Second in a continuing series GENESEO — It took some work, but Darin Ries and Molly McKean have set their wedding date. Darin proposed to Molly through an ad in the June 15 issue of The Catholic Post, and she said “yes.” She plans to say “I do” on Saturday, Nov. 8, at St. John […]
Continue readingAs the members of Holy Family Parish in Peoria prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its perpetual adoration program next month, they have some good news for area Catholics: “The Doctor is in,” and, “Walk-ins are welcome.” Those and similar messages are found on the back of promotional cards, the size of a business […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — On its journey of 150 years, the community of Holy Trinity School in Bloomington has grown from a one-room parish academy for boys to a thriving community of pre-, grade and junior high school students on two campuses. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, led a celebration of that journey at an all-school sesquicentennial […]
Continue readingOTTAWA — When Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, travels to Ottawa on Sunday for the Mass and dinner celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, he will see what a lot of faith and a little German determination can accomplish. Bishop Jenky will serve as the presider and homilist at the jubilee […]
Continue readingMission, not money, should be the primary focus of any Catholic institution that aims for ongoing development and growth. That theme was repeated throughout the Diocese of Peoria’s Development Conference last Thursday at the Cornerstone Building near downtown Peoria. John Gibson, diocesan director of development and stewardship, welcomed the largest crowd yet to the annual […]
Continue readingBible studies for teens and adults, parish missions, a pioneering preschool religious education venture and a fall retreat for parish catechetical leaders are among the projects receiving grants from the Diocese of Peoria’s Fulton Sheen Endowment for Religious Education and Adult Faith Formation this fall. Sixty grants to 29 parishes totaling $26,973 were approved by […]
Continue readingFor the last two years, the Muslim-Catholic Women’s Dialogue has been hosted by the Sisters of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. This year, the Muslim women will welcome their Christian friends to the Islamic Center of the Quad Cities, 6005 34th Ave., Moline. The first part of the dialogue, planned for […]
Continue readingOTTAWA — A third major flood of 2008 has impacted the Diocese of Peoria, this time brought on by heavy weekend rains that swelled the Illinois River and other waterways to historic levels, especially in the LaSalle County area. Among the Catholic properties sustaining damage was Gould Stadium, the football field at Marquette High School, […]
Continue readingEven as parishes and schools throughout the Diocese of Peoria prepare to celebrate Catechetical Sunday this weekend, four young women are hard at work exploring the role they will play as ministers of “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of Church.” Laura Scrafford, Rebecca Mosca, Kathy Haninger and Anna Waechter are graduate […]
Continue readingWOODHULL — Woven into the cotton threads of Jane Streeter’s 100-year-old baptismal gown is a story of five generations of faith and tradition. The story begins in late 1908, when Sarah Walsh Cole made a baptismal gown while she was expecting the birth of her son, Richard Cole, Streeter’s father. He wore that gown at […]
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