BLOOMINGTON — OSF Healthcare System will extend its services in the Bloomington-Normal area this fall thanks to an agreement signed Tuesday with the Urbana-based Carle Clinic Association. Effective Sept. 13, the Carle Clinic site in Bloomington will be renamed “OSF Medical Group — College Avenue” and will commence operations as a part of OSF Healthcare […]
Continue readingDANVILLE — Provena United Samaritans Medical Center has commenced construction on a new Women’s Health Center within the existing hospital. The new center is just one component of a plan for a $2.7 million project announced last September. The project, which is set for completion by the year’s end, includes the renovation of existing space […]
Continue readingIn a study released June 29 by the Pew Research Center, it was reported that 25 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 identified themselves as being atheists, agnostics or having no religion. It would have been tough to prove that on the streets of downtown Peoria on a recent Friday night, […]
Continue readingWith a nod to the faith, example, and mission of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and all who continue it, the John Bearce family of Washington has pledged $1 million to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center’s new Milestone Building, now under construction. The $280 million Milestone Project is a year away […]
Continue readingA resolution of the state budget crisis remained elusive after Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a budget bill on Wednesday that included huge funding shortfalls for social service programs. The governor’s veto came one day after U.S. District Judge John F. Grady issued an order requiring the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to […]
Continue readingCalling it “a great moment to renew our love for and loyalty to Jesus Christ and our holy priesthood,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, led applause and prayers of gratitude for priests celebrating jubilee years and those newly ordained during a Mass in their honor at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on June 25. The […]
Continue readingPONTIAC — “God’s love saves us.” That was the message dozens of young visitors to the house of St. Paul were asked by the apostle to spread to Christians living in fear around Rome. Only this wasn’t Rome. It was Pontiac. And St. Paul’s “house” was really a portion of the kindergarten room at St. […]
Continue readingPRINCEVILLE — Catholics who are looking for new ways to spend some quiet time with the Blessed Mother and her Son in the mysteries of the rosary are invited to join the Community of St. John in prayer with “Contemplating His Face.” The two-CD set presents all 20 decades of the rosary with meditations preceding […]
Continue readingHENRY — The Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary have invited Catholics to join in their community’s observance of the 2009-2010 Year for Priests by “adopting” priests and praying for them by name. “As a community, and then particularly here in the Diocese of Peoria, the sisters and the lay apostles of […]
Continue readingSeeing flashing lights in the rearview mirror is something that makes most people’s hearts stop, but for Peg Shipley a recent traffic stop turned out to be a heartwarming experience. Returning to Bloomington from a meeting in Peoria one stormy night, she was stopped for driving over the center line. When the officer asked her […]
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