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Sister Joyce Rupp will present mini-retreat, sign books in Moline on April 16

By: Jennifer Willems - March 23, 2018 - News Article Benet House Retreat Center, Servants of Mary, Sister Joyce Rupp, St. Mary Monastery

Sister Joyce Rupp, OSM, will talk about "Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life" during her Moline visit.

MOLINE — Sister Joyce Rupp, OSM, will present a mini-retreat on “Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life” on Monday, April 16, at the Believers Together Center at Christ the King Church, 3205 60th St. Her visit is being sponsored by Benet House Retreat Center at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. The evening will […]

Mass of Christian Burial planned for March 24 for Deacon Vincent Slomian

By: The Catholic Post - March 16, 2018 - News Article Cursillo, Deacon Vincent Slomian, Mendota, Peterstown, TEC

MENDOTA – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Church for Deacon Vincent L. Slomian. Interment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery with military rites by Mendota VFW Post 4079. Visitation is planned for Friday, March 23, from 2 to 7 p.m. and […]

Listening, learning are goals of Cursillo’s new diocesan lay director

By: Jennifer Willems - March 15, 2018 - News Article Cursillo

Dodie Gomer of Peoria has been named the new diocesan lay coordinator for Cursillo.

Dodie Gomer really didn’t know what to expect when she made her Cursillo weekend in October 2010, other than it would be a “short course in Christianity” and she wouldn’t be able to use her phone. The thought was unsettling. A human resource professional at Caterpillar Inc. at that time, she wasn’t sure how she […]

Diocesan students urged to pray, not walk out, to end gun violence

By: Jennifer Willems - March 14, 2018 - News Article

Instead of walking away from school on March 14, students and employees at Peoria Notre Dame High School prayed the rosary between classes and then attended an all-school Mass. After the liturgy, principal Randy Simmons released 17 balloons -- one for each life lost during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. (Provided photo)

As students around the country were planning to walk out of school to protest gun violence March 14, the Office of Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Peoria asked students in central Illinois to consider taking another approach. “Our Catholic schools stand in solidarity with those who seek change and conversion in a culture of […]

New seminarian credits eucharistic adoration, service for his vocation

By: Jennifer Willems - March 1, 2018 - News Article Epiphany Parish, Father Tim Hepner, LifeTeen, Mount St. Mary, Nathan Hopper, Seminarian, St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center

New seminarian Nathan Hopper said he is grateful to the people of the Diocese of Peoria for their support and prayers, and he continues to pray for them in return. Provided photo

Last fall, nine men were accepted as the newest seminarians for the Diocese of Peoria. Among them was Nathan Hopper, who is attending Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland and in his first year of pre-theology studies. “I am so excited to be studying to become a priest for the Diocese of Peoria,” said […]

All high school students are invited to diocese’s Youth Rally 2018 on March 24

By: Tom Dermody - March 1, 2018 - News Article Jackie Francois Angel, Karley Bates, Youth Rally

The keynote speaker at Youth Rally 2018 will be singer, songwriter, and youth minister Jackie Francois Angel from Orange County, California.

High school students from throughout the Diocese of Peoria are invited to take part in Youth Rally 2018, which this year is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 — the vigil of Palm Sunday. The rally will begin at noon at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria and conclude with participants carrying blessed palms in an […]

For new mother from East Moline parish, ‘it was time’ to join the Catholic Church

By: Jennifer Willems - February 28, 2018 - News Article East Moline, Heather Sacco, Rite of Election, Silvis

Heather Sacco, holding her 12-week-old daughter Natalie, is flanked by her mother-in-law and sponsor, Terri Sacco, and husband, Nick, after the Rite of Election at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria on Feb. 18. Already baptized, Heather will be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on March 31 at St. Anne Church in East Moline."It's just such a blessing," Terri Sacco said. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Heather Sacco has been going to Mass at St. Anne Church in East Moline since she started dating her husband, Nick, eight years ago. It surprised a few people, then, when she recently stood in front of the assembly and declared her intention to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church at […]

Hendey calls wise use of technology important part of ‘Sacred Balancing Act’

By: Jennifer Willems - February 16, 2018 - News Article cellphones, Lisa Hendey, selfie, social media, technology

Someone uses a cellphone inside a Catholic chapel. The use of technology was part of Lisa Hendey's presentation to parents at St. Mary of Lourdes in Germantown Hills Feb. 8. (CNS file photo)

GERMANTOWN HILLS — Lisa Hendey is the first one to say that she’s an advocate for the positive uses of technology by children of all ages. The key word here is “positive.” “With anything to do with technology, my main line of defense is always to try to form their consciences, so that when I […]

‘The heart of Scouting is to really be like Jesus,’ says bishop at recognition Mass

By: Jennifer Willems - February 15, 2018 - News Article Atherton, Bishop Jenky, emblems, Father Glenn Harris, medals, Scout Mass

Mitchell Goddard, Julian Sturm and Bear Gangloff of Pack 28 from St. Thomas the Apostle in Peoria Heights, receive the Parvuli Dei emblem from Bishop Jenky during the Diocesan Scout Mass on Feb. 11 at St. Mary Cathedral in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Scouting gives young people valuable skills to navigate life, including camping out and tying knots, but those aren’t the most important things, according to Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. “Most of all in Scouting, you learn how to be givers, you learn how to help one another, you learn to meet needs when you encounter […]

Looking for a Lenten fish fry? Check our list of dinners around the diocese

By: The Catholic Post - February 15, 2018 - News Article fish fry, Lent

A young volunteer displays food prepared for dinners served at a Friday evening fish fry. CNS/Jim West

The following list was compiled from information provided to The Catholic Post. New listings will be added as they are received. To make us aware of your fish fry, email details to cathpost@cdop.org. Click here for a roundup of Lenten spiritual offerings. EAST PEORIA: There will be a Knights of Columbus fish fry on Friday, […]

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