OTTAWA — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will celebrate a Mass next Sunday as part of a weekend of events opening a yearlong celebration of the 150th anniversary of Marquette High School. The 3 p.m. Mass on Oct. 11 has been moved to Bader Gym to accommodate the expected crowds, according to Ron Spandet, principal. […]
Continue readingBELLEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday, Oct. 1, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Church here for Father J. Vincent Fitzgerald, OMI, a native of Troy Grove who oversaw construction of King’s House of Retreats in Henry and served as its first director. Father Fitzgerald died Sunday, […]
Continue readingTHE NATIONAL Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the United States will tour throughout the Diocese of Peoria for 15 days at the beginning of October, a month of special rosary devotion. That the visit of this blessed image of Our Lady of Fatima comes at a key point of our diocese’s “Year of the Most Holy […]
Continue readingMAHOMET — Roger Phelps doesn’t count the hours he puts in as director of religious education at Our Lady of the Lake Parish anymore. “Whenever ministry needs to happen, then I’m here,” he said simply as he waited for religious education classes to start last Sunday morning. “One day it’s two or three hours and […]
Continue readingIn August Linda Vander Vennet returned to Seton Catholic School in Moline to teach seventh and eighth grade religion, but she wasn’t there for very long. Earlier this month, she was named principal at Our Lady of Grace Academy in East Moline. “I’ve had a wonderful three weeks. I think the teachers and I work […]
Continue readingCOMMITTED TO promoting life from the moment of conception until natural death, people of faith in central Illinois will continue to take their message to prayer and to the streets on Oct. 4, which has been designated as Respect Life Sunday by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. This year’s theme comes from the words […]
Continue readingWITH THE city of Peoria’s skyline as a backdrop, about 80 people gathered Tuesday to prayerfully open a “40 Days for Life” campaign of prayer, fasting and public witness to end abortion. Peoria and Champaign are among 212 cities nationwide that are taking part in the Sept. 23 to Nov. 1 campaign, which includes around-the-clock […]
Continue readingAll widowed and divorced persons in the Diocese of Peoria are invited to a Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. A reception with the bishop will follow at the Spalding Pastoral Center. “These are people who grieve the loss of a […]
Continue readingHOPEDALE — When the members of St. Joseph’s Church gather to celebrate their faith community’s centennial on Saturday, Sept. 19, they’ll have one very proud pastor cheering them on. “The people of St. Joseph’s have always amazed me,” said Father Gerald Verdun, who has served them since 2000. “They are spread out over six different […]
Continue readingPERU — Father Harold Daztman, OSB, was about to ask the younger students at Peru Catholic School where they were when they learned of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, when he stopped short. “It dawned on me these people hadn’t even been born,” Father Harold, pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish, said at a […]
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