WASHINGTON–Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on March 15 issued the following statement on the state of health care reform. It was titled “The Cost is too High; the Loss is too Great.” — The Catholic Bishops of the United States have long and consistently advocated for […]
Continue readingFaith-based management sounds difficult, but for the speakers at a daylong seminar that explored the topic last Saturday it came down to something very basic. “We need to witness to our faith by what we say and do, and we need to be Catholic in the business world, in the legal profession, in schools, in […]
Continue readingA new training and conference center will be built at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria thanks to the largest donation in OSF Healthcare history. OSF Saint Francis and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria are the joint recipients of a $25 million gift from Jump Trading, a Chicago-based high frequency […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — When Sister Mary Wolfe, BVM, returned to the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa, last week, her luggage included something that didn’t take up much room but filled her heart. Tucked away amid nearly 30 years of memories was a proclamation from Mayor Dennis […]
Continue readingA committal service took place at Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria on Feb. 26 for Deacon Robert England, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria who served as director of the diocesan Office of Communications from 1979 to 1990. Deacon England died on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Lutheran Home and Services in Arlington Heights. […]
Continue readingEditor’s note — To view the slideshow, click on the Video/Multimedia link at left. BLOOMINGTON — If team chemistry was a high school course, give every member of the state champion Bloomington Central Catholic girls basketball roster an A+ for finding a winning formula. After outstanding teams in the last several years came close, the […]
Continue readingClergy and laity from around Illinois will be traveling to Springfield this Wednesday, March 3, for the Second Annual Catholics at the Capitol. Sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI), it will begin with a Mass celebrated by the bishops of Illinois at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 524 E. […]
Continue readingIntense prayer and a Franciscan spirituality were already part of her life when Sister M. Faustina Chesnut, OSF, started exploring a vocation with The Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in East Peoria. A Secular Franciscan with three regularly scheduled hours of eucharistic adoration each week at St. John Vianney Church in Sherman, […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Second-grade students at Jordan Catholic School here got a very practical education on the sacrament of baptism last Friday when they witnessed three of their classmates receiving it. “There is a lot of love and support here for you,” Father Michael Schaab told the newly baptized students, who stood with their parents […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — “Go forward with a new enthusiasm for the priesthood.” That challenge, issued Tuesday by actor Leonardo Defilippis from the stage of Brophy Auditorium at Costa Catholic Academy, was embraced by hundreds who saw his dramatic portrayal of St. John Vianney at five regional performances in the Diocese of Peoria this week. After receiving […]
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