The Catholic Post’s 2012 Delivering Unity Campaign is now open. Contributions are accepted online by clicking on the campaign logo at right. Gifts do more than ensure home delivery of the newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria for the following year. They also support The Catholic Post’s expanding digital efforts to inform, inspire, and unite […]
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Photo Caption: Students and teachers line the halls of Jordan Catholic School as Bishop Jenky blesses them and the new facilities on Jan. 26. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post ROCK ISLAND — Bricks and mortar weren’t the only things celebrated when the new middle school wing at Jordan Catholic School was dedicated and […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Willliam Watson distributes Communion during an all-school Mass at Peoria Notre Dame High School. Catholic Schools Week is Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Jan. 22, 2012 My dear friends, From January 29th through February 4th, nationally and in the Diocese of Peoria, Catholic Schools Week will take place, our annual celebration of […]
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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: 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: 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: 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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