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By: The Catholic Post - June 6, 2019 -
Movie Review
Marvel Comics, X-Men
Tye Sheridan, James McAvoy, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Alexandra Shipp star in a scene from the movie "Dark Phoenix." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure, set mostly in 1992, in which a member (Sophie Turner) of the X-Men team of mutants comes close to dying during a mission to save the crew of the space shuttle but instead emerges from the experience endowed with cosmic powers she cannot control. As she goes […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 6, 2019 -
Movie Review
Max, voiced by Patton Oswalt, Duke, voiced by Eric Stonestreet, and Liam, voiced by Henry Lynch, appear in the animated movie "The Secret Life of Pets 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Amusing antics and a lively pace make this follow-up to the 2016 original, helmed by returning director Chris Renaud, an entertaining cartoon for kids. The most prominent of the three storylines involves a fretful terrier (voice of Patton Oswalt) who learns to be more courageous when his owners take him and […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 5, 2019 -
News Article
abortion, closing Sister Mary Jo Yutt, Jenny Hunsberger, Karen Guth, Peoria, Whole Woman's Health
Sister Mary Jo Yutt, OSF is pictured in prayer outside Whole Woman's Health of Peoria in this 2018 file photo. Sister Mary Jo and the area's pro-life community are reacting with joy and gratitude to an announcement that the abortion provider has announced plans to close. Seen in the background is the pro-life Women's Care Center, which will continue to serve and support pregnant women in need. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Even as legislation to expand access to abortion was making quick progress through the Illinois House and Senate last week, respect life advocates took heart from the announcement that a Peoria abortion provider would be closing. In a statement sent to The Catholic Post on May 30, Amy Hagstrom Miller, president and CEO of Whole […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 5, 2019 -
Featured Article
abortion, Bishop Jenky, Cecilia Soñé, Illinois, Msgr. Merdian, Reproductive Health Act
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, leads a rosary outside the former abortion clinic in Peoria in this file photo. In a message for the 2020 Respect Life Month, the bishop says the right to life is the first of all our human rights, and "the destruction of human life in the womb is an intrinsic evil." (The Catholic Post file photo/Tom Dermody)
By passing the Reproductive Health Act, the Illinois General Assembly has shown a disregard for the value of human life and the beliefs of the majority of people in the state — and the nation, according to Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. “They describe a human baby in the womb as a thing, as an […]
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By: Tom Dermody - June 5, 2019 -
Featured Article
First Communion, new Catholics
In prayer after receiving Communion at last Sunday's Mass for First Communicants and New Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Peoria at St. Mary's Cathedral are, from left, Adalynne Lawerence, Olyvia Clark, and Lilian Goz. The three friends are all members of St. Paul Parish in Macomb. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
First commmunicants young and older were urged to cherish the memory of that special day and continue to grow in wonder and reverence for the sacrament during a diocesan Mass for First Communicants and New Catholics on June 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. “Realize what a wonderful thing it is,” Bishop Daniel R. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 5, 2019 -
Featured Article
2019, Salutatorian, Valedictorian
Following are brief biographies of the valedictorians and salutatorians at the seven Catholic high schools and academies in the Diocese of Peoria. We congratulate them and all Class of 2019 graduates. The top students were invited to answer two questions: 1) “How would you describe the advantages of attending a Catholic high school?” and 2) […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 1, 2019 -
News Article
With the clock winding down on its regular session, the Illinois Senate debated and passed what has come to be known as the Reproductive Health Act. The vote on Senate Bill 25 was 34 to 20 in favor of the legislation, with three voting “present” late in the evening of May 31. Gov. J.B. Pritzker […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Jamie Bell, Reginald Dwight, Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton stars in a scene from the movie "Rocketman." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Though polished and generally appealing, this musical fantasy recounting the early life of rock star Elton John (Taron Egerton) deals with his homosexuality in a way that puts it at odds with scriptural values. Born to self-centered, perpetually quarreling parents (Bryce Dallas Howard and Steven Mackintosh), young Reginald Dwight (Matthew Illesley, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ken Watanabe and Kyle Chandler star in a scene from the movie "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service The messy plot of this grating sequel to 2014’s “Godzilla” centers on a divorced couple (Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga) and their teen daughter (Millie Bobby Brown) who get caught up in a worldwide rampage by outsized monsters known as Titans. Human interest gets trampled underfoot as the lumbering creatures screech […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 30, 2019 -
Uncategorized
Father Harold Schmitt
HENRY — As the chaplain to the Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Joseph’s Home in Lacon, Father Schmitt would often walk the short distance from Immaculate Conception Church to the motherhouse, praying the rosary as he went. “Don’t forget me!” people would say as they drove by. Retired now, people still greet him […]
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