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New Catholic Medical Association guild forms in Champaign-Urbana; meets Nov. 16

By: Tom Dermody - November 7, 2019 - News Article Catholic Medical Association, Champaign, Deacon William Scott, Dr. Anna Lisa Schmitz, Urbana, Venerable Fulton Sheen Guild

Dr. Schmitz is president and Deacon Dr. Scott is vice president of the newly formed Champaign-Urbana Venerable Fulton Sheen Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. Both are members of St. Matthew Parish in Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN — A new guild of the Catholic Medical Association has formed in the Diocese of Peoria to help current and future physicians in the Champaign-Urbana region live and promote the principles of the Catholic faith in the science and practice of medicine. “A core group of Catholic physicians have been meeting on a regular […]

Vigils, extra events as 40 Days for Life set Sept. 25-Nov. 3 at three sites in diocese

By: Tom Dermody - September 13, 2019 - News Article 40 Days for Life, Bloomington, Champaign, Mary Kate Knorr, Mitch McVicker, Peoria, Unplanned

Concerned individuals and parish groups are invited to take part in coordinated campaigns of prayer, fasting, and peaceful public vigils to end abortion during 40 Days for Life outreaches planned in the Diocese of Peoria and around the nation from Sept. 25 to Nov. 3. Daily vigils, at which participants also pray for help and […]

Pair’s ‘Bearded Wisdom’ podcast shares faith, humor at U of I . . . and beyond

By: Jennifer Willems - November 21, 2018 - Featured Article Bearded Wisdom, Champaign, Heath Morber, podcast, Shawn Reeves, St. John's Catholic Newman Center

Shawn Reeves, left, director of religious education at St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and Heath Morber, director of music, have a rapport that makes their new podcast, "Bearded Wisdom," easy to listen to. (Provided photo)

CHAMPAIGN — It’s not often that talk about baseball cards leads to a deeper discussion about faith, but somehow Shawn Reeves and Heath Morber make it work during their new podcast, “Bearded Wisdom.” “Providing insights on Catholic culture and faith,” the podcast is part of Catholic Illini ministry at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center. Reeves […]

Real Presence, music draw hundreds to 177 Project events in Rock Island, Champaign

By: Tom Dermody - September 21, 2018 - Featured Article 177 Project, Champaign, Greg Boudreaux, Ken Wagner, Rock Island, Sacred Heart

Catholic musicians Greg Boudreaux, left, and Ben Wagner, right, performed as past of the 177 Project evening at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island on Sept. 20. They are among 24 musicians taking part in the 177 Project, a nationwide tour of eucharistic adoration and music. In the center, Father Anthony Co elevates a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament during a Holy Hour that was the focus of the evening. A second evening was scheduled the following night at St. John's Catholic Newman Center in Champaign. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

ROCK ISLAND — “We need to be here, right?” Catholic musician Greg Boudreaux asked the question moments after 300 people had spent an hour adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Sacred Heart Church here during a 177 Project event on Thursday evening. “Especially at this point in our church, especially at this moment in […]

‘Prayers answered’: Champaign abortion provider stops after 40 Days for Life

By: Tom Dermody - September 12, 2018 - Featured Article 40 Days for Life, Champaign, Renee Mullen, Women's Health Practice

Participants in the 40 Days for Life campaign are pictured this spring outside Women's Health Practice, 2125 S. Neil St. in Champaign. The facility, which offers gynecology, obstetrics, and other services for women, reportedly stopped performing abortions on April 1. Renee Mullen, volunteer coordinator for the local 40 Days for Life, is seen holding the sign at right. (Provided photo)

CHAMPAIGN — Organizers of this area’s 40 Days for Life campaign reacted with joy, amazement, and gratitude to word that Women’s Health Practice of Champaign stopped providing abortions just days after the pro-life group’s spring campaign. “Everyone I know is saying it’s fantastic,” said Renee Mullen, volunteer coordinator for the local peaceful, prayerful public witness […]

Catholic women throughout diocese are invited to convene Oct. 27 in Champaign

By: Jennifer Willems - September 12, 2018 - Featured Article Bonnie Engstrom, Champaign, convention, DCCW, Kim Padan

The convention speakers are Joann Hillebrand of Oakbrook, past president of the National Council of Catholic Women, and Bonnie Engstrom of Washington, who has a special connectoin to Venerable Fulton Sheen.

Women throughout central Illinois are invited to take a Saturday off and travel to Champaign to share stories of faith, plan for the future, and encourage one another to “cling to the truth of the Catholic faith” at the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s biennial convention. It will be held Oct. 27 at St. […]

Three Catholic school principals are retiring as school year comes to an end

By: Jennifer Willems - May 23, 2018 - Featured Article Champaign, Holy Cross School, Jerry Carls, Jodi Peine, Joe McDaniel, LaSalle, Peoria, principal, St. Philomena School, Trinity Catholic Academy

Joe McDaniel, Jodi Peine, and Jerry Carls are retiring, although not for the first time, as principals as the academic year comes to an end. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Three principals serving in Catholic schools of the Diocese of Peoria are retiring as the academic year comes to an end. Jerry Carls, principal of Trinity Catholic Academy in LaSalle for two years, and Joe McDaniel, principal of Holy Cross in Champaign, each stepped in on an interim basis until permanent principals could be found. […]

Fr. Richard Mullen, 92, dies; funeral Mass is Wednesday at Holy Cross, Champaign

By: The Catholic Post - March 23, 2018 - News Article Champaign, Father Richard Mullen, funeral, Holy Cross, The Catholic Post

Father Richard L. Mullen

CHAMPAIGN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, at Holy Cross Church here for Father Richard L. Mullen, pastor emeritus of Holy Cross Parish and former associate editor of The Catholic Post. Father Mullen, who was granted senior status in 1997, died on Friday, March 23, […]

The High School of Saint Thomas More wins IHSA Class 2A state volleyball title

By: Tom Dermody - November 15, 2017 - Featured Article Champaign, Mica Allison, state championship, The High School of Saint Thomas More, volleyball

The Sabers of The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign pose with the Class 2A state championship trophy they earned with a 3-set win over Quincy Notre Dame on Nov. 11 at Redbird Arena in Normal. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

NORMAL — History will record that The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign won the Illinois Class 2A volleyball championship on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Redbird Arena here. And yes, on that afternoon the Sabers rallied to defeat Quincy Notre Dame in three sets — 18-25, 25-19, and 25-21 — to claim […]

Nationally recognized STM volleyball player serves and leads off the court, too

By: Tom Dermody - October 29, 2017 - Featured Article Champaign, Father Bruce Lopez, Mica Allison, Monticello, The High School of Saint Thomas More, volleyball

Mica Allison (13) and teammates from The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign including Olivia Nogle (9) and NaKaya Hughes (6) celebrate a recent home win. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

CHAMPAIGN — Mica Allison is a nationally recognized volleyball player, but the 6-foot senior at The High School of Saint Thomas More here is looked up to off the court as well. Sincere, faith-filled, caring, positive, giving, fun, hard-working, humble, a good example — those are just some of the adjectives those who know Mica […]

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