editor’s Note: Following is a letter to all Catholics of the diocese from Sister Ana Pia Cordua, SCTJM, president and director of mission and ministry for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria. […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop-designate Christopher Glancy, pictured at a parish in Belize, will be ordained an auxiliary bishop of the nationwide Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan on May 5. By: By Catholic News Service and Catholic Post staff WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishop-designate Christopher Glancy was just settling in at a Chicago parish staffed by his religious order, […]
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Photo Caption: Fourth-graders Noah Cokel, Megan Carey, Genevieve Stedwill and Mary Dyke get the cheering started for their new mascot, St. Jude Fire. By: By Jennifer Willems If you’re seeking the fire of the Holy Spirit, look to the students at St. Jude’s School in Peoria. They’d be happy to share it with you and […]
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Editor’s note: Following is the full text from the homily given at the Feb. 21 funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for Msgr. E. Edward Higgins, 80, a senior priest of the diocese who died on Feb. 16. The homilist was Father Thomas Taylor, parochial vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in […]
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Father Richard Kolczaski, 82, a native of Peru and a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Lacon. He is a former pastor of parishes in Loretto, Fairbury, Marseilles, Princeton, Monticello, Oglesby, Spring Valley, and Peru, and a former vicar of the Kewanee vicariate. […]
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My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we enter into this Lenten season, the Church once again invites us to use this opportunity to share more fully in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. It is essential that we cultivate a deeper sense of prayer, fasting and almsgiving to better offer our lives to […]
Continue readingDespite continuing threats to religious liberty, Catholics around the Diocese of Peoria will have cause to celebrate next Sunday when more than 200 people come to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria to declare their intention to proceed to the Easter Sacraments. The Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion will take place at […]
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