Dr. 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 […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Students at Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Peoria have access to a resource that students in many other dioceses don’t: chaplains. “We have the luxury of having guys in there full time. That says something about our diocese,” said Father Patrick Henehan, who for 10 years was the chaplain […]
Continue readingWith an acknowledgement of both the difficult economic times and the “many, many gifts that God has bestowed on us,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has opened the Annual Diocesan Appeal in parishes across the diocese. The theme of the 2010 appeal, which seeks $5.4 million to support the various ministries and agencies of the […]
Continue readingNORMAL — “Welcome home.” With those words, met with enthusiastic applause from the assembly, Msgr. Eric Powell, pastor, greeted members of Epiphany Parish who were celebrating Mass in their church on July 10 for the first time since a major renovation and expansion began more than a year ago. And what a beautiful spiritual home […]
Continue readingCall him a senior priest, but don’t call Father Richard Brunskill retired.Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has granted Father Brunskill senior status for health reasons. The appointment becomes effective Aug. 11. The pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish in Havana and Immaculate Conception Mission in Manito until then, Father Brunskill said he will remain active — […]
Continue readingA fund to support college seminarians of the Diocese of Peoria is being established and will be named for the late Msgr. George A. Carton, longtime diocesan chancellor. The fund and its goals will be explained at a dinner scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Persons attending the dinner […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Sister Claudia Scharf, OSB, felt an undeniable connection with the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery during a vocations retreat and as it turns out, it was a connection that was made to last. Surrounded by her Benedictine Sisters, as well as family and friends from New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, Vermont, Iowa […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody With gratitude to God and repeated admiration for the “unwavering faith and commitment” of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, the new Children’s Hospital of Illinois and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria was blessed and dedicated in historic ceremonies July 16. “Let us ask for God’s […]
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