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By: Jennifer Willems - September 9, 2021 -
News Article
Sister Lucia Maria Sol, SCTJM, embraces her aunt, Sister Ana Margarita Lanzas, the vicar general of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, after professing her perpetual vows on Aug. 22 in Miami. (Provided photo)
At Peoria Notre Dame High School she is known as Sister Lucia Maria Sol, but her full religious name is Sister Lucia Maria of Eternal Joy. From her smile and easy laugh, it’s easy to see where she comes by that. In fact, it’s impossible to walk away from her without wanting to give your […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 9, 2021 -
Featured Article
Sister Lea Stefancova, FSJB, is pictured with an image of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen at the Diocese of Peoria's Sheen Museum. Sister Lea has been named vice postulator of the beatification and canonization cause of the radio and television evangelist and author. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
“Humbling” is the word Sister Lea Stefancova, FSJB, uses to describe her appointment as the vice postulator of the cause for the beatification of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. That she was able to come up with that word is remarkable since she admits to being “totally speechless” when she received the news. “It’s a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 9, 2021 -
News Article
Those looking for ways to defend the sanctity of human life this fall are invited to take part in “40 Days for Life,” a campaign of prayer, fasting, and pro-life witness to end abortion scheduled from Sept. 22 to Oct. 31. Public vigils are planned outside Planned Parenthood centers in Champaign and Peoria. The 40-day […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 8, 2021 -
Movie Review
fact-based caper comedy, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kristen Bell
Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Kristen Bell star in a scene from the movie "Queenpins." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/STX Films)
By Catholic News Service Amusing yet morally flawed fact-based caper comedy written and directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly. Strapped for cash, a suburban housewife (Kristen Bell) and her best friend (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) strike on the idea of collecting and selling coupons for free products, a scheme they undertake on such a large scale […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2021 -
Living the Word
Living the Word / By Tim Irwin Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 12 Isaiah 50:4c-9a; Psalm 116:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35 This Sunday’s Gospel gives us a lot to think about. It illustrates how the Evangelists shared the events of Jesus’s life in various ways in order to clarify the message. It also illustrates that people […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2021 -
Columnists
In My Father’s House / Paul Moore “Too much to do for Mass today.” I’ve said that a few times in my life — not just about weekday Masses (with His help, I can’t remember ever saying it about Sunday Mass), but other forms of spiritual nourishment such as retreats, or eucharistic adoration (which, come […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2021 -
Book Review
"The Wisdom of Wild Grace" is a compilation of poems by Benedictine oblate Christine Valters Paintner.
Reviewed by Katie Faley Sometimes beauty is easy to see, and sometimes it just isn’t. Christine Valters Paintner, in her compilation of poems “The Wisdom of Wild Grace,” takes the beauty of creation, the wild world made by the hand of God, and puts it into words. Even though this poetry does not explicitly note […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2021 -
Editorial
Msgr. R. G. Peters
We are not lacking in timely topics that would make worthy editorial fodder for this issue. Reflections on any of the following could fill this space: The end of the war in Afghanistan and the needs of so many refugees . . . ways to help our hurricane-stricken brothers and sisters in Louisiana and the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 3, 2021 -
Movie Review
Tony Leung and Fala Chen star in a scene from the movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Marvel Studios)
By Catholic News Service Sprightly wit paces the elegant martial-arts showdowns in this Marvel Comics-derived adventure, directed and co-written by Destin Daniel Cretton. To the amazement of his best friend and co-worker (Awkwafina), a mild-mannered, ambitionless San Francisco parking valet (Simu Liu) turns out to be the superhero of the title, trained from his youth […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 1, 2021 -
Featured Article, World/National News
"As we navigate these days to come," writes columnist Lindsey Weishar, "may we be unafraid to pour out upon others the mercy, gentleness, and compassion our Lord unceasingly shows us." (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)
(This story was updated on Friday, Sept. 3.) By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas law banning abortions at six weeks of pregnancy. The 5-4 vote, issued with a one-paragraph unsigned opinion, said the challengers to the Texas law […]
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