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