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‘Eternal joy’: Sister Lucia Maria professes perpetual vows with Pierced Hearts

By: Jennifer Willems - September 9, 2021 - News Article

Sister Lucia Maria Sol, SCTJM, embraces her aunt, Sister Ana Margarita Lanzas, the vicar general of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, after professing her perpetual vows on Aug. 22 in Miami. (Provided photo)

At Peoria Notre Dame High School she is known as Sister Lucia Maria Sol, but her full religious name is Sister Lucia Maria of Eternal Joy. From her smile and easy laugh, it’s easy to see where she comes by that. In fact, it’s impossible to walk away from her without wanting to give your […]

40 Days for Life campaigns set in Champaign and Peoria Sept. 22-Oct. 31

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

Those looking for ways to defend the sanctity of human life this fall are invited to take part in “40 Days for Life,” a campaign of prayer, fasting, and pro-life witness to end abortion scheduled from Sept. 22 to Oct. 31. Public vigils are planned outside Planned Parenthood centers in Champaign and Peoria. The 40-day […]

Retired Navy captain has new duty on the H.S. of Saint Thomas More leadership team

By: Jennifer Willems - August 30, 2021 - News Article

Anthony Corapi is the new chief operating officer at The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN — During his career as a naval aviator, retired Capt. Anthony Corapi moved throughout the United States 14 times and figures he’s been around the world twice. As exciting as that was, he is looking forward to exploring new vistas as the chief operating officer at The High School of Saint Thomas More. In […]

Tim Smith is welcomed as principal into ‘family’ at St. Malachy School, Geneseo

By: Jennifer Willems - August 26, 2021 - News Article

Tim Smith

GENESEO — As an educator and administrator with more than 30 years of experience, Tim Smith has seen many first days of school. What made Aug. 23 so special for him, however, was welcoming and being welcomed by his new “family” at St. Malachy School. Smith was named to succeed Heather Francque as principal of […]

‘Stepping Up’: Caitie Crowley chronicles post-accident suffering, hope in Christ

By: Tom Dermody - August 26, 2021 - Book Review, News Article

"Stepping Up: How Christ Turned My Pain and Suffering into Hope and Joy," is the first book by Caitie Crowley, a member of St. Jude Parish in Peoria.

Caitie Crowley never thought she would write a book. But then the 26-year-old member of St. Jude Parish in Peoria never anticipated how her life would change in an instant on a sunny May afternoon in 2019 when, during her routine drive home from work, a car suddenly came directly at her traveling the wrong […]

Fr. Gerald Verdun, 79, pastor who loved traveling, dies; funeral Aug. 28 in Pontiac

By: The Catholic Post - August 22, 2021 - News Article

Father Gerald Verdun

PONTIAC — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, at St. Mary Church here for Father Gerald J. Verdun, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who had served as pastor of 10 different parishes in his 49 years of priestly life. Father Verdun, who was […]

Father Harold Schmitt, 90, dies; funeral Mass will be Tuesday morning in Henry

By: The Catholic Post - August 18, 2021 - News Article

Father Harold Schmitt

HENRY — A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at St. Mary Church here for Father Harold F. Schmitt, 90, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who had served as pastor of several parishes, including eight years as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Father Schmitt, […]

Father Neri Greskoviak, OFM, 85, dies; Minonk native served in diocese 38 years

By: The Catholic Post - August 16, 2021 - News Article

Father Neri Greskoviak, OFM

(UPDATED AUG. 18, 2021) OLDENBURG, Indiana — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at Holy Family Church here for Father Neri Greskoviak, OFM, who served as pastor of five parishes in the Diocese of Peoria, including from 2001 to 2014 at St. Mary of Lourdes Parish in Germantown Hills. Father […]

Pre-inquiry program is announced for a new class of permanent deacons

By: The Catholic Post - August 11, 2021 - News Article

Permanent deacons from throughout the Diocese of Peoria applaud as members of a new class are accepted into the ministry of acolyte in this Catholic Post file photo.

The Office of the Permanent Diaconate has announced a pre-inquiry program for men interested in being a part of the next formation class. Potential applicants should first speak with their pastor and/or a deacon in their parish. The next step would be to contact the Office of the Permanent Diaconate, (309) 671-1550, to request an […]

Refurbished pipe organ to be blessed, recital set Aug. 29 at St. Mary, Rock Island

By: Jennifer Willems - August 11, 2021 - News Article

Chris Versluis, who has been playing the organ at St. Mary Church in Rock Island for 22 years, sits at the new console of the refurbished instrument on a recent Saturday afternoon. "The keyboard is still the same, so it still feels like home," he said. (Provided photo)

ROCK ISLAND — On any Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning a clear, powerful, vigorous voice proclaiming the glory of God can be heard coming from St. Mary Church here — and bringing parishioners right along with it. That voice belongs to the newly refurbished Wicks pipe organ that will be blessed on Sunday, Aug. 29. […]

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