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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
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Albina Aspell, 91, former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
“I’m at a great stage in life. The best ever!” The first words from Albina Aspell in a recent lengthy interview with the former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post may sound difficult to believe coming from someone who is 91 and enduring the progression of Parkinson’s disease. But then maybe you don’t know […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 18, 2018 -
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Click the following to see a news release from the Catholic Diocese of Peoria dated Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. PR 10-18-18 Diocese Responds to Lawsuit by J Anderson
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By: The Catholic Post - October 14, 2018 -
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Father James E. King
A funeral Mass will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, at St. Mark Church in Peoria for Father James Edward King, a former pastor of parishes in Creve Coeur and East Moline who also served in Hispanic ministry throughout the Diocese of Peoria. Father King, a priest of the diocese who had […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 12, 2018 -
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date night, DCCW, Jim Healy, Marriage
Jim Healy makes a point during his Sept. 29 presentation "How to be Married and Stay Engaged." The talk was part of a "date night" hosted by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
The dance of a Catholic marriage is a “sacramental three-step” modeled on the Paschal Mystery, a family life expert told couples on a date night Sept. 29 hosted by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. “It happens over and over,” said Jim Healy of the process of loving, letting go, and rising again in marriage. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 11, 2018 -
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Charles Owens, Jacinta Boynton, Jan Smith, Josephine Boynton, Pete Smith, Respect Life Dinner, Thomas Brejcha
Thomas Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, speaks at the Respect Life Dinner in Peoria on Oct. 7. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
People of faith need to be heard in the public square despite efforts to silence them, the keynote speaker for the 37th annual Respect Life Dinner said in Peoria on Oct. 7. “If we don’t put our values there on display — unflinchingly, eloquently, unreservedly — why should anyone pay attention to us,” asked Thomas […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
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Karen Metzinger accepts the Foundation Award on Sept. 28. Looking on are (from left) her husband, Bob Metzinger, who shared the award; Fatehr Kyle Lucas, chaplain; and Randy Simmons, principal. (Provided photo)
As part of homecoming activities, Peoria Notre Dame High School honored Bob and Karen (Crowley) Metzinger with its Foundation Award and gave the Distinguished Alumni Award to Donna (Malley) O’Brien, a member of the Bergan High School Class of 1970. They were recognized during an all-school Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
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Jeannie Boynton holds her message to motorists along the busy intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets in Galesburg during Life Chain Oct. 7. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
GALESBURG — Being pro-life is something that runs in Jeannie Boynton’s genes. The Galesburg native is the daughter of Geraldine Reed, who worked with Pat Conklin and Pat Regnier to start Knox County Right to Life. Boynton carried on her mother’s tradition of caring for babies by taking her place at the intersection of Henderson […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
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Father Joel Phelps, pastor of St. Malachy Parish in Rantoul and St. Elizabeth Parish in Thomasboro, has been named vicar of the Champaign Vicariate by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The bishop has also appointed Father Alex Millar as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. As vicar of the Champaign Vicariate, Father Phelps succeeds […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 5, 2018 -
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Father Michael J. Glastetter, OFM Conv.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Holy Family Church in Peoria for Father Michael J. Glastetter, OFM Conv., a native of Holy Family Parish and its former pastor. Father Michael died unexpectedly on Sept. 30, 2018, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where had served as rector and […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 4, 2018 -
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Macomb, pet blessing, St. Paul Church, St. Paul School
Jack Sparrow introduces his black rabbit, Invader, to Socks, held by Adalynne Lawerence after they were sprinkled with holy water at St. Paul in Macomb on Oct. 3. The prayer service and pet blessing is held each year in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
MACOMB — Nestled in the protective arms of Cora Pollmeier, 14-year-old Precious lived up to her name by behaving beautifully as Father Adam Stimpson, pastor, blessed her and the other dogs gathered in the St. Francis Garden of St. Paul Church for the parish’s annual pet blessing. The prayer service also brought cats, kittens, a […]
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