We are so excited to launch our Care for Creation project across the Diocese of Peoria! And we are especially honored to have the Most Reverend Bishop Louis Tylka presiding at our first Green Mass!
Because we will be serving food, we do ask that you register in advance using the form you can find HERE
To learn more, download this flyer and share with your parish!
Board members will share updates on various projects of the PDCCW, inviting you and your parish to participate. The registration fee, which is $30 prepaid, includes lunch.
The schedule is as follows: (subject to minor changes)
9:00 a.m. Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at Sacred Heart Church - 504 Fulton Street
10:00 - 10:45 Registration at Spalding Pastoral Center, Opening Prayer, Welcome & Introductions
10:45-11:15 Speaker - Kim Padan
11:15 - 12:00 Business Meeting
12:00 - 12:30 Angelus Prayer, Grace, & Lunch
12:30 - 1:15 Speaker - Father Larry Dowling
1:15 - 2:00 Commission "Round-Up," and Comments from Newly Appointed PDCCW President
2:00 - 2:30 Prizes, Closing Prayer & Final Blessing
To print out the schedule and share with your friends, click HERE
To print out a Registration Form, click HERE
NOTE: Pre-payment is required so we can order enough food.
For more information, comment below and a PDCCW representative will be in touch.
These young women were honored at our Second Annual day of "Prayer, Honor, and Blessings." The weather was GORGEOUS and perfect for honoring Our Lady with a Mass and May Crowning held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Germantown Hills. After Mass, which was officiated by Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, everyone processed to the Grotto to pray the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Thank you to all who attended to support these young women! The future looks bright for our Church!
We are pleased to offer this special event on Saturday, February 17th. Even if these issues do not affect you personally, please share this information with your friends. Too many of our sisters in faith suffer in silence. Please see the itinerary below.
8:30 – 9:00 Check in with
drinks and pastries
9:00 – 9:45
First Address - Msgr Gray:
The Church’s Response to
Abuse and Divorce
The Truth About Annulments
10 – 10:40
Q&A/Discussion on Divorce with Dr. Emma
Bucher
and Annulment with Patty
DeCapp
Opportunity for prayer with
women of Prairie Fire Ministries of Peoria Diocese
10:45 – 11:25
Second Address - Dr. Emma
Bucher:
Divorce and Recognizing and
Responding to Abuse
11:30 – 12:00
Q&A/Discussion on Abuse/
Divorce with Dr. Emma Bucher
and Annulment with Patty DeCapp
Opportunity for prayer with
women of Prairie Fire Ministries of Peoria Diocese
We are getting excited about our upcoming event in Peoria! We ask that you register by Tuesday January 9th so that we can plan for food and retreat materials.
Check out the full schedule:
You can sign up online, and even have the opti0on to pay via Venmo. Just click HERE
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:
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!
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.
The entire Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women extends warm greetings and prayers for a very Blessed Thanksgiving!
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!
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:
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 am2. Home Depot, Champaign, IL at 7:00 am
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.
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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)
We are so excited to launch our Care for Creation project across the Diocese of Peoria! And we are especially honored to have the Most Re...
