Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB
By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Aug. 18 Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10; Psalm 40:2,3,4,18; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53 We could not have more timely readings from Scripture than for this Sunday. Not only our country but our world seems mired in conflict and lack of compassion. It is difficult to face another day with the […]
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As Sister Agnes Joseph Williams looks on, Sister Teresa Paul Selamat professes her perpetual vows with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. Accepting her vows is Sister Judith Ann Duvall, major superior of the Franciscan community. (Provided photo)
EAST PEORIA — Sister Teresa Paul Selamat, OSF, never saw the logic of religious life. It didn’t make sense to her on that level. Fortunately, God spoke to her heart and that’s where she heard him calling her to a vocation with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. On Aug. 6, the […]
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Father Mike Gould, MM
Father Mike Gould, a native of Merna who celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ordination as a Maryknoll priest this summer, is spending August in the Midwest visiting with family and reflecting on a missionary career that included almost six decades serving in Bolivia. “I’m working on a booklet of my memoirs,” said Father Gould, […]
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Curtis Reliford kneels next to a cross in honor of Jordan Anchando, one of the victims of a mass shooting Aug. 3 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. Maryknoll Father Bill Donnelly, a Peoria native, serves two parishes near the site where 22 were killed and 24 injured, while Maryknoll Father Mike Gould, a Merna native, assisted there until recently. (CNS/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)
CANUTILLO, Texas — Two retired Maryknoll priests born and raised in the Diocese of Peoria are very familiar with how the Aug. 3 massacre at the Walmart in El Paso is deeply affecting the people of the region. “There has been a tremendous outpouring of grief and prayer and it’s still going on,” said Father […]
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Anyone who has experienced a Cursillo weekend is invited to take part in a day of renewal planned for Saturday, Aug. 24. Sponsored by Peoria Area Cursillo, it will be held at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 N.E. Madison Ave., in Peoria. The theme for the day, which will be led by Dave Bartak, is […]
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After exposing the Blessed Sacrament for adoration, Deacon Kevin Zeeb of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Morton leads the Holy Hour for Priests on Aug. 4. As they prayed, participants remembered Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and many priests serving in the Diocese of Peoria by name. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Priests serving the Diocese of Peoria received prayerful encouragement Aug. 4 as the Bishop’s Commission on Women hosted a Holy Hour for Priests. Among those remembered by name was Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. About 50 women, children and men gathered in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel at the Spalding Renewal Center in […]
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Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy and Elizabeth Moss star in a scene from the movie "The Kitchen." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Morally muddled tale, set in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, circa 1978, of three mob wives (Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss) who, after their husbands are imprisoned, successfully supplant the gang leader (Myk Watford) who promised but failed to take care of them in their spouses’ absence. With […]
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Aldis Hodge and Greg Kinnear star in a scene from the movie "Brian Banks." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Bleecker Street)
By Catholic News Service Fact-based drama, directed by Tom Shadyac from a script by Doug Atchison, about the football star of the title (Aldis Hodge) and the seemingly insurmountable hurdles he faced after being imprisoned on a false charge of rape. Xosha Roquemore plays his accuser while Greg Kinnear portrays the head of the California […]
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Father Lee Brokaw distrubutes Communion to a participant in this spring's A Call to Catholic Men of Faith, the annual men's march and Mass in Peoria. A new Pew study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ. (The Catholic Post file photo/Tom Dermody)
By Mark Pattison / Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ. The report drew […]
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Eva Longoria, Isabela Moner and Michael Pena star in a scene from the movie "Dora and the Lost City of Gold." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service This live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series “Dora the Explorer,” directed by James Bobin, is that Hollywood rarity: a sunny, fun-filled movie with valuable lessons about kindness, friendship and tolerance. Taking the place of the 7-year-old featured on the small screen, a teenage Dora (Isabela Moner) is sent to […]
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