James Lansberry knows that business is all about supply and demand, and he says it’s time to address the demand for abortion. That means ministering to young women in crisis pregnancies in such a way as it removes any reason to have an abortion, he said. “It’s a more complete view of Christian charity,” according […]
Continue readingHow do I integrate my faith into my work? That question and a variety of others will be addressed at a first of its kind faith-based management seminar to be sponsored by the Diocese of Peoria on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The theme of the daylong event, which will […]
Continue readingKeeping the poor people of Haiti alive and well has never been more important for the Friends of the Children of Haiti. Deacon Richard Hammond and his wife, Barb, of Bartonville, and volunteer Larry Shank had returned to the organization’s clinic in Cyvadier this week to prepare for the visit of a medical team from […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — Minette Sternke has a big dream. She would like to see an office for deaf ministry established in the Diocese of Peoria, but she isn’t sitting back and waiting for someone else to do the work for the deaf community in central Illinois. Already active at St. Patrick’s Parish in Urbana, Sternke continues […]
Continue readingPERU — Funeral Masses are planned in LaSalle and East Peoria for Deacon Ron Rager, a member of the first class of permanent deacons ordained for the Diocese of Peoria, who is being remembered as “a man of service, who had a heart of charity.” “Truly loved his God and truly loved his neighbor,” said […]
Continue readingA MEMORIAL Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, for Father Marne Breckensiek, OFM, who served as pastor of the downtown Peoria parish for 24 years. Father Marne died on Dec. 29, 2009, at St. Margaret Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 71. A Mass […]
Continue readingOne week before Christmas, the Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria announced it had received a most generous gift. Don and Barbara Western, members of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria, have donated $5 million to the new home now under construction for Children’s Hospital, the Milestone building. […]
Continue readingCalling human trafficking “a modern day form of slavery,” the Catholic bishops of Illinois and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious of Illinois have issued a joint statement urging people of good will to seek its end through prayer, work and education. “Eradicating Human Trafficking” comes at the beginning of National Migration Week, which is […]
Continue readingVOLUNTEER catechists throughout central Illinois have been asking for assistance with classroom management, curriculum development, lesson planning and formation in Scripture and Catholic doctrine, and that help is on the way. Starting this month, the diocesan Office of Catechetics will offer “Let My People Come,” a yearlong series of presentations at parishes around the Diocese […]
Continue readingRon Spandet, principal of Marquette High School in Ottawa for 10 years, has announced plans to retire next June. In addition, the school introduced Dr. Tom Jobst as its new football coach. Spandet, 66, spent 28 years at Ottawa Township High School as a teacher and later assistant principal prior to accepting the Marquette post […]
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