By: Tom Dermody - March 29, 2018 -
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Amelia Misiak, Jackie Francois Angel, Karley Bates, Youth Rally
Msgr. Stanley Deptula blesses palm branches held by Diocesan Youth Rally participants prior to the Mass closing the event at the Spalding Pastoral Center on March 24, the eve of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
On the eve of Holy Week, in the middle of a spring snowstorm, the time was right for more than 100 Catholic teenagers from around the Diocese of Peoria to choose a life of greatness. “If you want to be a saint, you have to start right now living it,” said Jackie Francois Angel, keynote […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 1, 2018 -
News Article
Jackie Francois Angel, Karley Bates, Youth Rally
The keynote speaker at Youth Rally 2018 will be singer, songwriter, and youth minister Jackie Francois Angel from Orange County, California.
High school students from throughout the Diocese of Peoria are invited to take part in Youth Rally 2018, which this year is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 — the vigil of Palm Sunday. The rally will begin at noon at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria and conclude with participants carrying blessed palms in an […]
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