DEPUE — St. Mary’s Parish here will celebrate 100 years of faith next Sunday, Aug. 30, with a 4 p.m. bilingual Mass that reflects the rich and diverse Catholic history of this Bureau County community on the northern shores of Lake DePue. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be principal celebrant of the Mass, assisted […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — A funeral Mass was offered on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Holy Trinity Church here for Msgr. Thomas W. Maloney, who served as chaplain of Central Catholic High School for 14 years and was pastor of parishes in Chenoa, Lexington, and Normal. Msgr. Maloney, a former vicar of the Bloomington vicariate who was granted […]
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 […]
Continue readingAmong those at the intersection of the universal church’s Year for Priests and the Diocese of Peoria’s soon-to-begin Year of the Most Holy Rosary is Msgr. Paul Showalter. With a strong devotion to Mary since his birth in Rock Island nearly 70 years ago on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Msgr. Showalter […]
Continue readingTwo days before last week’s much publicized “beer summit” in the White House Rose Garden, about 125 young adults met informally over beverages of choice with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The participants came away from a “Stump the Bishop” night — part of the Theology on Tap summer series taking place at Kelleher’s Irish […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — The yearlong centennial celebrations of OSF St. Mary Medical Center will culminate this month at a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The Mass will be at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 2401 N. Broad St. Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, pastor, will join Bishop […]
Continue readingAnother chapter in the history of St. Jude’s Parish in Peoria will be written on Tuesday, Aug. 18, when 49 children walk through the doors of the newest school in the Diocese of Peoria. A presentation and blessing for the new St. Jude Catholic School and its students will take place at 9 a.m. in […]
Continue readingAfter completing a two-year pilgrimage of Knights of Columbus councils throughout Illinois, an icon of Our Lady of Charity will find a permanent home in the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The icon, a large framed lithograph that includes a papal blessing and message, was presented as a gift to Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — A funeral Mass was to be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, July 31, at St. Patrick’s Church in Urbana for Father J. Eugene Kane, a senior priest of the diocese and former pastor of parishes in Peoria, Rock Island, Elkhart and El Paso. Father Kane, who also served at Marquette High School in […]
Continue readingIn the weeks before schools re-open, state and diocesan Catholic officials are asking parents and all supporters of Catholic education to do an important homework assignment: write to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The message they want sent is a request that the governor use discretionary funding or other avenues to restore “draconinan” budget cuts made […]
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