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By: Tom Dermody - April 29, 2010 -
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By: By Tom Dermody RANTOUL — St. Malachy’s School here is blessed with a caring, talented faculty, but if a vote were taken for 2010 Teacher of the Year, the unanimous winner would be an inspirational 10-year-old boy. Family and the many friends of young Luke Remington filled St. Malachy’s Gym on April 21 for […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 29, 2010 -
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By: By Jennifer Willems DANVILLE — With seven grown children, Mary Dyas has an active prayer life. She prays that they will be happy. She prays that they will remain strong in their faith. She prays that they will continue to seek out God’s plan for them and follow it. She prays for other people’s […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 29, 2010 -
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By: By Jennifer Willems Pastoral care ministers don’t stop reaching out to others, even when they’re at a day designed to recharge their own spiritual and theological batteries. They proved that at last Saturday’s diocesan Pastoral Care Assembly Day when the presenter, Msgr. Michael Bliss, spoke about the sacramental ministry his own mother, Mary E. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 29, 2010 -
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The remedy for a culture sick from the “toxic venom of ‘isms” — individualism, materialism, relativism, and even hedonism — is a healthy dose of lived stewardship, said the keynote speaker at the Diocesan Stewardship Conference on Tuesday. “The good news is the body of Christ is alive and well and does make a tremendous […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2010 -
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NORMAL — The most difficult people to lead to the Catholic faith may be those closest to your heart. What to say to the son you suspect isn’t attending Mass while away at college? To the friend who is angry at the church because of the harmful words or actions of another Catholic? To the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 23, 2010 -
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By Nancy Piccionefor The Catholic Post METAMORA — “Give God permission” to use you powerfully in the world, more than 100 women were told at a first-time conference on April 17. The Behold Conference at St. Mary’s Parish here was a “spiritual spa day” for women of all ages, according to conference organizer Rose Marie […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2010 -
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Catholic radio programming is now being aired in the Peoria area thanks to a group headed by a man from El Paso, the birthplace of Catholic radio pioneer and sainthood candidate Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. WPMJ 94.3 FM — a Chillicothe-based station whose call letters now stand for “With Prayer Meet Jesus” — began broadcasting […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 15, 2010 -
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OTTAWA — Brooke Rick had a great experience when she was a student at Marquette High School. “I loved it. When I had the opportunity to come back and teach I jumped at it right away,” said Rick, a 1999 graduate who has been teaching math and chemistry at Marquette since 2005. She added assistant […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 15, 2010 -
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The Catholic Post’s monthly book page is back with a new millennium twist: an invitation to join an online discussion of a Post “Book of the Month.” The discussions will take place on a “Catholic Post Book Group” blog that has been created by book page editor Nancy Piccione of Metamora. It can be accessed […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 15, 2010 -
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Every year since 2004, hundreds of Catholic men from throughout the Diocese of Peoria have responded to a call from Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, to take a public stand in defense of faith, family, and the priesthood. The video above shows scenes from the 2009 gathering. When they assemble again at the Peoria riverfront […]
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