Since its first campaign in 2007, 40 Days for Life has seen its message of hope and faith in the culture of life spread to more than 1,000 cities in 63 countries. The organization’s website lists the evidence of what prayer, fasting, community outreach and peaceful witness have achieved — 23,525 lives saved, 251 abortion […]
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A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Sept. 7 at Immaculate Conception Convent in West Peoria for Sister Cecilia Mattingly, OSF, a former teacher and librarian at several schools in the Diocese of Peoria who served in childcare following her retirement. Sister Cecilia died on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at OSF Richard Owens Hospice […]
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By Paul Thomas Moore of The Catholic Post GALESBURG — The old saying is “April showers bring May flowers,” but in this case it was more like “summer rains cause back-to-school pains.” Extensive summer storm damage at Costa Catholic Academy from a broken roof pipe rendered the building at 2726 Costa Drive — near Immaculate Heart […]
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Solar panels are seen in this aerial view of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. The monastery will be the site of an outdoor interfaith "Season of Creation prayer service on Saturday, Sept. 24. (Provided photo)
ROCK ISLAND — An outdoor, interfaith prayer service to deepen connections to God, the earth, and all of creation will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, on the grounds of St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Avenue West. The hour-long service is sponsored by The Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery […]
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MARYKNOLL, N.Y. – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Maryknoll Mission Center here for Father William J. Donnelly, MM, a missionary priest born and raised in central Illinois who served in Guatemala for decades. Father Donnelly, 90, died on Sept. 6, 2023, in the […]
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Deacon Larry Honzel
GENESEO — A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Malachy Church here for Deacon Larry Honzel. The celebrant will be Father Daniel Gifford, pastor. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, also in Geneseo. A parish rosary will be prayed on Friday, Aug. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in […]
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— CORRECTION: In the print edition of The Catholic Post, the ending location for the Emmaus Procession was listed as Our Lady of Victory Church in Bettendorf, Iowa. In fact, it is Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The Catholic Post regrets the error. — It didn’t take long after the Emmaus Procession through the Quad […]
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Dr. Susan Miller
By Dr. Susan Miller l For The Catholic Post While it’s hard to imagine with the recent heat wave, from a school perspective, summer is nearly over. Now that my own kids are grown and gone, the thought of school shopping for notebooks, pencils, uniforms and new sneakers brings a bit of nostalgia for days […]
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Father Luke Spannagel
Grace will be flowing like a river from Aug. 19 to 24 when the parishes of the Rock Island Vicariate come together for a Eucharistic Revival. Leading them on the “R.I.V.E.R. pilgrimage” will be Father Luke Spannagel, one of more than 50 National Eucharistic Preachers. The idea for the vicariate gathering grew out of a […]
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The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer will bring reasons to celebrate for 16 priests who have birthdays in August. Many happy returns to: Father Martin Mwongyera (Aug. 1); Msgr. Brian Brownsey (Aug. 2); Father Charles Klamut and Father Peter Zorjan (Aug. 4); Father Glenn Harris, Father Ted Pracz and Father John Waugh (Aug. 7); […]
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