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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2019 -
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A statue of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen welcomes visitors to the Sheen Museum at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
By Catholic News Service PEORIA, IL (CNS) — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, of Peoria said Dec. 3 Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed. A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was informed Dec. 2 that Vatican had decided to postpone […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2019 -
Book Review
Reviewed by Sister Mary Core, OSB Sister Joan Chittister has done it again. She has written more than 60 books, is a public speaker of renown, and has once again authored a book which merits reading and serious reflection. Sister Joan says it like it is. She speaks in a prophet’s voice, for the marginalized, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2019 -
Living the Word
Shawn Reeves
By Shawn Reeves Second Sunday of Advent/Dec. 8 Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,12-13,17; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12 The practice of balance is often associated with Eastern mysticism. The principle of the body and mind poised in disciplined equilibrium pervades our culture’s impression of an Eastern approach to life, tethered to images of meditating Buddhist monks and resolute […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 5, 2019 -
Editorial
A statue of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen welcomes visitors to the Sheen Museum at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
This is not the issue of The Catholic Post we had anticipated delivering to your home. It’s not the first time that planned coverage changed on deadline day and it won’t be the last — that’s life in a newsroom — but as this is written our staff is still coming to grips with Tuesday […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 5, 2019 -
News Article
Austin Bosse, Book, children's author, Macomb, Rosie Bosse, Seminarian, St. Paul
Author Rosie Bosse talks with students of St. Paul School in Macomb about farming, her book, "Curley, the Orphan Calf," and her son, seminarian Austin Bosse, who served at the Macomb parish over the summer. She also visited Immaculate Conception School in Monmouth and read to the students there. Provided photo
MACOMB — As seminarian Austin Bosse served at St. Paul Church here over the summer, the parish families fell in love with him and the children grew a little bit closer to God as he guided them through the ins and outs of being altar servers and helped with Totus Tuus. The connection grew even […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 5, 2019 -
News Article
consecrated virgin, Peoria, Taryn Watkins
The symbols of a vocation to consecrated virginity include a wedding veil and ring, to signify the spousal relationship between the consecrated virgin and the Lord, and the Liturgy of the Hours so that she can enter in the prayer of the church. (Provided photo by Taryn Watkins)
Taryn Watkins can’t wait to share what God has been doing in her life. She will do that on Sunday, Dec. 8, when she is consecrated to the Order of Virgins by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The ritual will take place during the 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. “The process […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 3, 2019 -
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS file photo)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following press release was issued by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria early on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. With deep regret, Bishop Daniel Jenky, C.S.C., Bishop of Peoria, announces that he has been informed by the Holy See that the Beatification of Fulton Sheen will be postponed. On November 18, 2019, the Diocese […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 27, 2019 -
Movie Review
Bokeem Woodbine and Indya Moore star in a scene from the movie "Queen & Slim." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Volatile drama examining the alienation between the police and the African American community. Driving home from a first date, a couple of new acquaintances (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith) are stopped and harassed by a white officer (Sturgill Simpson). As the situation escalates, the cop wounds the young woman and is, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 26, 2019 -
Movie Review
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Noah Segan and LaKeith Stanfield star in a scene from the movie "Knives Out." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Splendid comic whodunit in which a shrewd Southern detective (Daniel Craig) is hired by an anonymous client to investigate the death of a famous and wealthy crime novelist (Christopher Plummer). Though the police lieutenant (LaKeith Stanfield) and trooper (Noah Segan) assigned to the case insist it was suicide, the sleuth seeks […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 25, 2019 -
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Box of Joy, Cross Catholic Outreach, Nympha White, PDCCW
Helping Nympha White of Grand Ridge pack Boxes of Joy into shipping containers are Laurel Stein of St. Mark Parish in Peoria and her daughters (from left) Anna, Clare, Elizabeth and Maggie. This is the second year the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women collected boxes at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria to ship to Cross Catholic Outreach. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Bringing joy to children who might not have any presents to open at Christmas has caught on in a big way across the Diocese of Peoria. This year 22 parishes participated in the Box of Joy program sponsored by Cross Catholic Outreach, making it possible for 1,070 children who live in poverty to celebrate Christmas. […]
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