“Hidden Life” – Danielle McKean
The first – and organizers hope “annual” – St. Nicholas Arts and Crafts Fair will host the handiwork of Catholic artists, as co-organizer Danielle McKean says, “from the cookie made with love, to the oil painting masterfully depicting Christ’s life.” McKean, of St. Jude Parish in Peoria has organized the event along with Molly Olsen […]
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We throw open the vaults of the old Catholic Post newspaper for an Advent reflection from the late Jerry Klein (1926-2017), a longtime and much-beloved Peoria writer and columnist in the secular press and The Catholic Post (and full disclosure, my father-in-law).— Paul Thomas Moore, Catholic Post Online By Jerry Klein for The Catholic Post […]
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GALESBURG – As medical director of OSF Women’s Health and Fertility Care Services, Dr. Annevay Conlee has a unique perspective on Advent – a liturgical season that looks toward the physical birth of our Divine Lord. “I think it comes back to my Catholic faith of always having that perspective of we are going to […]
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EAST PEORIA – As Advent opens on Sunday, Dec. 1, the OSF motherhouse will once again be the scene of a living reenactment of the first Christmas – with live animals. It was St. Francis of Assisi who established the tradition of the live Christmas crib scene (or crèche, or Nativity scene) 801 years ago, […]
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Bob Vogelbaugh, “Mr. Thanksgiving” stands with a group of the Seton Catholic School students in Moline who fundraised $1,600 to help save the Thanksgiving community meal he founded. (Lindsey Honert/Seton Catholic School)
MOLINE – Bob Vogelbaugh started hosting a Thanksgiving meal for the community 54 years ago in 1970. Since COVID, it’s been a drive-through. Although as a former grocery store owner Voglebaugh – aka “Mr. Thanksgiving” – certainly appreciated the importance of the food, he also believed strongly that Thanksgiving was about people breaking bread together. […]
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Workers affix signage on the new gym at Immaculate Conception School in Monmouth. The gym will host a "Reboot" event with speaker Chris Stefanick on Wednesday, Dec. 4. (Father Tim Hepner/Immaculate Conception Parish)
MONMOUTH — On Nov. 16, Bishop Louis Tylka celebrated Mass at Immaculate Conception Parish in Monmouth, and afterwards blessed the new gym at Immaculate Conception School. Father Tim Hepner, pastor of Immaculate Conception, indicates the new gym is about more than bricks and mortar. “Our buildings, what we invest our time and money in, are […]
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Sister Mary André Thelen, OP, principal of St. Jude School in Peoria, says the theological virtue of hope orders all of our earthly hopes. (The Catholic Post Online/Paul Thomas Moore)
This is the second in a series of posts on the subject of encouraging hope in our Catholic schools. In the first article “School leaders refresh vocations as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ at Sacré-Coeur” (Oct. 28), Kelly McLaughlin, principal of Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island, described the Catholic school “difference.” She said this comes into […]
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Sister Agnes Joseph Williams, O.S.F., major superior (left), and Sister Judith Ann Duvall, O.S.F. assistant major superior, stand beside the highway sign promoting their Annual Fall Bazaar Nov. 22-23. (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)
EAST PEORIA – The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis will once again be holding their Annual Fall Bazaar at their motherhouse off Route 116 near Germantown Hills, Friday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will be given to […]
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Deacon Bruce Steiner
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at St. Ann Church, 1010 S. Louisa Street, Peoria, for Deacon Bruce Steiner, who served at St. Ann’s and in the ministry of the sick. Deacon Steiner, formerly of Bartonville, passed away on All Saints Day, Friday, Nov. 1, […]
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Holy Cross Catholic School students wear “Stronger than the storm” t-shirts that were produced and sold to aid in fundraising efforts for Immaculate Catholic School in Herdersonville, North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. From left, the students, all children of staff members, are Olivia LeFaivre, grade eight; Riley Sharp, grade one; Aiden Sharp, grade four; and Jacqueline Durdan, grade three. (Supplied photo)
CHAMPAIGN, IL/HENDERSONVILLE, NC – Flood-ravaged Western North Carolina is slowly rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. One of the hardest-hit communities is Hendersonville, where Immaculata Catholic School serves students from Pre-K to grade eight. Immaculata principal Margaret Beale says the storm left water damage in the gym and the new STEM lab, and the […]
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