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Diocesan seminarian to be ordained a deacon
Tomorrow afternoon His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, will ordain eleven men to the Sacred Order of Deacons in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the...
View ArticleRome, at last!
This was originally posted on Father Daren Zehnle's personal blog on February 8, 2012. Greetings from the Eternal City! Today Bishop Paprocki and I arrived in Rome after several setbacks and delays. As...
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With Peter and his successor: A dream fulfilled
Yesterday morning the Bishops and their accompanying priests concelebrated Mass in the Basilica of Saint Peter at the altar at the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles. It was a profoundly moving...
View ArticleRetirees keep school - and parish - in shape
The Quincy Herald-Whig has a good story today on "Austin's Army," a group of retired men in Quincy who see to the physical needs of St. Francis Solanus school in Quincy: Austin's Army is a group of...
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Gandalf and Priests: Servants of the Secret Fire
Prior to the Easter Vigil Saturday night, the deacon, the pastor, and I went out to where the fire would late be lit in the courtyard between the Cathedral and the school. It is a perfect space for the...
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An afternoon in Alton
On Wednesday I traveled with Bishop Paprocki to St. Anthony Hospital in Alton for a Mass and luncheon with the Serra Vocations Club of Madison County. The Serra Club meets at the hospital the second...
View ArticleGood news from Alton!
On August 15, 2012, thirteen women made their Final Profession and three women made their First Profession in the Community, even as two women entered the Novitiate. Somehow, the Sisters of St. Francis...
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Bishop Paprocki running for vocations
On Sunday Bishop Paprocki will run his nineteenth marathon - this year in St. Louis - to help raise funds for charitable causes. Since 1995, His Excellency has raised more than $330,000 for a variety...
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Tolton: An example of hope against despair
When Saint Paul wrote to the early Christians in Corinth, he exhorted them with a brief and profound statement: "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (I Corinthians 11:1). So closely did the Apostle...
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An unexpected Christmas gift
A few days I read an e-mail from the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Roman Pontiff to the rector of Bishop Simon Brute College Seminary, where the college seminarians study. Several of...
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