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Hundreds March for Mary in rain at diocese’s culminating Fatima celebration

By: Jennifer Willems - October 12, 2017 - Featured Article Bishop Jenky, Cecilia Soñé, Fatima, March for Mary, Mother Adela

Those who filled St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria for the March for Mary raise their candles and sing as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which was carried throughout the church, returns to the sanctuary. Despite the rain that fell on the pilgrims during the march, coordinator Cecilia Soñé said the experience left her in awe. "The miracle of the sun would occur not as the 'sun' but the 'Son' in the holy sacrifice of the Mass." (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

If prayers for a sunny day went unanswered last Saturday, they may have been only a few of the petitions that weren’t during the March for Mary through the streets of downtown Peoria. The event was the Diocese of Peoria’s culminating celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Blessed Mother’s appearances to three shepherd children […]

All are invited to ‘March for Mary,’ a diocese-wide Fatima event, on Oct. 7

By: Jennifer Willems - September 11, 2017 - Featured Article Cecilia Soñé, Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, March for Mary

The actual march begins at 2:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 103 Richard Pryor Place, and ends a mile and a half later at St. Mary's Cathedral, 607 N. E. Madison Ave. (Catholic Post photo illustration)

Catholics of all ages from across central Illinois are being asked to “take to the streets” in Peoria on Saturday, Oct. 7, in a show of love for Mary, the Mother of God. Intended as the Diocese of Peoria’s culminating event for the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, this March for […]

Diocese’s renewed Hispanic Ministry unites around Mary in first major event

By: Tom Dermody - August 24, 2017 - Featured Article Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, Hispanic ministry, Sister Isabel Romero

Singing "Ave Maria," about 400 Spanish-speaking Catholicds from throughout the Diocese of Peoria process from the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria to St. Mary's Cathedral for a Mass with Bishop Jenky at the conclusion of their daylong celebration of the centennial of the Mary's appearances at Fatima. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Spanish-speaking Catholics from around the Diocese of Peoria celebrated their unity in faith and their love of the Eucharist, St. John Paul II, and the Blessed Virgin Mary during a daylong celebration Aug. 19 in Peoria. The focus of the event was this year’s centennial of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s appearances in Fatima, Portugal. While […]

St. Mary Parish in Westville to mark Fatima anniversary with vigil May 12-13

By: The Catholic Post - April 19, 2017 - News Article apparitions, Fatima, vigil, Westville

This postcard, set for release by the Vatican May 4, marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary to the three shepherd children in Fatima May 13, 1917. (CNS/courtesy of Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office)

WESTVILLE — To honor and remember the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, members of St. Mary Parish will host a vigil on Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13. All are welcome, especially those in the Danville Vicariate, said Father Timothy Sauppé, pastor. The vigil […]

Bishop Jenky announces a ‘Mary March’ in October to celebrate Fatima centenary

By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2017 - Featured Article Bishop Daniel Jenky, Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, Mary March

A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried through a crowd in 2016 at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. Bishop Jenky has announced that the Diocese of Peoria will host a "Mary March" in October in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the apparations of our Blessed Mother to the children at Fatima. (CNS/Paulo Chunho, EPA)

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Diocese of Peoria’s historic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and plans to mark the 100th anniversary of her appearances to the children at Fatima were outlined this week by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in the following letter. To the Clergy, Religious and Faithful of the Diocese of Peoria: My Dear […]

Public Square Rosary Rallies planned on Saturday, Oct. 15, in six communities

By: The Catholic Post - October 5, 2016 - News Article Champaign, Fatima, Geneseo, Monmouth, Peoria, public square, rallies, rosary, Thomasboro

(The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Public Square Rosary Rallies are being organized in several communities of the Diocese of Peoria on Saturday, Oct. 15, to pray for our nation and the conversion of sinners as Our Lady of Fatima requested. According to the organization America Needs Fatima, the rosary will be prayed at more than 16,000 public locations around the […]

Statue tour helps spread Fatima message that prayer can change human history

By: Tom Dermody - September 21, 2016 - Featured Article Blessed Virgin Mary, Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, pilgrim virgin statue

Students from Corpus Christi Catholic School in Bloomington wave white cloths and sing "Ave Maria" as the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima is carried in procession outside the school on Sept. 19. (Provided photo/Bernie Hunt)

Our prayers and the way we live our lives can change history. That was among the messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima nearly 100 years ago emphasized anew last weekend as the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima’s “Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace” made several stops in the Diocese of Peoria. “We […]

Galesburg, Champaign, Bloomington are stops Sept. 16-19 on tour of Fatima statue

By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2016 - News Article Bloomington, Champaign, Fatima, Galesburg, Peoria, pilgrim virgin statue, tour

Patrick Sabat, the principal custodian of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima, has been traveling with the statue since 2003.

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima, on a two-year “Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary in the Portugal village, will be hosted in Galesburg, Champaign and Bloomington from Sept. 16-19. The statue was sculpted in 1947 by Jose Thedim on instructions from Sister Lucia, who […]

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