By: Jennifer Willems - November 2, 2017 -
News Article
Brimfield, Cross Catholic Outreach, Father Verrier, gifts, St. Joseph, Williamsfield
Children in Guatemala celebrate receiving "Boxes of Joy" through a campaign sponsored by Cross Catholic Outreach. This year, St. Joseph Church in Brimfield is a regional drop-off center for the boxes, which are to contain gifts for impoverished children in the Caribbean and Central America. (CNS/Cross Catholic Outreach)
BRIMFIELD — Providing holiday hope and joy to poor children halfway around the world may seem like a daunting task, but members of St. Joseph Parish in Brimfield and St. James Parish in Williamsfield are determined to do what they can, one child at a time. The Brimfield church has become a drop-off center for […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 2, 2017 -
News Article
Bob Sehring
Robert Sehring has succeeded Kevin Schoeplein as the chief executive officer for OSF HealthCare in Peoria. He has served as chief operating officer for the ministry since January, working closely with Schoeplein to ensure a smooth transition. Schoeplein retired after working with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis for more than 39 […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 2, 2017 -
Movie Review
Mila Kunis and Jay Hernandez star in a scene from the movie "A Bad Moms Christmas." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/STX Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service Aggressive vulgarity is the incongruous hallmark of this holiday-themed sequel. As the trio of mothers (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn) featured in the 2016 original deal with the wholly unrealistic problems caused when their own moms (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon) show up for Christmas, with or […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 2, 2017 -
News Article
OSF, OSF HealthCare Center for Health-Streator, renovation, Streator
The proposed exterior of the renovated OSF HealthCare Center for Health-Streator. (Provided photo)
STREATOR — Following months of research and community collaboration, plans were announced Oct. 18 for a $30.5 million renovation to the OSF HealthCare Center for Health-Streator. The exterior and interior renovations for the former St. Mary’s Hospital building at 111 Spring St. will be “innovative” and “forthcoming to what is in the future plans for […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 2, 2017 -
Living the Word
Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB
By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time/Nov. 5 Malachi 1:14b — 2:2b,8-10; Psalm 13:1,2,3; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9,13; Matthew 23:1-12 Christian Herter was running hard for re-election as governor of Massachusetts, and one day he arrived late at a barbecue. He’d had no breakfast or lunch, and he was famished. As he moved down […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 1, 2017 -
Featured Article
All Souls Day, comfort, Death, faith, funeral, hope, No More Goodbyes, The Catholic Post, Tom Dermody
Forty-seven photos of loved ones who died in the past year, submitted by readers of The Catholic Post, are featured in a video produced by the diocesan newspaper for All Souls’ Day. The four-minute video may be viewed below. It has also been posted for viewing and sharing on The Catholic Post’s Facebook page. The […]
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