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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
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anniversary, Dwight, Father Haake, St. Patrick
The present St. Patrick Church in Dwight, built in 1970, will be the site of an anniversary Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12. (The Catholic Post file photo/Tom Dermody)
DWIGHT — St. Patrick Parish here will celebrate 150 years of faith with a series of events in early August, highlighted by an anniversary Mass to be offered by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12. The festivities begin on Thursday, Aug. 9 — the date that Father Laurence Dunne […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
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Bishop Jenky, Catholic Charistmatic Renewal, Mass
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC (The Catholic Post file photo)
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will celebrate the opening Mass for the Catholic Charismatic Conference on Friday, July 27, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Everyone is welcome for the rosary at 6 p.m. and the liturgy at 6:30 p.m., whether or not they have registered for the conference. A social with snacks and beverages […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
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Faith Community Nursing, online course, OSF
Peggy Jacques — a Faith Community Nurse — takes the blood pressure of a visitor to Sophia's Kitchen in Peoria in this 2015 file photo. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
“Foundation of Faith Community Nursing” will be offered as an online course through OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Mondays from Aug. 20 through Nov. 19. Each class will be presented live via Adobe Connect from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with recordings available for those who cannot attend. Faith Community Nursing is […]
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By: Tom Dermody - July 19, 2018 -
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A private screening of the new documentary will take place at Hettinger Hall of St. Jude Parish in Peoria on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Not only is a screening of the new documentary “Sexual Revolution: 50 Years since Humanae Vitae” coming to Peoria, so are its director as well as a Catholic writer and musician whose life story is the centerpiece of the Springtime Productions film. The screening is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, at Hettinger Hall of St. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - July 9, 2018 -
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Benedictine, Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Mary Monastery
Sister Norberta Vandersnick, OSB
ROCK ISLAND — Sister Norberta Vandersnick, OSB, a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery for more than 70 years, died on July 7, 2018, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity in Rock Island. She was 90. Visitation is planned for today, July 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the chapel of St. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 6, 2018 -
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died, Father Thomas Brajkovich, funeral, Hopedale, Wyoming
Father Thomas Brajkovich
WYOMING — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Dominic Church here on July 11 for Father Thomas R. Brajkovich, 87, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria. Father Brajkovich, who served as pastor of parishes in Delavan, Hopedale, East Moline, Geneseo, Wyoming, and Toulon, died on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at Hopedale Medical […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - July 5, 2018 -
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Francesca Sanderson, Loyola, Marquette, Ottawa, Pro-life, Students for Life, weDignify
Francesca Sanderson
OTTAWA — Chicago may be outside Francesca Sanderson’s comfort zone, but giving college students a better understanding of the sanctity of life at all stages isn’t. That’s why she is preparing to serve as a campus mentor for weDignify at Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus, starting in August. Formerly known as Students for Life of Illinois, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2018 -
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The image of the infant Jesus revered as the Santo Niño de Cebu is carried in procession at St. Joseph Church in Peoria. (The Catholic Post file photo)
The Filipino-American community in central Illinois will gather on Saturday, July 21, at St. Joseph Church in Peoria to mark the 20th anniversary of the enthronement of the image of Santo Niño de Cebu there. The festivities will begin with a Mass at 5:30 p.m. celebrated by Father Alexander Millar, parochial vicar of the parishes […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 25, 2018 -
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100 years old. birthday, CHM, music, Rock Island, Sister Cecelia Vandeberg, St. Pius X, Teacher
Sister Mary Cecelia Vandeberg dressed for music ministry as a young Sister of Humility (left) and in 2018 as she approached her 100th birthday on June 26. Still going strong, she visits nursing home residents once a week and makes a Holy Hour every afternoon.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Sister Cecelia Vandeberg, CHM, once helped to fill the halls of St. Pius X School in Rock Island with music. Now the Congregation of the Humility of Mary is inviting friends and former students to fill her mailbox with cards and letters for her 100th birthday. Sister Cecelia will reach that milestone […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 25, 2018 -
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Father Geoffrey Horton, Father Johnathan Steffen, Father Stephen Willard
New pastors have been named for three parishes and St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal is getting a new chaplain in clergy appointments announced in June by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. Father Stephen Willard will become pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria. For the past five years, he […]
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