By: By Jennifer Willems Liturgical renewal is constant, according to Msgr. Stanley Deptula. “It’s not like we do the recipe once and we get it right forever,” said the director of the diocesan Office of Divine Worship. “We always need to go back to the touchstones, back to the pillars.” During his presentation on June […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems PERU — St. Bede Abbey has a new spiritual leader. Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, was elected the eighth abbot of the monastery on June 7. He succeeds Abbot Claude Peifer, OSB, who completed his eight-year term on June 6. Overseeing the election process was Abbot Hugh Anderson, OSB, president of the […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems It is said that the only perfect Mass is in heaven. While that may be true, it hasn’t stopped Deacon Toby Tyler from doing what he can to lift liturgies at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria a little closer to it. “We try to make it the best we can,” he […]
Continue readingEditor’s note: Dozens of photos from this celebration may be viewed and, if desired, purchased by clicking on the camera icon in the left margin of this page. Photos have also been posted on our Facebook page. —– URBANA — In a memorable evening billed as a “Heart-to-Heart” between Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and […]
Continue readingTwo young men with connections to the Diocese of Peoria will lead a bicycle ride from New Orleans, La., to Champaign — a distance of 866 miles — to raise money and awareness for the pro-life cause. Jimmy Becker and Mike Schaefer, both graduates of the University of Illinois, began “Biking for Babies” two years […]
Continue readingNew and younger generations of volunteers with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul must be welcomed and empowered to continue the organization’s Christ-centered direct service to the poor, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky told more than 200 leaders of the Society from the Midwest meeting in Peoria June 2-4. At the conference’s closing Mass at […]
Continue readingEighteen parishes and missions in the Diocese of Peoria will receive new pastors in clergy assignments affecting 30 priests announced this week by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. Among the appointments, which take effect June 15, is the move to senior status of Msgr. Jerome N. Ham, 71, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems OTTAWA — For 32 of his 43 years as a priest, Msgr. Jerome Ham has called LaSalle County home and “just about everyone here knows me now.” On June 15 he will take the many kindnesses of the people he has served and the hugs and smiles of the children with […]
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By: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, presented Pope Benedict XVI with two thick volumes about the life of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the pope surprised him by saying he had worked with the late archbishop. Pope Benedict “told me something I hadn’t known: he […]
Continue readingURBANA — Members of all parishes in the Champaign vicariate are invited to celebrate their Catholic faith and connection with one another during an evening that will include a Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, June 6. Priests from the 18 parishes in […]
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