By Jennifer Willems SILVIS — Deacon Matthew Levy will spend his vacation in France this year, but he only plans to rest for about two hours. That’s all the time he’s built into his 750-mile ride from Paris to Brest, a city on the Atlantic Ocean, and back again. While he has 90 hours — […]
Continue readingBy Tom Dermody With bluntness and urgency, speakers at the Charismatic Renewal Conference last Saturday called Catholics to grow closer to Christ in order to recognize and live his truth among the deceptions and temptations rampant in today’s society. “There’s a tremendously brutal confrontation going on right now between Christ and the anti-Christ, and 1,700 […]
Continue readingBy Tom Dermody CHAMPAIGN — As a series of disturbing videos continued to be released claiming Planned Parenthood’s involvement in procuring and selling human body parts from aborted fetuses, some members of the local pro-life community turned to public prayer on Tuesday. About 15 people took part in a prayerful demonstration during the lunch hour […]
Continue readingBy Jennifer Willems LASALLE — Who says sharing the faith can’t be fun, as well as deeply spiritual and inspiring? This summer, four teams of college students and seminarians have been using laughter and games, music, study and prayer to help students in 21 parishes around the Diocese of Peoria grow in holiness as part […]
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