One hour before President Barack Obama addressed school children around the country Tuesday via television and the Internet, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation was in Peoria telling students that his own Catholic school education means “everything” to him. “I’m a product of Catholic schools,” said Ray LaHood in addressing more than 500 students in the […]
Continue readingWhen Irish eyes are smiling, goes the song, they’ll steal your heart away.On Sunday, hundreds of Catholics who packed a tent for Mass at an Irish festival in downtown Peoria were repeatedly urged to give their hearts away — to God. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, principal celebrant of the annual Mass at Erin Feis, […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — More than 200 students who had just moved into the north wing of Newman Hall at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois had to find new living arrangements last weekend after a flash flood knocked out power to the one-year-old building. Nearly five inches of rain fell in the […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — What are some responses that directors of religious education, catechists and Catholic school teachers get when they teach the rosary? Veteran and beginning educators attending a regional Equip Catechist Training Day at St. Matthew’s Parish here on Saturday offered a range of reactions. One said she thought students and families have fallen away […]
Continue readingWhat did you do on your summer vacation?” It’s a common question when students return to class in the fall, and this year Michelle Willi’s third-graders at St. Mark’s School in Peoria weren’t the only ones with adventures to talk about on the first day of school. Her passion for multicultural education took Willi to […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — By tending to the sick and needy “the way we would tend to Jesus Christ himself,” OSF St. Mary Medical Center here “represents our faith at its best,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, said Tuesday at a Mass capping the institution’s yearlong centennial celebration. The bishop, principal celebrant of the 100th Anniversary Mass […]
Continue readingAll altar servers in the Diocese of Peoria are invited to join Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and others at St. Mary’s Cathedral for a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Sept. 20, celebrating both the universal “Year for Priests” and the 90th anniversary of the ordination of Fulton J. Sheen as a priest […]
Continue readingDANVILLE — Making a “joyful noise” to the Lord has been a vital part of worship since ancient times. After all, the Psalms were written as hymns of praise to God. To make that joy and participation as full as possible during liturgies at St. Paul’s Church, music director Jonathon Myers decided to poll parishioners […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — Ron doesn’t hesitate when asked what he wants people to know about homelessness in this bustling college community. “We’re people, just like you,” he says simply. “Look in the mirror.” Ron, 53, hasn’t always been accorded that dignity during his days, weeks and months on the streets, but there are still some who […]
Continue readingMAHOMET — A Mass of Christian burial was offered at Our Lady of the Lake Church here on Friday, Aug. 14, for Father George E. Wuellner, a former vicar of the Champaign vicariate whose artistic talents were known throughout the diocese. Father Wuellner, pastor emeritus of St. Boniface Parish in Seymour who had been on […]
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