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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
Featured Article
Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 10 to open the process that will lead up to the assembly of the world Synod of Bishops in 2023. (CNS/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A synod calls on everyone to become experts in “the art of encounter” in a way that is uplifting and transformative, Pope Francis said, formally opening the process leading up to the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 2023. “Celebrating a synod means walking on the same road, together” just […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
News Article
John J. Gibson
A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, at St. Joseph Church in Peoria for John J. Gibson, who served as development director for the Diocese of Peoria from 2005 until his retirement in 2019. Gibson, who was also a past president of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation board […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
News Article
Ingrid Ruscheinski shows Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka some of the garments that go into the layettes prepared for families in need by the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Members of the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois were thanked for their ministry to newborns and families in need when Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka visited their Peoria workroom on Oct. 6. “I want to offer a word of encouragement and gratitude for what you are doing,” he said after touring the space, located in […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 21, 2021 -
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After processing out of Holy Cross Church in Mendota, Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka poses for a photo with Father Peter Pilon (right), pastor, and Father Jeff Windy (left), parochial vicar, as well as the altar servers for the "Welcome Back" Mass. A social followed. (Provided photo/Suzie Fritz)
MENDOTA — As a way to invite people to return to church for Mass — and bring others with them — the Mendota Catholic Parishes hosted a Welcome Back Weekend at the end of September. Among those who received an invitation for the Mass and social that followed was Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka. He concelebrated […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
Columnists
My Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar I was recently reminded of the idea that our lives are built upon story. Anyone who’s ever had a conversation knows that the sharing of one story often inspires the sharing of another. It’s how we relate to each other. When it comes to our faith, we’re encouraged […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
Columnists
The statue of Our Lady of the Smile at the National Shrine and Museum of St. Thérèse in Darien is a replica of the statue with the healing smile that Thérèse had a vision of on Pentecost Sunday, 1883. (Provided photo/Paul Moore)
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore My wife and I attended the monthly first Friday Mass at Snyder Village Retirement Community in Metamora on Oct. 1, the feast day of St. Thérèse, who promised to spend her Heaven letting fall a shower of roses. The Mass celebrant was Father Vien Van Do of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2021 -
Living the Word
Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB
Living the Word / By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Oct. 24 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 The Gospel of Mark is genius at describing in succinct ways the healing and miracles of Jesus. His words are often few, but the impact is not to be missed. This […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 20, 2021 -
Movie Review
Frank Herbert, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, sci-fi epic, Timothee Chalamet
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet star in a scene from the movie "Dune." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Gripping sci-fi epic, adapted by director and co-writer Denis Villeneuve from the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, centers on the heir (Timothée Chalamet) to a powerful dynasty of intergalactic warriors who may also be the messiah figure foretold in various prophecies. As his clan gets caught up in the battle for […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 15, 2021 -
Featured Article
Pictured with a combine on the Terry Sullivan farm south of Macomb on Oct. 5 are, from left, Theresa Young, Ben Wilson, Terry Sullivan, Bishop Louis Tylka, and Nate Young. Bishop Tylka rode along with Sullivan as he harvested corn that day. (Provided photo/Laura Cody)
MACOMB — Theresa Young describes Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka as “down to earth.” Perhaps that was most true on Oct. 5, when Bishop Tylka spent about 90 minutes in the fertile soil of McDonough County, experiencing farm life at harvest time, asking questions, and even riding in a combine. “We hope he comes back in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 14, 2021 -
Movie Review
Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott
Matt Damon stars in a scene from the movie "The Last Duel." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/20th Century Studios via EPK TV)
By Catholic News Service Grim historical drama recounting the friendship-turned-bitter-rivalry of two warriors (Matt Damon and Adam Driver) in 14th-century France, a feud that culminated in a trial by combat after the former’s wife (Jodie Comer) publicly accused the latter of raping her. Director Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Eric Jager’s 2004 fact-based book successively tells […]
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