By: Tom Dermody - April 6, 2016 -
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2016, Catholic, Diocese, Jenky, March, Men's, Peoria
A scene from the men's march at the 2015 "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." This year's event is Saturday, April 29. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has encouraged all men of the Diocese of Peoria to take part in the 13th annual “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith” in downtown Peoria on Saturday morning, April 23 — and to arrive a little early. Noting the 2016 men’s march and Mass takes place during the Holy […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 29, 2016 -
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2016, blizzard, Diocese, East Moline, Life, March, Moline, Peoria, pilgrims
Some of the 38 pilgrims from Moline and East Moline explore the nearly two feet of snow that left them stopped for 20 hours on a closed section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike on their way home from the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Provided photo
Whether they came home early or stayed and were stranded in a blizzard on a Pennsylvania roadway or in a Washington, D.C., hotel room, hundreds of pilgrims from the Diocese of Peoria will long remember the 2016 national March for Life. Among those staying and marching as winter storm Jonas approached was a group of […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - January 27, 2016 -
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2016, Chicago, Diocese, Life, March, Peoria, Pro-life
CHICAGO — Frigid temperatures were no match for the warm hearts more than 5,000 people from across the Midwest brought to March for Life Chicago on Jan. 17. Among them were many “ambassadors of the pro-life cause” from the Diocese of Peoria. A bus pilgrimage sponsored by the diocese included 90 people, half of them […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 21, 2016 -
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blizzard, Life, March, Pro-life
Students from the pro-life group at Galesburg High School take part in the 2015 March for Life in Washington, D.C. Those going to this year's march are keeping an eye on the weather, as a major snowstorm is forecast to being in the nation's capital on Friday. (File photo/Provided)
By Jennifer Brinker / Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sometimes being pro-life means making difficult decisions. Because of a predicted snowstorm in Washington, some planned pilgrimages to the March for Life are being canceled. Groups from five Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Peoria, however, have reportedly arrived safely and plan to return […]
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