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Eucharist-inspired hymn to debut at Festival Choir’s concert Nov. 12 in Peoria

By: The Catholic Post - October 31, 2023 - News Article

Mary Ann Fahey-Darling directs the St. Anthony Camerata Festival Choir in this image from the choir's Facebook page.

“Be Thou My Vision” is the theme of a concert by the St. Anthony Camerata Chorale Festival Choir of the Diocese of Peoria planned for 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12, at St. Mark Church in Peoria. The program will feature the premiere performance of “Communion Prayer,” written by Patricia Morris of St. Vincent de […]

Eight parishes on November schedule for Diocese of Peoria’s Traveling Monstrance

By: The Catholic Post - October 31, 2023 - News Article

The Diocesan Traveling Monstrance will be at eight parishes for Holy Hours on Mondays and Thursdays in November. The dates and parishes are: Nov. 2: St. Paul, Odell Nov. 6: St. Mary, Pontiac Nov. 9: Sts. Peter and Paul, Chatsworth Nov. 13: St. Joseph, Chenoa Nov. 16: Holy Trinity, Bloomington Nov. 20: Holy Cross, Champaign […]

Lay evangelist urges priests to ‘personally disciple’ their staffs and parishioners

By: The Catholic Post - October 26, 2023 - News Article

Lay evangelist Michael Gormley offered ways priests of the diocese could offer personal discipleship in an age of larger parishes during his keynote presenations at Priest Assembly Days. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

By Tom Dermody Forming disciples for Jesus Christ is not done via “conveyor belt” but through personal accompaniment, a lay evangelist told priests of the Diocese of Peoria during their Assembly Days on Oct. 17. “The mission of parish priests and your lay staffs who work on the pastoral side is to carry out the […]

Bring ‘Boxes of Joy’ for needy children to Brimfield parish hall in early November

By: The Catholic Post - October 26, 2023 - News Article

Two siblings in Guatemala share their excitement in opening a “Box of Joy” gift box from a generous donor.

By Paul Thomas Moore BRIMFIELD — Contacted on the tractor while she was helping with the harvest “if it doesn’t rain,” Box of Joy organizer Tina Windish of St. Joseph Parish, Brimfield, said she is hoping for a different kind of bumper crop come November. From Nov. 4-12, she would welcome a “rain” of shoebox-sized […]

Pro-Life Billboard Project seeks help to expand signs of hope in central Illinois

By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2023 - News Article

Volunteers with the Pro-Life Billboard Project install a sign along Route 45 near Ludlow. The sign is one of 20 the group has placed in Central Illinois. The landowners for this sign location are Judy Jepsen-Popel and her grandson, Cody Wyman, and the volunteers pictured are, from left, Steve Clarkson, Mike Ostrowski, and Victor Vasquez. (Provided photo)

By Paul Thomas Moore CHAMPAIGN — The Pro-Life Billboard Project has installed 20 billboards across Central Illinois over the past three years. “This is an entirely volunteer-led endeavor to install pro-life signs . . . so that people facing an unplanned pregnancy can find help at free, faith-based pregnancy centers as opposed to ending up […]

23 parishes represented on PDCCW bus pilgrimage to St. Thérèse shrine Sept. 25

By: The Catholic Post - September 29, 2023 - News Article

Participants in the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women pilgrimage to the National Shrine and Museum of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Darien begin a five-day novena to St. Thérèse, the patroness of vocations for the Diocese of Peoria. (Provided photo)

By Paul Thomas Moore The Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) led a pilgrimage to the National Shrine and Museum of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Darien on Sept. 25. Approximately 60 pilgrims (including several men) from 23 parishes across the diocese journeyed by bus from Peoria and Champaign. Pilgrims sought the intercession of […]

October schedule for diocesan traveling monstrance begins Thursday in Walnut

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

The Diocesan Traveling Monstrance will be at eight parishes for Holy Hours on Mondays and Thursdays in August. They are: Oct. 2: St. John the Evangelist, Walnut Oct. 5: Holy Cross, Mendota Oct. 12: St. Teresa, Earlville Oct. 16: Holy Trinity, Cherry Oct. 19: Nativity of Our Lord, Spring Valley Oct. 23: St. Mary, Peru […]

Blessings of pets to be offered at parishes, schools on Oct. 4 St. Francis of Assisi feast

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

A bulldog reacts as a priest sprinkles holy water during a blessing of pets in the church parking lot. Such blessings are frequently offered on or around the observance of the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of animals. (CNS/Sam Lucero)

Many parishes and schools in the Diocese of Peoria have planned blessing of pet ceremonies on or around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi in remembrance of his love for all creatures. (See related column, page 13.) Here is a list of pet blessings made known to The Catholic Post. All dates […]

Impacted by cancer? Bishop Tylka to offer ‘Spirit of Hope Mass’ Oct. 7 at cathedral

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

All persons from across the Diocese of Peoria whose lives are touched by cancer will hear a message of peace and be reassured of the love of Jesus at the “Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer” on Saturday, Oct. 7, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Louis Tylka will be principal celebrant of the […]

Deacon Richard Zimmerman, 92, dies; funeral Mass is Thursday in Metamora

By: The Catholic Post - September 18, 2023 - News Article

A funeral Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, at St. Mary Church in Metamora for Deacon Richard L. “Dick” Zimmerman, who served as a permanent deacon for the former St. Peter Parish in Peoria for more than 20 years. Deacon Zimmerman, 92, died on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at OSF […]

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