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By: The Catholic Post - October 22, 2024 -
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Bishop Louis Tylka elevates the Body of Christ during the Eucharistic prayer at a Mass for the priests of the diocese before the start of their fall Assembly Days on Oct. 22 in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)
The priests of the Diocese of Peoria gather for their semi-annual Assembly Days Oct. 22-23 in Peoria. This is the first such assembly since the announcement of the new parish models by Bishop Louis Tylka at Pentecost as part of Growing Disciples pastoral planning process. RENEW THEIR WITNESS OF FAITH As one of the prayers […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2024 -
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Bishop Louis Tylka celebrated a Green Mass to launch the Care for Creation initiative organized by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) on Oct. 5 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville. PDCCW Care for Creation committee members are (from left): Colleen Carlson, Susan Lawhorn, Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB, Barbara Harzman, Mary Ann Hughes and Chris McAtee. (Dean Campbell, St. Anthony Parish)
Bartonville – The Peoria Diocese Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) organized a Green Mass event for Oct. 5 to launch the diocese-wide Care for Creation program. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville. He encouraged recognizing the beauty and enjoyment of God’s creation and the need to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 19, 2024 -
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Editor’s Note: During this Respect Life Month, on the weekend of Oct. 25-27, men and women who have been wounded by abortion will gather at a location in the Diocese of Peoria for a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. The journey to attend this weekend is often a long and winding one. One Diocese of Peoria woman […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 16, 2024 -
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Box of Joy is about showing the world’s poorest children that they are loved. Individuals, families, parishes or schools fill shoebox-sized boxes with small, age-appropriate gifts and bring them to drop-off centers, such as the drop-off and sorting center at St. Joseph Church in Brimfield. Box of Joy Week is from Nov. 2 to Nov. 10.
BRIMFIELD — Box of Joy coordinator Tina Windish of St. Joseph Parish, Brimfield is in her ninth year of what she describes as a “labor of love”: working with diocesan parishes and schools to collect shoebox-sized gift boxes for some of the world’s poorest children. The Box of Joy program – itself in its 11th […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 15, 2024 -
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Bishop Louis Tylka presides at Mass during the closing Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Sister of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island Oct. 13. (Anne Marie Amacher)
By Anne Marie Amacher for The Catholic Post Online ROCK ISLAND – “It was a blessing to be here a year ago and feel the excitement as the sisters celebrate and reflect on their 150 years. “It is great to be back to bring to a conclusion the year-long celebration,” said Bishop Louis Tylka. He […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2024 -
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Over 500 gather with Bishop Louis Tylka for Mass in U of I’s St. John’s Catholic Chapel to kick off “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Oct. 6. “Feast Week” honors St. John the Evangelist, patron of the Newman Center Chapel, and St. John Henry Newman. (St. John’s Catholic Newman Center/Grace Beumler)
By Grace Beumler, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center CHAMPAIGN – St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois marked the beginning of their “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Sunday, Oct. 6 with Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka. The week-long Feast Week celebration honors both of the Newman Center’s patrons: St. John the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2024 -
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As the leaves begin to change, autumn brings a new year of life for a dozen priests of the Diocese of Peoria. Many happy returns to: Father Ghislain Inai, SMA (Oct. 8); Father Jeffrey Stirniman (Oct. 12); Father Nicolas Wilson (Oct. 13); Father Austin Bosse and Msgr. Philip Halfacre (Oct. 15); Father Eugene Radosevich (Oct. […]
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By: Paul Moore - October 8, 2024 -
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The fourth annual Spirit of Hope Mass and Concert for Cancer was celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 5 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer stemmed from a suggestion made to Bishop Louis Tylka by Dr. James McGee, founding director of the OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute, to offer a special […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 4, 2024 -
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In a letter to priests in advance of the 2024 elections, Bishop Louis Tylka wrote, “As Catholics we are to engage in the political process and to vote our conscience.” The formation of conscience In order to help form our conscience, Bishop Tylka points to resources such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s (USCCB) […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 1, 2024 -
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BARTONVILLE – Barbara Harzman of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) is the coordinator of the Care for Creation program launch at St. Anthony of Padua Church on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. She says the initiative was inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment “Laudato Si’” (2025), and his later […]
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