Happy New Year!

Prayers for a year filled with blessings for you and your family & friends!

 

Merry Christmas!

 The Peoria DCCW Board of Directors hopes you have a very BLESSED and Merry Christmas season!

Newsletter Time!!

Kim here. It has been far too long since we have published a newsletter, and that's on me!  I am happy to say we have put something together to help you be a part of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.  Check out the link below:

December 2023 News

Also, if you are new here, you can review older newsletters by clicking on the newsletter tab above.  We look forward to seeing you in 2024!

Events in 2024!

We're kicking things off early in the coming year with two special events.  The first is on Saturday, January 13. The second is on Saturday, February 17. Check out the info below to learn more!

**Please share these events with your friends. The February event will address the sensitive issues of abuse, divorce, and annulments. While these subjects may not be relevant to you personally, you may know someone who would benefit.  Consider offering her a ride and joining her to show your support.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

The entire Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women extends warm greetings and prayers for a very Blessed Thanksgiving!

Pilgrimage to Darien: St. Therese, pray for us!

 

It has been many years since the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women hosted a pilgrimage, but when we learned about relics of St. Louis & Zellie (parents of St Therese of Lisieux) coming to the National Shrine of St. Therese in Darien Illinois, we knew we had to go!

A full-length account can be found in The Catholic Post HERE. (Pictures are also from The Catholic Post, used with permission.)

Thank you to all who joined us for this special day of prayer and sisterhood!  

Our PDCCW Board of Directors is praying about a future pilgrimage visit.  Stay tuned and become a member today!

Pray the Rosary this Month with PDCCW!

 

Season of Creation

 

You are invited to an event celebrating the

2023 Season of Creation

jointly sponsored by the

Sisters of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, IL

and the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

The ecumenical inter-faith prayer service will be held at the

bell tower just off the parking lot at

St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Avenue West,

Rock Island on Saturday September 30 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

(In case of rain, the service will move inside to the monastery chapel.)

Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair.

We hope you can join us in praying with and for all of creation! If you cannot be present in person you may attend virtually through this link:  

https://www.facebook.com/BenedictineSistersStMaryMonastery

Pilgrimage to St. Therese of Lisieux Shrine!

The Peoria DCCW is hosting a pilgrimage to the National Shrine and Museum of St. Therese of Lisieux next month.

Pilgrims will see the largest collection of Little Flower relics and memorabilia outside of Lisieux, France. During the time of our visit, the Reliquaries of St. Therese and her parents will be at the National Shrine.

As part of this pilgrimage, we would like to ask everyone to join us in praying a novena to St. Therese, the patroness of vocations, for an increase in vocations in our diocese, and offer prayers of thanksgiving for the priests who have served and are now serving the church in our diocese.

We will offer two departure points;

1. Peoria Spalding Pastoral Center, Peoria, IL at 7:00 am

2. Home Depot, Champaign, IL at 7:00 am

The day will include a talk with a member of the staff, a walk through the statues and stations of the cross, a short video on the life of St. Therese, and visiting relics and artifacts. Mass will be offered at 11:30 am in the National Shrine. After Mass, we will eat lunch at a nearby restaurant, and then return to the Shrine and Museum, where you will be able to enjoy free prayer time in the Meditation Garden and shopping in the Carmelite Gift Shop.  There will be a special program lasting approximately 45 minutes beginning at 2:00. We will board the bus at 3:00 pm and leave at 3:30 pm and return to the return destination you have chosen.

Your reservation will include bus transportation by Peoria Charter Coach, breakfast snack on the bus, all Shrine exhibits, mass and amenities on the campus. The cost of your lunch, which you will order at the restaurant, is not included. Everyone is invited to join (women AND men) us on the pilgrimage.

Cost per person $90.00. Please make checks payable to the PDCCW and mail to Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 NE Madison Ave., Peoria, Il 61603 and call Peoria DCCW President MaryAnn Hughes. (Send a message here if you do not have her contact info. It isn't safe to post her phone number on this blog.)

Deadline to sign up is August 25th. Limited seating, sign up now!
Please indicate which departure point you will leave and return to:
Peoria Pastoral Center, 419 NE Madison Ave., Peoria IL 61603 or
Home Depot, 820 Bloomington Rd., Champaign, Il 61820 off I-74

 

Rose Award Ceremony

On May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the Peoria DCCW held our first ever Rose Award Ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.

Mass to Honor Women & First Annual Rose Award

 

               

Women and Girls of All Ages

In the month of our Mother Mary

Join us Saturday, May 13

 9:00-11:30 am for a Morning of

Prayer, Honor, and Blessings

 Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria   

As we immerse ourselves in beautiful music, song, and liturgy, surrounded by the beauty of the

Mother Church of our diocese, we will honor Mary and

all women of our diocese.

“Blessed are you among women; blessed in turn all women, too.”

 

We will recognize mothers of priests and seminarians with special seating in pews with ribbons. 

The morning will include:

 

Recitation of the Most Holy Rosary with prayer and song

 Procession bringing flowers to Mary’s altar

 Holy Mass- Fr. Chase Hilgenbrinck, presiding

Honoring of all Graduates and Rose Award Scholarships presented

*The Rose Award Scholarships encourage young women who actively live their Catholic faith to continue their participation and grow in leadership, spirituality, and service throughout their lives.  For, in the words of Saint John Paul II, “the liberating message of the Gospel of Life has been put into your hands, and the mission of proclaiming it to the ends of the earth is now passing to your generation.”

 

We invite you to bring flowers from your yard to be placed on Mary’s altar during the procession.

No registration is required.

Sponsored by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s

Women Connect Ministry

*If you have not heard of the PDCCW Rose Award, ask your parish priest about it. Nomination

and essay information was sent in an email to all parishes of the diocese in March.

Volunteer Appreciation: DEADLINE EXTENDED!

 

OUR REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOW EXTENDED TO APRIL 19TH!

It's that time of year again!

Each parish in the diocese is invited to honor two women who have served as volunteers in any capacity.  Check out the forms sent in postal mail and email from our PDCCW President Mary Ann Hughes.  You can also download the registration forms here:

Invitation from President Mary Ann

Attendee List (honorees and any family/friends from your parish)

Outstanding Woman Form

Schedule of Events

Still time - Always Time to Magnify!

 

Volunteer Appreciation!

 

It's that time of year again!

Each parish in the diocese is invited to honor two women who have served as volunteers in any capacity.  Check out the forms sent in postal mail and email from our PDCCW President Mary Ann Hughes.  You can also download the registration forms here:

Invitation from President Mary Ann

Attendee List (honorees and any family/friends from your parish)

Outstanding Woman Form

Schedule of Events

Time to Magnify the Lord!

All women of the Peoria Diocese are invited to join us for a Lenten Mini-Retreat.  This beautiful event is sure to enhance your Lenten journey.  (Contact numbers are at the bottom of the graphic.) 

Lenten Calendar for Laudato Si

 

We are thankful for the generosity of our neighbors in the Joliet Diocese for sharing this resource with us. This would be a great way to involve families in your parishes and schools.

You can download a copy of this calendar HERE. 

If you follow a few days of this (or many!) comment below and let us know how it worked.