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Entire student body of St. Joseph, Pekin, celebrates patron’s feast with pilgrimage

By: Tom Dermody - April 3, 2018 - Uncategorized Deptula, Pankiewicz, Pekin, Peoria, Sophia's Kitchen, St. Joseph

Sister Merlinda, FAS, greets Kim Terry and her third-graders from St. Joseph School in Pekin, who are decorating brown bags that will be used to serve lunch to patrons of Sophia's Kitchen at St. Joseph Church in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Say “pilgrimage” and people usually think of the Holy Land or Ireland or Spain. For students at St. Joseph School in Pekin, however, Peoria proved to be a wonderful destination when they celebrated their patron’s feast day on March 19. The entire student body — 131 students — boarded buses to travel to St. Joseph […]

Events planned along route from Nauvoo to Mendota as priests pedal for prayers

By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 - Uncategorized

Assemblies, Masses and Holy Hours for Vocations are planned as the “Priests Pedaling for Prayers” make their way across the Diocese of Peoria from April 16 to 20. Following is a list of the places Father Tom Otto, Father Adam Cesarek and Father Michael Pica can be found during the ride and the approximate times […]

Cambridge church celebrates 50th anniversary with Mass, breakfast

By: Jennifer Willems - March 16, 2018 - Uncategorized Cambridge, Father Cyril Schlarman, Father John Burns, St. John Vianney Church

Designed by Father Cyril Schlarman, St. John Vianney Church in Cambridge put a Catholic church in every county seat in the Diocese of Peoria when it was dedicated on March 31, 1968. (Provided photo)

CAMBRIDGE – Members of St. John Vianney Parish were joined by those who helped found the parish for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the church. The 8 a.m. Mass on March 11 was followed by a breakfast hosted by the Altar and Rosary Society in the church hall. While they […]

An invitation to women who feel disengaged from the church

By: The Catholic Post - March 15, 2018 - Uncategorized evangelization, Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Kim Padan

By Kim Padan On Jan. 21, The Catholic Post published an article from CNS discussing a survey of Catholic women indicating a high level of disengagement from the Church. As I read more details online, I felt both heartbroken and concerned. Even more, I felt compelled to reach out to my sisters in faith. The […]

‘We have so much in common,’ new OSF mission partners in Urbana, Danville told

By: Tom Dermody - February 14, 2018 - Uncategorized Danville, OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center, OSFHealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana, welcoming program

Longtime and new OSF HealthCare mission partners applaud a speaker during a welcoming program Feb. 1 at the newly renamed OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

While transitioning two medical centers to new ownership was a complicated task that involved months of preparation across the business spectrum, the common Catholic health care traditions and missions of the facilities in Urbana and Danville also made it a time of grace. “We have so much in common,” said Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, […]

Homily excerpts from the funeral Mass in Bloomington for Msgr. Gregory Ketcham

By: Tom Dermody - February 12, 2018 - Uncategorized

Msgr. Gregory Ketcham

EDITOR’S NOTE: Following are excerpts from the homily at the funeral Mass at St. Patrick Church of Merna on Feb. 12 for Msgr. Gregory Ketcham. (See his obituary here.) The homilist was Father James J. Seitz, a priest of the Diocese of Winona and longtime friend. I have a new family. You have adopted me. […]

Family finds meaning at Christmas despite damage left by Washington tornado

By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized

This picture of Jesus "is a copy of the one I had hanging in my house when the tornado hit.," said Lisa Hines. "When I found it among the rubble it was still intact. It is again hanging on my living room wall and continues to be the Jesus that I go to."

By Lisa Hines EUREKA — Christmas 2014 was a Christmas like no other. On Nov. 17, 2014, a tornado hit Washington, Illinois, at approximately 11:05 a.m. and destroyed our house. That day our world was literally turned upside down. My husband, John, my dad, Leo, 91 (who had been living with us since 2011), and […]

Death couldn’t stop gift of hope organist received from collaborator

By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 - Uncategorized

Longtime collaborators Sonny Huffman and Carol Wake do what they loved to do most --- make music together. Her death devastated him, but her last Christmas present to him gave him hope. Provided photo

FROM THE EDITOR: In the following reflection, Sonny Huffman talks about his friend, Carol Wake, a longtime music teacher and church musician who served at St. Bernard and St. Vincent de Paul, both in Peoria, until her death. He continues to live in Peoria and minister as an organist for Masses at St. Vincent de […]

Office of Catholic Schools names Distinguished Pastor, Teacher for 2017-18

By: The Catholic Post - November 29, 2017 - Uncategorized Connie Lake, Distinguished Pastor, Distinguished Teacher, Monmouth, Msgr. Thomas Mack, Nauvoo

In addition to Distinguished Principal Maureen Bentley, two other “distinguished” members of Catholic school communities in central Illinois are being honored by the Diocese of Peoria’s Office of Catholic Schools this year. They are: Distinguished Pastor: Msgr. Thomas Mack of Immaculate Conception School, Monmouth. He has been pastor at the Monmouth parish, as well as […]

Let the season of Advent be one of hope

By: The Catholic Post - November 29, 2017 - Uncategorized

Sharon Priester

By Sharon Priester First Sunday of Advent/Dec. 3 Isaiah 63:16b-17,19b; 64:2-7; Psalm 80:2-3,15-16,18-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37 During this Advent season, we are preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ, renewing our desire for “His second coming.” Each of the readings this Sunday, and those for the next three weeks, helps us focus […]

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