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Baby Fulton Joseph a blessing surrounded by love, joy, faith, music, and many prayers

By: Jennifer Willems - March 22, 2021 - Featured Article

Knowing that babies in the womb can hear at around 18 weeks, Royce Hood wrote a song for his unborn son that uses the baby's heartbeat as its metronome and foundation. Here he sings "Fulton's Song" to the child and mother Elise. The YouTube video is embedded in our story below. (Provided photo)

EDITOR’S NOTE: See update on this story here. Even though he hasn’t been born yet, Fulton Joseph Hood of Dunlap has showered blessings on his parents, Royce and Elise, and five older siblings. He has also made friends around the world, who have joined the Hoods in praying for a miracle for this tiny miracle […]

“The Father” (Sony Classics)

By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2021 - Movie Review Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams

Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins star in a scene from the movie "The Father." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults.(CNS/Sean Gleason, Sony Classics)

By Catholic News Service While this drama has nothing new to say about the challenges of dementia, it does present the difficulties resulting from that illness in an innovative way. In adapting his play with co-screenwriter Christopher Hampton, director Florian Zeller portrays the mental confusion of a man in his 80s (Anthony Hopkins) by keeping […]

“Yes Day” (Netflix)

By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2021 - Movie Review Edgar Ramirez, Jennifer Garner, Miguel Arteta, Tom Lichtenheld

Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramirez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner and Everyl Carganilla star in a scene from the movie "Yes Day." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Matt Kennedy, Netflix)

By Catholic News Service At the suggestion of a teacher (Nat Faxon), a once-adventurous and fun-loving couple (Jennifer Garner and Edgar Ramírez) who fear they have become overly strict parents offer their children (Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner and Everly Carganilla) the experience of the title, a 24-hour period during which the kids make the rules […]

Diocesan seminarian is chaplain of NCAA basketball tournament’s Mount St. Mary’s

By: Tom Dermody - March 16, 2021 - Featured Article

Deacon Austin Bosse, a seminarian from the Diocese of Peoria and chaplain of the Mount St. Mary's basketball team, is pictured March 16 with team members, coaches, and support staff at the site of the Mountaineers "First Four" NCAA basketball tournament game against Texas Southern. Deacon Bosse is third from left in the front row. (Provided photo/Liz Moir, Mount St. Mary's Athletics)

INDIANAPOLIS — When the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament begins late Thursday afternoon, the very first game will feature a seminarian who is just two months away from being ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Peoria. No, Deacon Austin Bosse won’t be shooting 3-point shots or making soaring dunks. But he […]

Illinois bishops urge action to stop repeal of state’s Parental Notice of Abortion Act

By: The Catholic Post - March 16, 2021 - Featured Article

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was released March 16 by the Catholic Conference of Illinois. It was signed by the bishops heading the Archdiocese of Chicago and the dioceses of Belleville, Joliet, Peoria, Rockford and Springfield. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We, the diocesan bishops of Illinois, write today out of great concern. Bills […]

Pastors’ creativity, desire to provide sacraments continue year into pandemic

By: Jennifer Willems - March 11, 2021 - Featured Article

Assisted by Deacon Donald Koeberlein, Father Keith Walder celebrates Mass at Calvary Cemetery just east of Philo for members of St. Thomas Parish. He has been celebrating Mass there and at St. Mary Cemetery in Pesotum since permisson for outdoor Masses as given last June. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

With towering pine trees for a steeple and bright sun providing warmth, members of St. Thomas Parish in Philo gathered in Calvary Cemetery east of town for Mass on March 7. The joy of being together was evident on the faces of those sitting in cars and lawn chairs and in their ability to receive […]

Bishop Tylka reflects on pandemic anniversary from a foundation of faith

By: The Catholic Post - March 11, 2021 - Featured Article

By Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka Exactly one year ago, our lives in the United States were disrupted by the advent of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) exploding across the globe. Seemingly every aspect of our lives was touched by the reality of living in a time of pandemic. In many ways, life simply shut down. Facing […]

Tax credit reduction for scholarship program would ‘hurt kids, families’

By: Jennifer Willems - March 10, 2021 - News Article

Every year since the Invest in Kids Act was passed in 2017, there has been an effort to eliminate or reduce it. This year is no different. Gov. JB Pritzker included the program, which makes tax credit scholarships available for students in private schools, in a proposal to eliminate $932 million from the budget for […]

Susan Stolt is retiring; fiscal oversight of diocese’s Catholic schools restructuring

By: Jennifer Willems - March 10, 2021 - Featured Article

Dr. Susan Stolt, associate superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Peoria, is flanked by Russ Courter, diocesan director of parish and school finance, and Lynn Hutton, who works in the diocesan Office of Finance. They will assume fiscal responsibility for Catholic schools when Stolt retires on March 12. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Dr. Susan Stolt wasn’t looking for a job as financial services coordinator for the Office of Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Peoria. She was happy as the business manager at Costa Catholic Academy in Galesburg, where she served for six years. The job came to her, so to speak. Brother William Dygert, CSC, superintendent […]

St. Joseph’s Day will be a meaty one with many reasons to celebrate on March 19

By: Tom Dermody - March 10, 2021 - Featured Article

The March 19 Solemnity of St. Joseph is a highlight of the "Year of St. Joseph" declared by Pope Francis and is also the beginning of a special year in the church dedicated to love expressed within the family. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

By Catholic News Service and Catholic Post staff WASHINGTON (CNS) — St. Patrick’s Day has its corned beef and cabbage and St. Joseph’s Day has zeppoles, Italian cream-filled doughnuts. The two feasts days, just two days apart, fall in the middle of Lent this year. St. Joseph’s Day, on March 19, is on a Friday […]

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