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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2020 -
Movie Review
Horror flick, Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Michael Pena
Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell and Michael Pena star in a scene from the movie "Fantasy Island." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Muddled horror flick transforms the TV drama series that aired in the late 1970s and early 1980s into a dark, incoherent mess. Under the supervision of the manager (Michael Pena) of a luxurious resort, an ensemble of guests (most prominently Maggie Q and Lucy Hale) lives out a variety of dream […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2020 -
News Article
Canton, Deacon Samuel Taylor, St. Mary
Deacon Samuel Taylor
CANTON — A funeral Mass was offered on Saturday, Feb. 15, at St. Mary Church here for Deacon Samuel Taylor, who served the parish as a permanent deacon since his ordination in 2012. Deacon Taylor died at his Canton residence on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. He was 59. Born Aug. 25, 1960 in Dixon to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2020 -
Movie Review
Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield star in a scene from the movie "The Photograph." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Mature, though morally flawed, romantic drama interweaves the burgeoning current-day relationship between a museum staffer (Issa Rae) and a journalist (LaKeith Stanfield) with flashbacks to the 1980s bond between the curator’s mother (Chante Adams), then an up-and-coming professional photographer, and her less ambitious boyfriend (Y’lan Noel). Writer-director Stella Meghie works at […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 13, 2020 -
News Article
ROCK ISLAND — The focus will be on art in all its forms this weekend at the Ninth Annual Art of Faith, a juried sacred art show and sale. The theme is “Rest in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” The show, which features the work of 19 local artists, is being held Saturday, Feb. 15, […]
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By: Tom Dermody - February 13, 2020 -
Editorial
History will judge the vote of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to convict a president of his own party during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. We are sure our readers, like the nation, are sharply divided on his decision. But unless one considers Sen. Romney an actor deserving of an Academy Award, his confession to […]
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By: Tom Dermody - February 13, 2020 -
Living the Word
Father Timothy Hepner
By Father Timothy Hepner Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Feb. 16 Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37 The summer after my sophomore year of college seminary I went to Mexico for an intensive language program. One weekend all of the students in my cohort went to Acapulco, while I visited an orphanage. I learned […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 13, 2020 -
News Article
CHAMPAIGN — “Abby’s Journey,” a video featuring former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson and her journey into pro-life ministry, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Holy Cross Parish Center, 405 W. Clark St. The showing of the video will help kickoff the spring campaign of 40 Days for Life […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2020 -
Movie Review
Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, and Djebril Zonga star in a scene from the movie "Les Miserables." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Amazon Studios)
By Catholic News Service Set in a rundown Paris suburb with a large community of Muslim immigrants, this drama traces the slow breakdown of its public order. Director Ladj Ly, who co-wrote the screenplay with Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti, uses the outline of a police procedural — the film mostly takes place over a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2020 -
Movie Review
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in a scene from the movie "Downhill." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Awkward moments abound in this comedy about a husband and father (Will Ferrell) whose momentary act of cowardice suddenly alters how his spouse (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and two sons (Julian Grey and Ammon Ford) view him. In adapting Ruben Ostlund’s 2014 film “Force Majeure,” directors and co-writers (with Jesse Armstrong) Nat Faxon […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - February 12, 2020 -
Featured Article
Dieterich Gray, Sean Patrick Fahey, Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Both natives of central Illinois and sons of permanent deacons of the Diocese of Peoria, Dieterich Gray (left) and Sean Patrick Fahey (right) didn't really get to know each other until they moved to Los Angeles for work in television and film. Now they're a creative team hoping to bring Venerable Fulton Sheen to a new generation. (Provided photo)
Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be introduced to a whole new generation if Sean Patrick Fahey and Dieterich Gray have anything to say about it. The central Illinois natives have spent the last six years getting to know Fulton Sheen and developing “Wolves & Sheep,” which they envision as a 12-part series that will explore […]
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