BARTONVILLE — Open rehearsals begin this Wednesday, Feb. 7, for a new festival choir that will sing for liturgical celebrations at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The rehearsals will be held at 6:30 p.m. at St. Anthony Church, 2525 S. Skyway Road, and continue Feb. 14, 21 and 28. Forming the core for the festival […]
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A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat for women and men struggling with the psychological or spiritual pain of abortion is being sponsored by the Diocese of Peoria March 16-18. The retreat, to take place in Peoria, is open to people of all faiths. Many women and men seek help after years in confusion and silence, according to […]
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"The Triumph the Cross," the theme of this year's sacred art show and sale, is depicted in this iullustration by Art of Faith founder and organizer Jill Rodts.
ROCK ISLAND — “The Triumph of the Cross” is the theme for Art of Faith, a juried sacred art show and sale that will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, in McCarthy Hall at St. Pius X Church, 2901 […]
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Deacon Michael Mannino
GALESBURG — A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church here for Deacon Michael B. Mannino, 74, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria who served at the parish and also as assistant spiritual director of Northwest Cursillo since his ordination […]
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Lisa Hendey
GERMANTOWN HILLS — Lisa Hendey, an international speaker and author, will offer an evening for parents on Thursday, Feb. 8, in the parish hall of St. Mary of Lourdes, 424 Lourdes Church Road. Her presentation, “The Sacred Balancing Act: Busy Lives and Family Spirituality,” will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hendey is the […]
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Joining Father Sebastian Tumusiime (center) as concelebrants at a Mass earlier in January at Christ the King Church in Moline were Father Jean deDieu Ahorloo, SMA, and Father Don Levitt, pastor. (Provided photo)
MACOMB — When Father Sebastian Tumusiime returns home to western Uganda later this month, he won’t miss the cold weather and snow. The people of the Diocese of Peoria are another story. “I have been impressed with the faith and the kindness of the people of the Midwest,” he said. “They embrace the faith and […]
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Jackie Kernan
KEWANEE — Jackie Kernan has succeeded Lynn Fulton as president of OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee. Fulton was named president of OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington last November. Kernan holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of St. Francis, and a master’s degree in nursing […]
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Father Luke Poczworowski, OFM Conv.
CHICAGO — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Michael the Archangel Church here for Father Luke Poczworowski, OFM Conv., a former pastor of parishes in Peoria, Wenona, Lostant, Minonk, Rutland, and Toluca. Father Luke, who served as provincial of the St. Bonaventure Province of […]
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Roxanna Crosser, CEO of the Western Region for OSF HealthCare, cuts a ceremonial ribbon Jan. 4 during a blessing and dedication for the new main entrance and lobby at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. She is joined by Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, major superior of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and chairperson of the OSF HealthCare Board of Directors, Keith Douglass (to Sister Judith Ann's right), chairperson of the Community Advisory Board, and members of the Galesburg Chamber of Commerce including Theresa Mangieri, Tom McIntire, Jessica Linder, Megan Kidwell, and Darcy Thorp. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
GALESBURG — The blessing of a new main entrance and remodeled lobby at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center here on Jan. 4 was also an occasion to look to the medical center’s past and future. The past was on display thanks to the contents of a time capsule from the medical center’s 1974 dedication […]
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Fr. John Baptist Uwigaba
By Brian Wellner for The Catholic Post Children fill the pews in African Catholic churches, but in the United States, not so much. That’s according to a priest in residence in the Diocese of Peoria who spent a quarter of a century in the East African country of Rwanda. Father John Baptist Uwigaba, 58, who […]
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