The Catholic Post Month: May 2018 - Page 2

“Batman Ninja” (Warner Home Entertainment)

By: The Catholic Post - May 27, 2018 - Movie Review anime, Batman, straight-to-video

This is a scene from the movie "Batman Ninja." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Home Entertainment)

By Catholic News Service Produced in Japan in the “anime” style, with its distinctive settings, frantic action scenes and unique character design, this is a thrilling, confusing, gorgeous and bizarre straight-to-video film. A time machine built by a supervillain ape (voice of Fred Tatasciore) transports Batman (voice of Roger Craig Smith) as well as most […]

“Solo: A Star Wars Story” (Disney)

By: The Catholic Post - May 27, 2018 - Movie Review Alden Ehrenreich, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Paul Bettany, Star Wars, Woody Harrelson

Alden Ehrenreich plays Han Solo and Joonas Suotamo plays Chewbacca in a scene from the movie "Solo: A Star Wars Story." The Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. (CNS/Disney)

By Catholic News Service The origins and early adventures of future freebooter Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) are explored in this pleasing but insubstantial addition to the blockbuster franchise. Indebted to one of the villainous chiefs (Paul Bettany) of the intergalactic crime syndicate that has ensnared his childhood sweetheart (Emilia Clarke), the skilled but boastful pilot […]

Burial service honors the dignity of 13 whose cremated remains are unclaimed

By: Tom Dermody - May 24, 2018 - Featured Article burial, coroner, Deacon Joe Knapp, Jamie Harwood, OSF, unclaimed cremated remains

"May our farewell honor the dignity of their lives," prayed Deacon Joe Knapp, pastoral care manager at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Deacon Knapp is shown addressing about 50 people who gathered at St. Mary's Cemetery in West Peoria on May 24 for a burial service honoring the unclaimed, cremated remains of 13 individuals. Among those looking on is Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

In death, the 13 individuals had no one to claim their bodies. In burial on May 24, more than 50 people gathered to prayerfully remember and honor their lives in a service at St. Mary’s Cemetery in West Peoria that the Peoria County Coroner would later call “the pinnacle” of his public service. “May our […]

Msgr. Mack, Father Trosley marking 40th anniversary of priesthood ordination

By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2018 - News Article

Msgr. Thomas Mack and Father Anthony Trosley are observing their 40th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood this year and the celebrations have already begun. Father Trosley offered Masses of Thanksgiving on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, at Sts. Peter and Paul in Nauvoo and Sacred Heart in Dallas City. He also has […]

Twenty-three priests receive new assignments; full appointment list here

By: The Catholic Post - May 23, 2018 - Featured Article 2018, assignments, clergy appointments, Diocese of Peoria, moves, pastors, priests

Twenty-three priests are receiving new assignments in appointments announced this month by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The changes will result in a dozen parishes receiving new pastors and two high schools — Alleman in Rock Island and The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign — getting new chaplains. For the full list […]

Clergy appointments, Diocese of Peoria

By: The Catholic Post - May 23, 2018 - Uncategorized

Following is the official list of clergy appointments announced in May 2018 by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria. TO SENIOR STATUS Father Carl LoPresti, from pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Chenoa; St. Joseph Parish, Colfax; and St. Mary Parish, Lexington, to senior status Msgr. Ernest E. Pizzamiglio, from pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary […]

School year ends with words of praise and hope for principals, pastors

By: Jennifer Willems - May 23, 2018 - News Article Catholic schools, Dr. Sharon Weiss, end of year, luncheon, Mass, Msgr. Paul Showalter

Msgr. Paul Showalter, vicar general, presents a token of appreciation to Judy Clark during the end of the school year luncheon hosted by the Office of Catholic Schools. Clark led Corpus Christi School in Bloomington after principal Gwenn Roche moved away midyear. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Looking out over the Catholic school administrators and priests from the Diocese of Peoria, Msgr. Paul Showalter had nothing but words of praise for their work of passing on the faith to the young people in their care. “Each of you, as we gather together today, gives me hope,” Msgr. Showalter said during a Mass […]

Three Catholic school principals are retiring as school year comes to an end

By: Jennifer Willems - May 23, 2018 - Featured Article Champaign, Holy Cross School, Jerry Carls, Jodi Peine, Joe McDaniel, LaSalle, Peoria, principal, St. Philomena School, Trinity Catholic Academy

Joe McDaniel, Jodi Peine, and Jerry Carls are retiring, although not for the first time, as principals as the academic year comes to an end. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Three principals serving in Catholic schools of the Diocese of Peoria are retiring as the academic year comes to an end. Jerry Carls, principal of Trinity Catholic Academy in LaSalle for two years, and Joe McDaniel, principal of Holy Cross in Champaign, each stepped in on an interim basis until permanent principals could be found. […]

‘Healed by an Angel’ series opens: Meet Becky as her journey with cancer begins

By: The Catholic Post - May 23, 2018 - News Article Becky, cancer, Dr. Michael Porubcin, Healed by an Angel

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part series written by Dr. Michael Porubcin, a member of St. Ambrose Parish in Milan. Dr. Porubcin is a hematologist and oncologist who serves as vice president of the St. Thomas Aquinas Guild of the Quad Cities, a chartered guild of the Catholic Medical Association. Becky, the […]

Sr. Marianne Burkhard to retire after 1,000 marriage cases, 25 Tribunal years

By: Tom Dermody - May 23, 2018 - Featured Article marriage tribunal, OSB, retirement, Sister Marianne Burkhard, tribunal

Sister Marianne Burkhard, OSB, former director of the Diocesan Tribunal and a longtime judge in marriage cases, is pictured in her office at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. She will retire to St. Monastery in Rock Island on May 31. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

After nearly 25 years of service and involvement in more than 1,000 marriage cases, Sister Marianne Burkhard, OSB, will retire from the Diocesan Tribunal on May 31. “My life has been totally unpredictable but wonderfully meaningful,” said Sister Marianne, a canon lawyer who guided the Tribunal as its first non-clergy director for a dozen years […]

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