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By: The Catholic Post - February 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin star in a scene from the movie "Deadpool." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS /Fox)
By Catholic News Service Sarcasm and splatter add up to a nasty odyssey in this vengeance-driven Marvel Comics adaptation from director Tim Miller. Diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after finding true love (with Morena Baccarin), a former Special Forces operative (Ryan Reynolds) seizes on the offer of an underground cure. Though the treatment to which […]
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By: Tom Dermody - February 17, 2016 -
Featured Article, News Article
Diocese, Marriage, Mass, Peoria, renewing, Valentine's, vows
Couples renew their vows at a previous Diocesan Marriage Mass in this Catholic Post file photo.
It takes three to make Christian marriage work, “a husband, a wife, and God at the center,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, reminded couples from throughout the Diocese of Peoria at the annual Marriage Mass on Feb. 13 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Prior to leading the couples in renewing their marriage vows, Bishop Jenky thanked […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2016 -
Movie Review
Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnston star in a scene from the movie "How to Be Single." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service A discordant moral snag mars this otherwise appealing, if slightly raunchy, romantic comedy about characters (Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie, among others) testing their capacity to settle into monogamous relationships and genuine adulthood. The overall positive trajectory of director Christian Ditter’s adaptation of Liz Tuccillo’s 2007 novel is impeded […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2016 -
Movie Review
George Clooney stars in a scene from the movie "Hail, Caesar!" The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Set in 1950s Hollywood, this comedy’s plot about the kidnapping of a major star (George Clooney) and a conscientious studio executive’s (Josh Brolin) efforts to retrieve him without creating unwanted headlines is merely an excuse for writers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen to spoof golden-age Tinseltown. Those lovingly satirized include […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - February 11, 2016 -
Featured Article
bags, blessing, Catholic, Kitchen, Metamora, Schools, Sophia's, St. Mary, Week
Joyce Heiple of St. Mary School in Metamora guides Ben Cronkhite and Anna Schmitz is assembling "blessing bags" of bottled water, socks, snacks, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and an apple for the people served at Sophia's Kitchen in Peoria. The "blessing bags" were delivered by the eighth-graders at the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
METAMORA — What words would you use to describe “mercy” to a child? “I told them when I think of mercy I think of love, caring, kindness, forgiveness. Those are words they can understand,” said Joyce Heiple, the second grade teacher at St. Mary School in Metamora. It was important for them to understand that […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - February 11, 2016 -
News Article
Conventual, Francis, Franciscans, Friars, Peoria
Marytown, home to the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe and sponsored by the Conventual Franciscans, is located in Libertyville. Provincial headquarters are in Chicago.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of Peoria. The Year for Consecrated Life, which began with the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30, 2014, closed Feb. 2, 2016, the World Day of Consecrated Life. —– It may have been […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 11, 2016 -
Featured Article
Diocese, fish, fry, Lent, Peoria
A young volunteer displays food prepared for dinners served at a Friday evening fish fry. CNS/Jim West
The following list was compiled from information provided to The Catholic Post. Should your parish or organization’s future fish fry not appear on this list, email cathpost@cdop.org with “Fish Fry” in the subject line. Sponsoring organizations receive one free notice in the print edition of The Catholic Post, and this online list will be constantly […]
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By: Tom Dermody - February 11, 2016 -
Editorial
Lent, observances
There are so many wonderful resources to help us observe a meaningful Lent beyond giving up chocolate. The important thing is to select one or a few that will lead us closer to Christ as we walk through the penitential season. With Ash Wednesday’s arrival this week, these days of grace have already begun. During […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - February 11, 2016 -
News Article
Academy, Brooke, campaign, capital, future, Marquette, Ottawa, Rick
OTTAWA — With the community’s blessing, Marquette Academy has launched a $1.5 million capital campaign to upgrade technology, renovate its facilities, and increase its endowment in order to make more scholarships and financial assistance available. Principal Brooke Rick said any monies donated over that goal will be split evenly between reducing the school’s $1 million […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 11, 2016 -
News Article
died, Jerry, Logan, Rock Island, Silvis
Father Logan
ROCK ISLAND — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Feb. 15 at Sacred Heart Church here for Father Johnjoseph DePorres “Jerry” Logan, administrator of Sacred Heart and St. Mary parishes in Rock Island. Father Logan, whose 37 years of priestly life included service at all Rock Island parishes as well as periods as pastor […]
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