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by bcadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Bishop Appointment, Bishop Daniel Jenky, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, News | 0 |
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria and Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria immediately succeeds him, becoming the ninth bishop of Peoria.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Canonized saints, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Diocese of Peoria, Msgr. Jason Gray, News, Practicing Catholic, Saints | 0 |
When Msgr. Jason Gray of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, worked for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints — which oversees the canonization process — it was often said that the process was the most democratic in the Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 17, 2021 | Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, miracles, News | 0 |
Fulton Joseph Hood has gone home to God. Royce and Elise Hood of Dunlap, Illinois, discovered that Fulton’s heart had stopped beating when an ultrasound was performed March 31, which was his due date.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 6, 2021 | Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, miracles, News | 0 |
Even though he hasn’t been born yet, Fulton Joseph Hood of Dunlap, Illinois, has showered blessings on his parents, Royce and Elise, and five older siblings. He also has also made friends around the world, who have joined the Hoods in praying for a miracle.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 18, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, College basketball, Diocese of Peoria, faith and sports, March Madness, NCAA, News, sports | 0 |
The very first game of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament featured a seminarian just two months away from being ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Peoria.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 11, 2020 | Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19, Diocese of Peoria, News, Obituary | 0 |
A Mass at the tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen on the 41st anniversary of his death Dec. 9 also was a first opportunity for the Diocese of Peoria to mourn the death from COVID-19 two hours earlier of the vice postulator of the famed media pioneer and author’s cause for canonization.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Archbishop John Myers, Archdiocese of Newark, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, Funerals, News | 0 |
Archbishop John J. Myers was recalled as a man of faith and prayer, a scholar, a teacher and as “a really good bishop” during the funeral Mass for him at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria Sept. 30.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 25, 2020 | Bishop Louis Tylka, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, News | 0 |
While there was social distance between those present, every space inside St. Mary’s Cathedral was repeatedly filled with sounds of joyful praise, gratitude and boisterous applause July 23 at the episcopal ordination of Bishop Louis Tylka, Peoria’s new coadjutor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 13, 2020 | Bishop Appointment, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, News | 0 |
When Bishop-designate Louis Tylka was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1996, among the gifts he received was a small statue of a shepherd kneeling to pet a lamb. The newly appointed coadjutor bishop of Peoria still displays the statue and it has been a guide throughout his ministry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2020 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Bishop Appointment, Bishop Daniel Jenky, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Peoria, News | 0 |
Pope Francis has appointed Father Louis Tylka, a pastor in the Archdiocese of Chicago, to be the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2020 | Bishop Daniel Jenky, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diocese of Peoria, Good Friday, Illinois, News | 0 |
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria took to the skies via a helicopter on Good Friday, April 10, to offer a blessing to the entire Diocese of Peoria as well as to pray for all affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 4, 2020 | Catholic Church, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diocese of Peoria, Facebook, Illinois, News, quarantine, social distancing, Uncategorised | 0 |
A woman has started a “social distance scavenger hunt” encouraging people to place hearts on windows and doors, making her new Heart Hunters Facebook page a community that is 600,000 strong and growing.
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