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Young adults will hear from Father Richards at Fourth Watch: Geneseo Aug. 16

By: The Catholic Post - July 18, 2019 - News Article

Father Larry Richards will explore "Knowing God's Love" at Fourth Watch: Geneseo at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16. His talk and the social that follows wlll be held at St. Malachy Church.

GENESEO – “Knowing God’s Love” will be the theme for a talk by Father Larry Richards at Fourth Watch: Geneseo, a young adult gathering planned for Friday, Aug. 16. It will be held at St. Malachy Church, 595 E. Ogden Ave. His talk at 7 p.m. will be followed by a social from 8 to […]

Youth invited to Joshua Camp for pro-life leaders in Galesburg on Saturday, Aug. 10

By: The Catholic Post - July 18, 2019 - News Article

GALESBURG — Eighth-graders and high school students are invited to learn how to “bring down the walls” of the culture of death and stand tall as pro-life leaders by attending the Seventh Annual Joshua Camp. It will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, at Costa Catholic Academy, 2726 Costa Drive. The day, which begins at 9 […]

Speakers named for July 26-27 Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference

By: The Catholic Post - July 8, 2019 - News Article

Speaking at the 33rd annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference in Peoria on July 27 will be Mother Adela Galindo, foundress of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and Victoria Harris, an author, speaker and worship leader from Dallas, Texas.

Registration is open for the 33rd annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference, which is planned for July 26-27 at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The theme is “Trust and Seek Refuge in the Lord.” The schedule for Friday, July 26, includes a rosary at 6 p.m. and Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, […]

Bicycling pro-life missionaries will stop in Ottawa, Peoria on Wednesday, Thursday

By: The Catholic Post - July 8, 2019 - News Article

A team of bicycling pro-life missionaries riding from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to St. Louis, Missouri, will be making stops in Ottawa and Peoria this week. The public is invited to meet, pray with, and hear from the riders at the following sites and dates: Ottawa — Wednesday, July 10, at St. Patrick Church, 632 Jefferson […]

Jackie Kernan named president of OSF Holy Family Medical Center, Monmouth

By: The Catholic Post - July 8, 2019 - News Article

In addition to her new duties in Monmouth, Jackie Kernan will continue to serve as president of OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee.

OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth has named Jackie Kernan as its next president. She will continue to serve as president of OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee. She will succeed Patty Luker, who is retiring, on July 15. “We are committed to the communities we serve,” Kernan said. “I’m excited […]

Sophia’s Kitchen ‘Golden Sandwich Award’ presented to volunteer Joyce Rohn

By: The Catholic Post - July 8, 2019 - News Article

Joyce Rohn of Dunlap is the recipient of the 2019 Golden Sandwich Award presented by Sophia's Kitchen at its Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on June 22.

With dozens of volunteers making certain that Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria runs smoothly, safely and lovingly for hundreds of clients who come seeking a meal, something cold to drink, and a kind word, recognizing just one can be difficult. Claire Crone said that in the end, they chose Joyce Rohn of Dunlap to receive the […]

New website, CelebrateSheen.com, to offer details ahead of possible beatification

By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2019 - News Article celebratesheen.com, Sheen, website

This is a screenshot from celebratesheen.com, a website that will offer updated information regarding the Dec. 21 beatification ceremonies for Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Are you looking for more information on the life of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen? Do you have questions about beatifications, canonizations, or plans regarding relics? Would you like to support the cause through prayer, volunteerism, or financial gifts? Answers to those and other questions are found at a newly launched website, CelebrateSheen.com, sponsored by […]

Father Richard Bresnahan, 87, dies; funeral Mass is Monday in Moline

By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2019 - News Article died, Father Richard Bresnahan, Moline, social justice

Father Richard Bresnahan

(UPDATE — For the full text of the homily at the funeral Mass for Father Bresnahan, click here.) MOLINE — A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 8, at Christ the King Church here for Father Richard Bresnahan, 87, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria known […]

The hour that made Fulton Sheen’s day

By: The Catholic Post - July 3, 2019 - News Article, The Sheen Corner

By Katie Bogner “The purpose of the Holy Hour is to encourage a deep personal encounter with Christ. The Holy and Glorious God is constantly inviting us to come to Him, to hold converse with Him, to ask for such things as we need and to experience what a blessing there is in fellowship with […]

U.S. bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child

By: The Catholic Post - June 26, 2019 - News Article

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, are seen June 24 after they drowned in the Rio Grande in Matamoro, Mexico, while trying to reach the United States. (CNS/Reuters)

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico. “This image cries to heaven for justice. This image silences politics. Who can look on this picture and […]

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