COAL VALLEY — Don’t hesitate. That’s what Jean Briggs would like people to know if they have been away from the Catholic Church but are now looking for a way to come “home.”The Alpha woman knows what she’s talking about. After 24 years of not being part of the church she loved so much, Briggs […]
Continue readingGROUPS WITHIN the Diocese of Peoria serving the impoverished people of Haiti will now be linked under a new organization approved by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The umbrella organization, called “St. Dominic’s Society for Haitian Outreach,” will first identify and unite those moved to action by concern for the Caribbean nation considered the poorest […]
Continue readingMOLINE — A night of reflection on faith and military service turned out to be a family affair: a DePorter family affair. Steve DePorter and his sons, Nate, Justin and Aaron, gave compelling accounts of their military service in the Gulf War and, in Aaron’s case, Afghanistan to an audience of 100 men, half military […]
Continue readingTeaching in a Catholic school is important work, but educators cannot be truly present to their students if they do not take steps to insure their own health and spend “at least two minutes of silence and solitude, wrapped in gratitude before God” every day. “Prayer is not nice — I don’t know where we […]
Continue readingEND OF LIFE issues and pastoral care of those who are dying will be explored at this year’s Diocesan Health Care Day, which is planned for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Addressing the topic will be Father J. Daniel Mindling, OFM Cap, professor of moral theology at Mount St. Mary […]
Continue readingIt’s true that God created the world and all that is in it and while that is enough to inspire wonder and awe for a lifetime, it is only part of the story. What people may overlook is that God’s first act was to establish that new world in an order of justice, where harmony […]
Continue readingCatholic radio may be coming to the Peoria area by the end of 2009. The Catholic Post has learned that a local group hopes to make WPMJ 94.3 FM, Peoria-Chillicothe, the latest radio station in the EWTN Catholic radio affiliate network. Plans are under way to start the process of conversion during the month of […]
Continue readingLACON — The Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi have lost one of their pioneers. Sister M. Boleslava Gazo, DSF, who emigrated from Slovakia to the United States in 1946 to form the American Province of the religious community and served as its provincial superior for more than 20 years, died on Oct. 2, 2009, […]
Continue readingURBANA — People of all ages and spiritual paths are being invited to an interfaith gathering on Saturday, Oct. 17, at St. Patrick’s Church, 708 W. Main. The facilitator for the day will be Brother Joseph Kilikevice, OP, founder and director of the Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality in Oak Park. The morning session, which […]
Continue readingIf we can do it, you can do it. With those nine words, Deacon Nick Simon of St. Anthony’s Parish in Atkinson offered both hope and a challenge to parish and school financial leaders from throughout the Diocese of Peoria doing God’s work in a struggling economy. Deacon Simon was among the presenters at the […]
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