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More than 100 Scouts, leaders and units honored at Scout Mass, in parishes

By: Jennifer Willems - February 28, 2020 - Uncategorized Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting

Surrounding Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, are the Boys Scouts and Girls Scouts who received religious emblems and medals at the Diocesan Scout Mass on Feb. 16 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Another 50 young people, including members of American Heritage Girls troops, were recognized at Masses in their home parishes. Standing at left is Deacon Roger Hunter, who serves on the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Following is a list of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and American Heritage Girls from around the Diocese of Peoria who earned religious emblems and awards this year at the Diocesan Scout Mass. Many were at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Feb. 16 to receive them from Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, but some celebrated […]

“Emma” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - February 28, 2020 - Movie Review Anya Taylor-Joy, Autumn de Wilde, Jane Austen

Anya Taylor-Joy stars in a scene from the movie "Emma." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)

By Catholic News Service Delightful screen version of Jane Austen’s classic novel in which the young British gentlewoman of the title (Anya Taylor-Joy) tries her hand at matchmaking on behalf of a fortuneless friend (Mia Goth) while flirting with a visitor (Callum Turner) to her small country town and repeatedly locking horns with an old […]

“The Invisible Man” (Universal)

By: The Catholic Post - February 28, 2020 - Movie Review Elisabeth Moss, Leigh Whannell, science fiction

Elisabeth Moss and Oliver Jackson-Cohen star in a scene from the movie "The Invisible Man." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Universal )

By Catholic News Service Shortly after escaping her maniacally possessive live-in boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a cutting-edge optics researcher, a former architect (fervent Elisabeth Moss) learns that he has killed himself and left her a sizable portion of his vast wealth. But a series of unsettling events soon convinces her that he faked his death and […]

Sheen scholar, camera expert join team planning 12-part television miniseries

By: Jennifer Willems - February 26, 2020 - News Article Dieterich Grayw, Dr. Peter Howard, Fulton Sheen, Lawrence Daufenbach, miniseries, Sean Fahey, television

A scholar on the life and virtues of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen and a Chicago-based production partner to the motion picture industry have joined Sean Fahey and Dieterich Gray to support development and production of “Wolves and Sheep,” a 12-part miniseries about Sheen. The first is Dr. Peter Howard, a popular speaker in the Diocese […]

Deacon Dr. Eugene John Landry, 94, dies in Florida; served in Moline for 21 years

By: Tom Dermody - February 26, 2020 - Uncategorized Deacon John Landry, Florida, Moline, permanent deacon

Deacon Landry

LAKE WALES, Florida — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph Church here on Feb. 20 for Deacon Dr. Eugene John Landry, a former permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria who served at Sacred Heart Parish in Moline from 1979 to 2000. Deacon Landry, a retired podiatric surgeon who was a member of […]

Take a ‘leap’ of faith on this year’s extra day, Feb. 29

By: Tom Dermody - February 26, 2020 - Editorial

We get an extra day this year. And it’s on a weekend. Our suggestion for Leap Day, Feb. 29? Take a leap of faith. Because Leap Day 2020 falls at the beginning of Lent, our first recommendation would be to use it as a day to practice almsgiving, one of the season’s three “pillars” (prayer […]

“Burden” (101 Studios)

By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2020 - Movie Review Fact-based, Forest Whitaker, Ku Klux Klan, Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson, Forest Whitaker and Usher Raymond, aka Usher, star in a scene from the movie "Burden." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/101 Studios)

By Catholic News Service Uplifting fact-based conversion story in which a veteran Ku Klux Klan member (Garrett Hedlund) falls for a more enlightened single mother (Andrea Riseborough) who eventually demands that he choose between his racist pals and his relationship with her. As he struggles with the consequences of renouncing his allegiance to the local […]

Looking for a nearby Lenten fish dinner? Check our list, and help us add to it

By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2020 - News Article dinner, fish fry, Lent

A young volunteer displays food prepared for dinners served at a Friday evening fish fry. CNS/Jim West

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Priest to present the Gospel of Mark from memory March 19 at St. Bede Abbey

By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2020 - News Article

Father Joseph Morris memorized the Gospel of Mark while bedridden for five months with a badly broken leg. (Photo from gospelofmark.us)

PERU — Father Joseph Morris will perform a dramatic recitation by memory of the entire Gospel of Mark at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in the St. Bede Abbey Church. The performance will take more than 90 minutes and includes an intermission. The public is invited and there is no admission charge, though a […]

Lent: Our chance to fall in love with God

By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2020 - Living the Word

By Tim Irwin First Sunday of Lent/March 1 Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Psalm 51:3-4,5-6,12-13,17; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Lent invites us to seek a deeper understanding about our lives. This brings us to a brief discussion of context frames. When someone shares information with us, we understand it by putting it into context. If you said to […]

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