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By: The Catholic Post - November 16, 2017 -
Movie Review
Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts star in a scene from the movie "Wonder." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Gentle, moving drama about a 10-year-old boy (Jacob Tremblay) born with facial deformities and his struggle to win acceptance from his peers as he transitions from being educated at home to attending the fifth grade of his local middle school. His sympathetic parents (Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson) offer support as does […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 16, 2017 -
Movie Review
Animated characters appear in the movie "The Star." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I, general patronage. (CNS/Sony Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Delightful animated version of the Christmas story, told from the perspective of some of the animals present in the manger. Chief among them is a gentle donkey (voice of Steven Yeun) from Nazareth who yearns to exchange his life of drudgery working in a grain mill for the fame and prestige […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 16, 2017 -
News Article
Christmas baskets, food pantry, Little Free Pantry, Sophia's Kitchen
Claire Crone, director of Sophia's Kitchen in Peoria, restocks the new Little Free Pantry. People may take what they need at any time. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Providing a sack lunch and beverages five days a week isn’t enough at Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria. Claire Crone director, said it is important to serve people in the way they need, not in the way that works best for the sandwich program. A survey of the patrons taken in June gave the staff and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 16, 2017 -
Living the Word
Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB
By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Nov. 19 Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31; Psalm 128:1-2,3,4-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 The readings for today are a bit confusing. At first glance they seem to praise capitalism. The word “talent” might have us think of the original meaning of the word in English: “a large sum of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 16, 2017 -
Editorial
Thanksgiving, The Catholic Post
A chalice and host are seen in a Thanksgiving display at St. Joseph Church in Lincoln, Neb. The holiday, celebrated Nov. 23, commemorates the Pilgrim’s celebration of a good harvest in 1621. CNS/Cathy Blankenau Bender
What’s not to love about Thanksgiving? Its beauty is its simple, yet profound premise: We need to pause and give thanks, especially to God. And so we gather with family and friends, count our blessings, and re-commit to sharing them. Our gratitude lists should be long, for there are gifts at every turn, every breath. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 15, 2017 -
Featured Article
Champaign, Mica Allison, state championship, The High School of Saint Thomas More, volleyball
The Sabers of The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign pose with the Class 2A state championship trophy they earned with a 3-set win over Quincy Notre Dame on Nov. 11 at Redbird Arena in Normal. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
NORMAL — History will record that The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign won the Illinois Class 2A volleyball championship on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Redbird Arena here. And yes, on that afternoon the Sabers rallied to defeat Quincy Notre Dame in three sets — 18-25, 25-19, and 25-21 — to claim […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 15, 2017 -
Featured Article
Bishop Jenky, Cursillo, Deacon Joe LaHood, Deacon Rick Miller, Diocese of Peoria, Ultreya
Reaching across the aisles of St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, those who have made Cursillo around the diocese praise God during the Our Father at the Mass for the Diocesan Ultreya on Nov. 4. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Monthly gatherings with a reflection, Mass and plenty of time to socialize are a mainstay of the Cursillo experience, but there was nothing ordinary about the Diocesan Ultreya that filled St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria Nov. 4. Believed to be the first celebration of its kind, the Ultreya drew representatives from the Northwest Area Cursillo, […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 15, 2017 -
News Article
Even before its first gathering, a new group for young Catholic adults in the Diocese of Peoria is generating a lot of buzz. “It’s just taken off,” said Karley Bates of the interest in “Fourth Watch,” a monthly evening of “faith, friends, and fun” for Catholics age 21 to “upper 30s” that debuts from 7 […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 15, 2017 -
News Article
Blanche Hewitt stands next to a horse-drawn carriage, the only mode of transportation when she was born in Atkinson in 1908. A former bank executive, she continues to live in the Sheffield house she built with her husband and asks each morning, "What are we doing today?" (Provided photo/Terri Skiles)
SHEFFIELD — At 109, Blanche Hewitt could be forgiven for wanting to take things easy, but that’s not how she rolls. “Every day she says, ‘What are we doing today?’,” according to her daughter, Helen Hewitt of California, who recently spent two weeks in central Illinois to celebrate her mother’s milestone birthday. “Her favorite saying […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 10, 2017 -
Movie Review
Kevin and Sam Sorbo, with their real-life children Shane and Braeden, portray the Harkens family in a scene from the movie "Let There Be Light." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Let There Be Light)
By Catholic News Service Evangelical Christian drama with a familiar plot: A wayward sinner, in this case a famous atheist author (Kevin Sorbo, who also directed), undergoes a change of heart. His conversion is sparked by a near-death experience during which he is temporarily reunited with the young son (Ethan Jones) whose untimely demise from […]
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