PERU — Father Harold Daztman, OSB, was about to ask the younger students at Peru Catholic School where they were when they learned of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, when he stopped short. “It dawned on me these people hadn’t even been born,” Father Harold, pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish, said at a […]
Continue readingCAMBRIDGE — Visitors now have more time to pray for the clergy of central Illinois in the only church named for the patron saint of parish priests in the Diocese of Peoria. Father John Burns has announced that St. John Vianney Church, 313 S. West St., will remain open between the 8 a.m. Mass and […]
Continue readingDEVELOPING A theme for the annual convention of the Peoria Diocese Council of Catholic Women came very easily after a conversation with Father Don Roszkowski, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Metamora. Joan Weber, DCCW president, said he talked to the organization’s board about “Vianney,” a one-man show by Leonardo Defilippis that will be coming […]
Continue readingOTTAWA — Accepting a recommendation that would allow them to continue to offer Catholic school education while maintaining the financial viability of their parishes, two Ottawa pastors announced last week that initial steps have been taken to merge St. Patrick’s School, St. Columba’s School and Marquette High School into one school on three campuses. Father […]
Continue readingOne hour before President Barack Obama addressed school children around the country Tuesday via television and the Internet, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation was in Peoria telling students that his own Catholic school education means “everything” to him. “I’m a product of Catholic schools,” said Ray LaHood in addressing more than 500 students in the […]
Continue readingPARTICIPANTS at this year’s Diocese of Peoria Institute for Catholic Social Ministry will dig deeper into the biblical roots of the church’s teaching on social justice with the help of Father Donald Senior, CP, president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He will be the keynote speaker for the conference, planned for Saturday, Oct. 3, […]
Continue readingBy: By Canon John J. Flattery Editor’s note — Canon Flattery is a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria living in Danville who has a keen interest in history.The Sept. 13 issue of The Catholic Post included an essay he penned on the two Catholic signers of the U.S. Constitution. What follows is a […]
Continue readingWhen Irish eyes are smiling, goes the song, they’ll steal your heart away.On Sunday, hundreds of Catholics who packed a tent for Mass at an Irish festival in downtown Peoria were repeatedly urged to give their hearts away — to God. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, principal celebrant of the annual Mass at Erin Feis, […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — More than 200 students who had just moved into the north wing of Newman Hall at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois had to find new living arrangements last weekend after a flash flood knocked out power to the one-year-old building. Nearly five inches of rain fell in the […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — What are some responses that directors of religious education, catechists and Catholic school teachers get when they teach the rosary? Veteran and beginning educators attending a regional Equip Catechist Training Day at St. Matthew’s Parish here on Saturday offered a range of reactions. One said she thought students and families have fallen away […]
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