Photo Caption: Members of the “Witnesses to Love” pilgrims to World Youth Day from the John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal pose in Madrid. Molly McClowry returned from World Youth Day in Spain ready to become the missionary for Christ that Pope Benedict XVI challenged her and 1.4 million other young pilgrims to […]
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Photo Caption: Chihuahua puppies Vicar (left) and Monsignor show their affection to their new owner, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. By: By Jennifer Willems When he leaves his office at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria and goes home, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, finds Vicar and Monsignor waiting for him. Unlike the vicars and […]
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Photo Caption: Two of the 65 participants in the diocesan Day of Reflection for the Widowed and Divorced spend private reflection time in the prayer garden of St. Patrick’s Church of Merna in Bloomington. By: By Tom Dermody BLOOMINGTON — Those who are experiencing the pain of losing a spouse through death or divorce are […]
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Photo Caption: Father Tony Lee, pastor of St. Anthony’s Parish in Atkinson, offers the invocation before a town hall meeting with President Obama on Aug. 17. ATKINSON — Thanks to Bill Wyffels of Wyffels Hybrids here, the call from the White House came on Sunday night. President Obama’s staff wanted to know if Father Tony […]
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Photo Caption: Michael Lootens, the new principal at Epiphany School in Normal, receives from Bishop Jenky framed art with this year’s theme for diocesan schools, “The Liturgy — Our Encounter with God.” By: By Jennifer Willems Before he did anything else at the Mass for the principals of Catholic schools around the Diocese of Peoria, […]
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Photo Caption: Beverly Bryan, regional director of religious education for the Galesburg and Macomb vicariates, uses a prop to make a point during a demonstration at the Catechetical Conference. Seizing the opportunity to encourage people to go deeper into the Mass as well as helping them to learn the prayers in the new English translation […]
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Photo Caption: David LaVallee of Washington shows the back of the CD cover for “Unfinished Business,” a collection of vocals by his late wife, Regina, set to fresh orchestration. By: By Tom Dermody David LaVallee never got to say goodbye when his wife Regina took ill suddenly at a Cursillo weekend in late 2006 and […]
Continue readingCalling on “all people of good will” to come together “to remember the past and dedicate ourselves to building a future free from fear and filled with peace,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, announced that the Diocese of Peoria will mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with a candlelit Vigil […]
Continue readingRespect life coordinators from around central Illinois will gather for Mass with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and a workshop sponsored by the diocesan Respect Life Board on Saturday, Sept. 10. Registration will take place at 8:30 a.m. at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 N.E. Madison Ave. The Mass, which will include the commissioning of […]
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Photo Caption: Ken Natzke, president and CEO of OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, and Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, chairperson of OSF HealthCare, take part in ribbon-cutting ceremonies July 29. By: By Jennifer Willems BLOOMINGTON — Members of the medical staff and community at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center here celebrated their new addition, a […]
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