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St. Matthew, Champaign, celebrates its IESA Class 1A state baseball championship

By: Tom Dermody - October 9, 2019 - News Article

Players, coaches, and school officials from St. Matthew School in Champaign pose with the IESA Class 1A state championship hardware following the Raiders' 9-2 win over Jacksonville Our Saviour on Oct. 7 at the EastSide Center in East Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

St. Matthew School in Champaign is celebrating a state championship earned by its baseball team on Monday with a 9-2 victory over Jacksonsville Our Saviour at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria. The title win followed a dramatic come-from-behind, extra inning victory on Saturday over Springfield St. Agnes in a semifinal game during the Illinois […]

A gift from God, faith requires conversion throughout our lives

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2019 - Living the Word

Father R. Michael Schaab

By Father R. Michael Schaab Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 13 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1,2-3,3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 Both in the Old Testament, as in today’s first reading from the Second Book of Kings, and in the New Testament, as in today’s Gospel reading, those who are healed and respond in faith are […]

“Joker” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - October 8, 2019 - Movie Review

Joaquin Phoenix stars in a scene from the movie "Joker." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Warner Bros.)

By Catholic News Service Origin stories of Batman villains don’t get any darker than this one. Director Todd Phillips and screenwriter Scott Silver turn the cackling maniac into a warped homage to Travis Bickle, the violent anti-hero in 1976’s “Taxi Driver,” and a bit of frustrated stand-up comic Rupert Pupkin in 1983’s “The King of […]

New OSF HealthCare Center for Health in Bloomington is blessed, ready to open

By: Tom Dermody - October 3, 2019 - Featured Article

The $25.3 million, 53,000 square foot OSF HealthCare Center for Health in Bloomington will be home to an OSF PromptCare, infusion clinic, occupational health services, the OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute and OSF HealthCare Medcial Group primary care providers. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

BLOOMINGTON — A new, three-story medical complex was blessed and dedicated Oct. 2 on the campus of OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center here. The $25.3 million, 53,000-square-foot OSF HealthCare Center for Health, located at 210 St. Joseph Drive, will be home to services including an OSF PromptCare, the OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute, an infusion […]

Blessings abound as golden and silver anniversary couples renew vows at Mass

By: Tom Dermody - September 30, 2019 - Featured Article anniversary mass, Bishop Jenky, Borowski, golden, Marriage, Parkins, silver

Dennis and Beth Doolan of St. Patrick Parish in Washington were among 115 couples observing their 25th or 50th wedding anniversaries in 2019 to renew their marriage vows at St. Mary's Cathedral during the diocesan Anniversary Mass on Sept. 29. Behind them are Bill and Carolyn Kraft of St. Jude Parish, Peoria. Both are golden anniversary couples. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

It rained on John and Maureen Borowy’s wedding day 50 years ago. “My mom always said it was a blessing from heaven and my grandma said that, too,” said Maureen, as she and her husband stood on a wet sidewalk outside St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria moments after taking part in the Diocese of Peoria’s […]

Pope Francis declares a special Sunday each year dedicated to word of God

By: The Catholic Post - September 30, 2019 - Featured Article

A young woman studies the Bible at St. Mary of Celle Parish in Berwyn in this CNS file photo. To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God. (CNS/Karen Callaway)

By Carol Glatz / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God. Salvation, faith, unity and mercy all depend on knowing Christ and sacred Scripture, he […]

Who is the Lazarus lying at our door? Couldn’t every one of us help someone?

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2019 - Living the Word

By Tim Irwin Twenty-Six Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 29 Amos 6:1a,4-7; Psalm 146:7,8-9,9-10; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 Once again, this week, St. Luke offers yet another teaching concerning God’s love for the outcast, the perils of arrogance, and our critical need for humility. This story features the other Lazarus, not the man from Bethany who […]

After 75 years of marriage, Aledo couple still walks through life ‘hand in hand’

By: Jennifer Willems - September 25, 2019 - News Article

Sitting on the couch in their cozy apartment at Brookstone of Aledo, Paul and Lorene Lee pose with a photo of the happy day 75 years ago when they were wed at St. Patrick Church in Raritan. They will celebrate their milestone anniversary at a Mass at St. Catherine Church in Aledo and family dinner on Oct. 5. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

ALEDO — After 75 years of marriage, Paul Lee still knows how to make his bride, Lorene, blush with joy. “She’s an amazing person,” he said, smiling and pointing to her. “It takes two,” she replied. The blessings that have flowed from their loving commitment are almost too numerous to count, but many of them […]

Newman Hall resident director, athlete, and new Catholic is on the right tracks

By: Tom Dermody - September 25, 2019 - Featured Article Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, Jenna Fesemyer, Newman Hall, Paralympic Games, St. John's Catholic Newman Center, Tristan Pisarczyk, wheelchair racing

Jenna Fesemyer, resident director at Newman Hall of St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign, wears medals she earned while competing for Team USA at the Parapan American Games last month in Lima, Peru. (Provided photo)

CHAMPAIGN — Jenna Fesemyer is a world class wheelchair athlete with hopes of representing the United States at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. But those who know the 22-year-old resident director at Newman Hall here would award “our Jenna” gold medals for joyful attitude, academics, leadership, and witness of her newfound Catholic faith. “She’s […]

“Abominable” (DreamWorks)

By: The Catholic Post - September 25, 2019 - Movie Review animated, Yeti

Animated characters Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, Everest, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay Trainor, appear in the movie "Abominable." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Universal)

By Catholic News Service The dreaded Yeti monster — the legendary abominable snowman — becomes a lovable fur ball in this family-friendly animated adventure directed by Todd Wilderman and Jill Culton. A resourceful teenager (voice of Chloe Bennet), aided by two friends (voices of Tenzing Norgay Trainor and Albert Tsai), embarks on an epic adventure […]

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