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BISHOP'S HOLY WEEK MESSAGE 2 PRIESTS OFFER INSPIRATION 3 FAITH ANCHORS PHYSICIANS 4 UNITED BY POPE'S BLESSING 5 SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO COPE 6 PRAYER MEETING BY PHONE 9 NATIONAL, WORLD ROUNDUP 12 BOOK PAGE 13 NEW BISHOP FOR BELLEVILLE 14 OBITUARIES 15 POPE'S MESSAGE TO FAMILIES 16 ORDINARY NOW EXTRAORDINARY17 LIVING THE WORD 18 LILIES SPREAD HOPE IN WESTVILLE 20
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Newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Vol. 86, No. 7
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Rock Island family among many sharing Easter joy despite coronavirus restrictions
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives and precautions will keep Catholics throughout the nation and around the globe in their homes this Easter, April 12, many parishes and households are finding unique ways to proclaim Jesus' Resurrection. This Easter issue of The Catho- lic Post acknowledges many of those efforts, including by featuring the work of several artists - young and older - who are sharing faith with their neighbors by decorating their driveways, sidewalks, doors and windows. Among them are chalk artists Landon and Rylan Andrus of St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island, pictured above, who transformed their driveway into a colorful Resurrection proclamation. For more home artistry from around the diocese, see pages 10 and 11. Provided photo
"When we face challenge, when we face even the possibility of great illness or death, that's the time to remember Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. That we have an eternal salvation in him and we can trust in the power of his great love."
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC See message on page 2
"In the risen Jesus, life conquered death. This Paschal faith nourishes our hope. It is the hope of a better time, in which we can be better, finally freed from evil and from this pandemic. It is a hope: hope does not disappoint; it is not an illusion; it is a hope."
Pope Francis See message on page 16
EASTER . . . AT HOME
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