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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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By: The Catholic Post - June 25, 2018 -
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Galesburg Vicariate, Monmouth, Msgr. Thomas Mack, vicar
Msgr. Thomas Mack
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Msgr. Thomas Mack as vicar of the Galesburg Vicariate. Msgr. Mack succeeds Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, longtime pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg, who had served as vicar of the region for 28 years prior to his move to senior status this month. — Related story: […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 20, 2018 -
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Julie Carrick
RAPIDS CITY — “Intentional Disciples: Mary, the Apostles and Us” is the theme for a presentation planned for Monday, July 2, at St. John the Baptist Church, 1413 Third Ave. It will begin at 7 p.m. and be given by speaker, liturgical musician and recording artist Julie Carrick. Based in Arizona, Carrick uses “catechetical artistry” […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 20, 2018 -
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125 years, Bloomington, St. Patrick
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will preside at a 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, June 30, at Historic St. Patrick Church, Bloomington.
BLOOMINGTON — Members of Historic St. Patrick Church, 1209 W. Locust, will celebrate 125 years of that history and faith next Saturday, June 30. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will join them and preside at the 5 p.m. Mass. A reception, including dinner catered by Biaggi’s, will follow in the parish hall. No reservations are […]
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