ONE YEAR after it opened, and with exterior work nearing completion, the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria was officially dedicated to the honor of the first Bishop of Peoria, John Lancaster Spalding, and to the glory of God during ceremonies on Oct. 28. Members of the diocesan staff gathered with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — A restored, gleaming six-foot golden cross was blessed and lifted to the top of the 170-foot steeple of Corpus Christi Church in Galesburg on Tuesday. The cross and its supporting cable had been damaged by a lightning strike earlier this year. Father William Miller, IC, pastor, blessed the cross, which is made of […]
Continue readingCHERRY — One hundred years ago, half of the men living in this Bureau County village lost their lives. Next weekend, Nov. 14 and 15, residents of the village of Cherry and surrounding communities will gather for various ceremonies to remember the worst coal mining disaster in Illinois history, an underground fire that began on […]
Continue readingA MEMORIAL Mass will be offered at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for Father Robert E. Reynolds, 83, a senior priest of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. Father Reynolds died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. at South Central Rehabilitation Center in Rawlins, Wyo., where he had been living since […]
Continue readingOne of the best ways women can support priests is to live their baptism well, according to two parish leaders who offered reflections as part of the 2009 convention of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women last Saturday. “Every one of us has the priestly duty to offer up sacrifice,” said Msgr. Jason Gray, […]
Continue readingEUREKA — Those who work with their hands will tell you it’s prudent to measure twice and cut once. Margie and Michael Pavlick of Streator added one more step, however, when they designed and built a new altar for the Salve Regina Newman Center. “It takes lots of prayer,” Margie told The Catholic Post, noting […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — The exorcist arrived on campus. Father Vincent Lampert, one of only 12 trained and facultied exorcists in the United States, spoke to a filled Foellinger Auditorium — capacity around 1,900 — at the University of Illinois Monday evening. St. John’s Catholic Newman Center invited Father Lampert to speak near Halloween, or in Catholic […]
Continue readingGroups in the Champaign and Peoria areas that promote vocations and support priests in their ministry will receive Pere Marquette Awards during a Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving planned for Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will confer the diocesan recognition for outstanding service on the Serra Club […]
Continue readingPRINCEVILLE — A funeral Mass was to be offered at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at St. Mary of the Woods Church here for Father James Edward Purcell, a native of Princeville whose 56 years of priestly life included parish work as well as service to hospitals and schools. Father Purcell, who had been on […]
Continue readingThe real motivation behind civil union legislation in Illinois is not access to benefits but advancing the cause of same-sex marriage, according to a document published Oct. 15 by the Catholic Conference of Illinois.titled “Promoting Civil Unions to Undermine Marriage,” the document — available online and in a 12-page booklet — gives background on current […]
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