Msgr. George Carton would be pleased. The vocations director of the Diocese of Peoria and its seminarians certainly are. An Aug. 6 dinner to explain and seek funds for a new college seminarian scholarship fund named for the late Msgr. Carton — longtime diocesan chancellor who founded a Seminarian Endowment Fund decades ago — raised […]
Continue readingURBANA — Due to a lack of available Sisters, it took two requests to bring the Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary to Mercy Hospital here. They didn’t have to be asked twice to stay, however. The Sisters assumed responsibility for what is now known as Provena Covenant Medical Center on Aug. 9, 1926, […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — A drive coordinated Aug. 9 to 13 by OSF St. Joseph Medical Center here and podiatrist Dr. Todd Snoeyink resulted in the donation of more than 3,200 pairs of shoes for needy people of the region. The total surpassed last year’s donation of 2,800 pairs of shoes to the annual drive, begun seven […]
Continue readingJust try keeping children off of brand new playground equipment until the adults get done praying for its safe use and then enforcing those petitions by sprinkling holy water on it. It can’t be done. That’s what parents, benefactors, principal Winnie Pratt and Father Patrick Henehan, pastor, found out last Sunday when the St. Jude […]
Continue readingBrad Colvis, associate director of evangelization and director of youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Peoria since 2006, has accepted a position with the Diocese of Sacramento in California as associate director of catechesis in the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis. Colvis’ last day with the diocese was Friday, Aug. 13, and […]
Continue readingATKINSON — A new parish center is being built for St. Anthony’s Parish here on a firm foundation of parishioner generosity. While groundbreaking for the $1.2 million facility took place after the 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 25, the project really began months ago when parishioners dug deep into their wallets and shattered expectations […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese of Peoria are impacted by tighter state regulations that took effect this spring, but the anxiety level for managers at Catholic parishes or cemetery associations should be low. “This is a ministry and mission of the church. I think our code of ethics is much higher […]
Continue readingDr. Kenneth Howell has been offered a visiting instructional appointment to the University of Illinois to teach “Introduction to Catholicism” this fall. Discussions are under way to determine an ongoing role at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center in Champaign that complements his teaching, according to Patricia Gibson, chancellor of the Diocese of Peoria. The invitation […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody STREATOR — The four Catholic parishes that have served this community for a century and beyond will consolidate into one new parish effective Sept. 29, according to a plan approved by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The new parish, formally established by Bishop Jenky on July 1, will be named St. […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems OTTAWA — More than 500 students will walk through the doors of the new Marquette Academy on Aug. 17, making it the first school in the Diocese of Peoria to enroll young people from pre-kindergarten through high school. “It will be neat to see them all be Crusaders, to see them […]
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