Couples celebrating their golden anniversaries this year will have some company at the Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass, which is planned for Sunday, Sept. 13, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. This year the festivities have been expanded to include couples who have been married 25 years, according to Tim Roder, director of the diocesan Office […]
Continue readingNORMAL — Pilgrims will flock to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain next Saturday, the Feast of St. James, to celebrate the life of the apostle who was martyred for his faith. Joining them in spirit will be two pilgrims from central Illinois who recently walked 72 miles to visit the saint’s […]
Continue readingFor anyone wanting to learn more about Catholic history in central Illinois, this summer is the perfect time to “take a trip down memory lane” at the new Peoria Diocese and Archbishop Sheen Museum. During the months of July and August, the diocesan museum — located on the first floor of the Spalding Pastoral Center […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — Eliseo Valdes wishes you weren’t looking at his face for this story. He’d rather you see the faces of the poor people he has come to love so much in El Salvador. It is a relationship that was forged a year ago when he traveled to San Luis Talpa with a group from […]
Continue readingWhile Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria makes painful cuts to programs in response to the continuing state budget crisis in Springfield, Catholic health care institutions in the diocese also have been coping with the impact of late payments from the state. The Illinois General Assembly is not set to return to work on […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — 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 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. […]
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