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Take what you need
My friend was attending Mass at the University of Notre Dame, just like any other weekend with her friends in graduate school. She was always drawn to this one particular priest who happened to be celebrating Mass that day. This priest was tall and large in stature, he had a boisterous voice that seemed to reach throughout the chapel easily, with or without a microphone. He had a way of drawing people in. His homilies always spoke to her, he remembered people’s names, and he knew about their studies. He celebrated the Eucharist like it was his last.
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Routt senior named Commended Student in 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program
Victoria Fellhauer, a senior at Routt Catholic High School in Jacksonville, was named a Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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Moved by the Spirit
Kindergartner spreading love, one drawing at a time
GLEN CARBON — With COVID-19 keeping so many people isolated from family and friends, 5-year-old Matilda Kassel has been doing her part to provide happiness to folks who might not otherwise have much contact with the outside world. Shortly after the pandemic began, with the help of her mother, Matilda began sharing her talent — sending out her youthful and beautiful artwork to brighten the days of others.
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Led by the Lord
Our Saviour parishioner brings love, prayers to veterans through personal, colorful cards
MORGAN COUNTY — Opening up a personal letter from a friend is always special. But when you receive a creative, colorful card from a stranger who recognizes the value of you, it’s extra special. That’s what 82-year-old Lin Beeley, a parishioner at Our Saviour Parish in Jacksonville, has been doing for years — creating original cards with personal messages of thanks, prayer, and joy to veterans at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
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‘I could not have been blessed with finer parents than the two she chose to adopt me’
How a former employee at Catholic Charities in Springfield facilitated an adoption and helped unite man with biological family 38 years later
In 1991, Stephen Dyer was a 33-year-old U.S. Army JAG officer stationed in Hawaii doing medical malpractice defense for the Army hospital there, when he started experiencing chest pains that would not subside.
He called the chief of Cardiology, a friend, whose first question was about his family history for heart disease. Dyer, adopted at birth through Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, responded, “I don’t know a single person on the planet genetically related
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Charleston priest, Father McDaniel, praised for COVID-19 service to Illinois troops
ROCHELLE — Father Ryan McDaniel, a priest who occasionally offers ministerial services at Eastern Illinois University’s (EIU) Newman Center, St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Charleston, and teaches at EIU’s Catholic Scholars Program, received high praise for his role in the fight against COVID-19, serving as a Catholic chaplain for troops in the Illinois National Guard. Father McDaniel (Ch, Capt) and his Religious Affairs Specialist, Specialist (SPC) Brian Neice, were recently commended for their service to troops supporting multi-agency operations at a 330,000-square-foot warehouse in Rochelle, where the state is storing emergency supplies related to the COVID-19 response and other Federal Emergency Management Agency related resources.
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In Memoriam - Sister Mary Regina Berkel, OP
Sister Mary Regina Berkel, OP, 79, of Springfield, passed away on Sept. 14 at HSHS St. John’s Hospital. She was born May 15, 1941, in Queen’s Lake Memphis, the daughter of George F. and Irene Elizabeth (Farthing) Berkel who preceded her in death.
At the age of 21, she entered the Dominican Monastery in Catonsville, Md. Her religious profession was on Oct. 25, 1964.
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In Memoriam - Sister Mary Jane Schrage, ASC
RUMA — Sister Mary Jane (Mary Victor) Schrage, ASC, died Sept. 19 at the Ruma Center. She was 85 years old and had been a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 67 years.
She was born on Aug. 14, 1935 in St. Rose, one of six children in the family of the late William and Alma (Goestenkors) Schrage.
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Apostolate of caring for the souls of others, part 3
Spiritual directors and spiritual mentors can mistakenly assume they must have all of the answers before engaging others in their apostolate. This is not true for the following reasons:
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Hey Father! Can I have both fear and faith?
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Bishop Paprocki's Public Schedule
Bishop Paprocki's public schedule for the weeks of October 4 and 11.
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Diocesan Datebook
Daily events occuring throughout the Diocese
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