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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Jeannie Boynton holds her message to motorists along the busy intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets in Galesburg during Life Chain Oct. 7. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
GALESBURG — Being pro-life is something that runs in Jeannie Boynton’s genes. The Galesburg native is the daughter of Geraldine Reed, who worked with Pat Conklin and Pat Regnier to start Knox County Right to Life. Boynton carried on her mother’s tradition of caring for babies by taking her place at the intersection of Henderson […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
Featured Article
Galesburg, Life Chain, Pizzamiglio, Respect Life Sunday
Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio offers a prayer before the Life Chain in Galesburg began on Oct. 7. He would then take his sign and sit among other participants at the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
GALESBURG — Prayers, smiles and signs proclaiming Jesus’ love and forgiveness and the sanctity of human life greeted motorists driving through the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets here last Sunday as dozens of pro-life advocates participated in Life Chain. The peaceful, prayerful witness is held on the first Sunday of October — known as […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Father Joel Phelps, pastor of St. Malachy Parish in Rantoul and St. Elizabeth Parish in Thomasboro, has been named vicar of the Champaign Vicariate by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The bishop has also appointed Father Alex Millar as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. As vicar of the Champaign Vicariate, Father Phelps succeeds […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 11, 2018 -
Book Review
The Catholic Post’s Book Page is beginning a new chapter that includes a new team of reviewers and the formation of an online book club to encourage discussion on social media. Among the new review team members is Nancy Piccione, who stepped down in August after eight years as Book Page editor. “We are happy […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
Book Review
Bonnie Engstrom, book review, Haley Stewart, The Grace of Enough
This cover photo of "The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture," is from author Haley Stewart's blog site, carrotsformichaelmas.com.
Reviewed by Bonnie Engstrom “The Grace of Enough” is, in part, the true story of a family of five who sold most of their belongings, moved halfway across the country, and lived in a 650-square-foot apartment with a compost, non-flushing toilet. That story alone would be enough for a great book, but for author Haley […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 9, 2018 -
Editorial
Pvt. Charles Dermody
As this is written, exactly 100 years ago my life hung in the balance — though I would not be born for another four decades. For on Oct. 9, 1918, on a hill near the Meuse River in the Ardennes region of northeastern France, a 23-year-old U.S. Army private from southern Illinois had just regained […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 5, 2018 -
News Article
Father Michael J. Glastetter, OFM Conv.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Holy Family Church in Peoria for Father Michael J. Glastetter, OFM Conv., a native of Holy Family Parish and its former pastor. Father Michael died unexpectedly on Sept. 30, 2018, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where had served as rector and […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 5, 2018 -
Featured Article
baseball, Brooke Rick, Marquette Academy, softball, state champion
The IESA Class 1A state championship plaques earned on successive weekends by Marquette Academy junior high baseball and softball teams were displayed on an awards table for an Oct. 4 celebration in the elementary school gym. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
OTTAWA – It hadn’t happened in the state since 1986, but Marquette Academy here made its mark on Illinois Elementary School Association history when its junior high boys baseball team won the Class 1A state championship on Sept. 29, just seven days after the school’s junior high girls softball team had brought home its own […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 5, 2018 -
Movie Review
Marvel Comics, Michelle Williams, Tom Hardy
Reid Scott, Michelle Williams and Tom Hardy star in in a scene from the movie "Venom." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service While investigating an evil billionaire (Riz Ahmed) who has been secretly experimenting with fusing human beings and aliens into a composite life form, a reporter (Tom Hardy) accidentally undergoes the transformation, which endows him with superpowers but also leaves him unable, at times, to control his own actions. He gets help […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 4, 2018 -
News Article
Macomb, pet blessing, St. Paul Church, St. Paul School
Jack Sparrow introduces his black rabbit, Invader, to Socks, held by Adalynne Lawerence after they were sprinkled with holy water at St. Paul in Macomb on Oct. 3. The prayer service and pet blessing is held each year in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
MACOMB — Nestled in the protective arms of Cora Pollmeier, 14-year-old Precious lived up to her name by behaving beautifully as Father Adam Stimpson, pastor, blessed her and the other dogs gathered in the St. Francis Garden of St. Paul Church for the parish’s annual pet blessing. The prayer service also brought cats, kittens, a […]
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