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Bishop Tylka’s December prayer calendar for parishes and religious communities

By: The Catholic Post - November 17, 2021 - News Article

Which parish will Bishop Tylka pray for in a special way on Christmas Day? Why, The Nativity of Our Lord in Spring Valley, of course! (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Throughout 2021, Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka has been praying for each parish in the Diocese of Peoria by name with the assistance of a calendar he developed with Sister Linda Burkitt of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception (Heading Avenue Franciscans). He will continue to do so in the new year. In […]

Talk in Rock Island on Saturday explores ‘other pandemic’ of screen addiction

By: The Catholic Post - November 17, 2021 - News Article

"Nobody has yet died from a lack of social media," says Dr. Timothy Millea in recommending moderation and occasional fasts from our phones and screens. (CNS/Kevin J. Parks)

ROCK ISLAND — The detrimental impact of excessive online activity will be explored in a presentation this Saturday, Nov. 20, at Farrell Hall of St. Pius X Church in Rock Island. “We Become What We Behold: The ‘Other Pandemic’ of Screen Addiction” is the topic of a talk by Dr. Tim Millea, co-founder and current […]

Sister Mary Ann Schmitz, SMP, dies at 93; served 40 years at St. Patrick, Washington

By: The Catholic Post - November 12, 2021 - News Article

Sister Mary Ann Schmitz, SMP

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Sister Mary Ann Schmitz, SMP, who served as a teacher and principal at St. Patrick School in Washington for 40 years, died Nov. 8, 2021, at SMP Health-St. Catherine North in Fargo, North Dakota. She was 93. Her funeral Mass is planned for Monday, Nov. 15, at Maryvale Convent Chapel in […]

Msgr. James Swaner, 85, dies; funeral Mass is Thursday at St. Mary Church in Utica

By: The Catholic Post - November 9, 2021 - News Article

Msgr. James Swaner

UTICA — A funeral Mass will be offered at St. Mary Church here at noon on Thursday, Nov. 11, for Msgr. James J. Swaner, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who served Catholic parishes and schools in LaSalle County for five decades. Msgr. Swaner, a former principal of Marquette Academy in Ottawa whose […]

Superintendent says diocese is listening, working on behalf of Alleman H.S.

By: The Catholic Post - November 7, 2021 - News Article

Concerns continue to be voiced about the direction and staffing of Alleman High School in Rock Island, with some questioning where the Diocese of Peoria is in all of this. In a column carried in The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus on Sunday, Nov. 7, Dr. Sharon Weiss said, “We are here. We are listening.” […]

Champaign couple’s gift establishes fellowship to honor Archbishop Myers

By: The Catholic Post - November 4, 2021 - News Article

Archbishop John J. Myers

The Papal Foundation has received a $200,000 gift from Dan and Marianne Harrington of Champaign to establish the Archbishop John J. Myers Fellowship in the area of canon law. This will make it possible for one scholar each year to study canon law at one of the Roman Pontifical Universities. The first recipient is Father […]

Activities developed as companion resource to children’s book on Sheen

By: Jennifer Willems - November 3, 2021 - News Article Bonnie Engstrom, Fulton Sheen and the Very Bad Week, Katie Bogner, Mariam Khoury Briggs

A page from the activity book designed by Katie Boger is seen next to "Fulton Sheen and the Very Bad Week" by Bonnie Engstrom. The artwork by Mariam Khoury Briggs was used with her permission in Bogner's resource. (Provided photo)

“Fulton Sheen and the Very Bad Week” now has a companion activity book. Katie Bogner, junior high faith formation teacher at St. Philomena School in Peoria, designed it to help students in kindergarten through fourth grade learn more about Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. It also invites children to go deeper into one of the […]

Illinois bishops denounce state’s repeal of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act

By: The Catholic Post - November 3, 2021 - News Article

The repeal of Illinois’ Parental Notice of Abortion Act has been denounced as “contrary to the legal and moral right of parents to care for their children” by the Catholic Conference of Illinois. In a late night vote on Oct. 27, a bill to repeal the act passed the Illinois House by a margin of […]

Priests urged to live ‘mystery of the cross’ to meet church’s post-COVID challenges

By: Tom Dermody - November 3, 2021 - News Article

Msgr. Eugene Morris addresses priests of the Diocese of Peoria on the challenges of the post-COVID church during his keynote talk at Priest Assembly Days at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria on Oct. 18. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Priests must live the “mystery of the cross” in order to respond to pastoral challenges including division and indifference that have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re all waiting to see — now that life is, in a sense, returning to normal and more freedoms are able to be exercised — are we going to […]

OSF HealthCare ‘Street Medicine Shuttle’ blessed for service to area’s homeless

By: Tom Dermody - November 3, 2021 - News Article

Father Don Roszkowski, assistant chaplain at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, is pictured at the Oct. 21 blessing ceremony for the new OSF Street Medicine Shuttle, seen in the background. The vehicle will help address the needs of the area's growing homeless population. The ceremony took place at the Faith Community Nursing base at 719 N. William Kumpf Blvd. in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

To enhance the care given to a growing number of “unsheltered patients who struggle with homelessness” in the Peoria area, OSF HealthCare on Oct. 21 blessed a shuttle van for use by its newly developed Street Medicine Program. The van will provide space for the OSF Faith Community Nurse team to have confidential encounters and […]

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