By: By Jennifer Willems A taste of heaven. Sharon Torres of Holy Trinity Parish in Bloomington used those words not once but twice to describe her first experience of the Chrism Mass, which was celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on April 19. The liturgy, which is traditionally offered early in Holy Week, brings […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria will continue to seek religious freedom protections for its adoption and foster care programs after an amendment clarifying the rights of faith-based human service agencies in relation to Illinois’ new civil union law failed to make it out of a Senate committee. “We believe […]
Continue readingFollowing is the full text of the homily at the April 20 funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for Msgr. Joseph Zube. A longtime official with the Diocese of Peoria’s Marriage Tribunal, Msgr. Zube, 85, died April 15, 2011, at his West Peoria residence. The full obituary appears elsewhere on The Catholic Post’s […]
Continue readingBy: By David Laue BLOOMINGTON — When you outgrow or get tired of one of your possessions, do you just trash it? Those who attended a social studies fair in the gym of St. Mary’s School here on April 7 were treated to better ideas as students shared inspiring examples of how they have become […]
Continue readingSinger-songwriter Annie Karto will perform four concerts in central Illinois next month and one of them will benefit the Family Resources Center in downtown Peoria. Planned for 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, the fundraiser will be hosted by St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 904 E. Lake Ave., in Peoria Heights. Refreshments will be served […]
Continue readingEDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily at the March 31 funeral Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria for Father John Dietzen. The homilist was Msgr. Gerald Ward, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church of Merna Parish in Bloomington. Father Dietzen, episcopal vicar for senior priests of the Diocese of […]
Continue readingThe cause for beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen takes another step forward on May 25 when Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, of Peoria presents Pope Benedict XVI with a thick book known as the “Positio,” or position paper. The book, a nearly 1,200-page summary of the life and works of Archbishop Sheen — a […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems When Kelly Stegall told people that she would be working as the Peoria volunteer coordinator for OSF Home Care Services, she got two reactions. “People would be coming out of the woodwork saying, ‘Hospice is great! We don’t know what we would have done without them,’” she recalled. The second response […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third part in a series following Connie Burek of Brimfield as she prepares to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. Here she talks about prayer, the ways the RCIA process has enriched a lifetime of faith, and a […]
Continue readingEDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily at the March 31 funeral Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria for Father John Dietzen. The homilist was Msgr. Gerald Ward, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church of Merna Parish in Bloomington. Father Dietzen, episcopal vicar for senior priests of the Diocese of […]
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