Dear St. Philomena Parish Family,
Blessings to you all this joyful weekend! By the time of our weekend Masses, Deacon Blake will be Fr. Blake! Each year, ordinations are such a deep joy for our Diocese as we celebrate the gift of the priesthood and how God calls forth servants for His people here. It takes me back to 2003 when I was standing there at the Cathedral with Fr. David and our classmates—it has been an amazing and grace-filled 23 years! Please continue to pray for all our priests and especially Fr. Blake as he begins his priestly ministry here at St. Philomena.
Since we are reflecting on the Sacrament of Holy Orders and this is ordination weekend, perhaps it would be fruitful to walk through the liturgy. For anyone watching online, hopefully this will serve to pull out the highlights of what you see.
In our Diocese, we have a long tradition of gathering together in the Cathedral Rectory with the Bishop to pray the Rosary before ordinations. For me, this prayer together was a great reminder of our Blessed Mother’s watch and care over us, as well as our unity together as priests in service to our Diocese. In the room where we gather, there is a painting of our first bishop, Archbishop Spalding. I remember looking up at that painting and thinking about the good history of our Diocese—how special for this year’s new priests to pray there as we celebrate 150 years for our Diocese.
As the Mass begins, we have a grand procession with all the altar servers, seminarians, deacons, and priests of our Diocese. Many people often comment on how amazing it is to see so many priests together at once (typically almost all of our priests are present)! The first part of the Mass is like..
Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessings to you all this joyful weekend! By the time of our weekend Masses, Deacon Blake will be Fr. Blake! Each year, ordinations are such a deep joy for our... Read More
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Deacon Blake Ordination Information Deacon Blake’s Ordination to the Priesthood is fast approaching! Please continue to pray for him. Since it is so near, we want to share information with you about Masses and blessings... Read More
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessings to you this day! As we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord this weekend, we are reminded of the many wonderful promises of Jesus, including that His ascension to... Read More
St. Philomena Parish is a Catholic Church with a parochial elementary grade school in an established family neighborhood in the heart of Peoria, IL.
Our mission is to proclaim our faith in Jesus Christ through worship, sacraments, education and community life. Each parishioner is invited to understand, embrace, and communicate the truth of Catholic Christianity to our culture.
Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m.
Monday-Saturday: 8:00 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 7:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 5 p.m.
Thursday: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
