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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2019 -
Movie Review
Chris Butler, Hugh Jackman, Stephen Fry, Timothy Olyphant, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana
Sir Lionel Frost, voiced by Hugh Jackman, and Mr. Lin, voiced by Zach Galifianakis, appear in a scene from the animated movie "Missing Link." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Annapurna Pictures)
By Catholic News Service In this animated comedy-adventure, a spirited send-up of Victorian England, a world-famous investigator of myths and monsters (voice of Hugh Jackman), anxious to qualify for membership in a London club by making a major discovery, travels to America to find Bigfoot (voice of Zach Galifianakis), aka the missing link. He’s tracked […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2019 -
Movie Review
Josephine Langford and Selma Blair star in a scene from the movie "After." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Aviron)
By Catholic News Service What might have been an effective film interpretation of a somewhat grounded college romance in Anna Todd’s best-selling “new adult” novel sadly turns into a parade of wooden archetypes. Two literate protagonists, she (Josephine Langford) mostly chaste, he (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) brooding and tattooed with a mysterious, somewhat troubled background, serve […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 12, 2019 -
Featured Article
Albina Aspell, Catholic Press Association, died, editor, The Catholic Post
Albina Aspell is pictured with Mother Teresa when the two met in Jerusalem in 1982. Aspell, a former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post and a past president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, died April 11 in Peoria. She was 92. (Photo provided by the Aspell family)
Albina Aspell, former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post and a past president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, died in Peoria on April 11, 2019, two days after observing her 92nd birthday. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 15, at St. Vincent […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 11, 2019 -
News Article
Danville Polyclinic, OSF HealthCare
A view of the lobby at Danville Polyclinic on April 4 as OSF HealthCare welcomed its providers and staff during a private blessing and dedication ceremony. (Provided photo/OSF HealthCare)
DANVILLE — Nearly 100 people witnessed blessing and dedication ceremonies on April 4 to welcome Danville Polyclinic offices, providers and staff as part of OSF HealthCare Ministry. The private ceremonies took place at the physician offices located at 707 N. Logan Ave. The integration was finalized on Sunday, April 7. Patients will continue to see […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 11, 2019 -
News Article
administration building, Catholic Charities, fire, West Peoria
Firefighters work to put down a blaze that destroyed the former administration building of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria on the agency's West Peoria campus off Heading Avenue on March 30. The building has only been used for storage in recent years. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
WEST PEORIA — A 29-year-old building that originally served as the administrative base for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria was destroyed by fire on March 30. The cause of the early morning blaze at the structure, located at the West Peoria campus of Catholic Charities at 2900 W. Heading Ave., was still being […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 11, 2019 -
Featured Article
cause of death, crucifixion, Davenport, Dr. Timothy Millea, Jesus, passion
Jesus is depicted on the cross in this crucifix from St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Peoria Heights, Illinois. Dr. Timothy Millea, an orthopedic surgeon from Bettendorf, Iowa, believes that Jesus likely died from an excessive loss of blood. (The Catholic Post file/Jennifer Willems)
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a local Catholic physician said April 4 during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s passion and crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,” said Dr. Timothy Millea, an orthopedic surgeon who is president of the local guild of the Catholic Medical […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 10, 2019 -
Movie Review
Daniel Dae Kim, David Harbour, Mike Mignola, Milla Jovovich, Neil Marshall
Sasha Lane, David Harbour and Daniel Dae Kim star in a scene from the movie "Hellboy." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service The demon-fighting title character (David Harbour), who appeared in two films in 2004 and 2008, gets a gritty reboot courtesy of director Neil Marshall and screenwriter Andrew Cosby. In adapting graphic novels by Mike Mignola, they’ve given him a considerable existential crisis, nagging father issues and an arch-nemesis (Milla Jovovich) who […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 10, 2019 -
Movie Review
Marsai Martin, Regina Hall, Tina Gordon
Issa Rae and Marsai Martin star in a scene from the movie "Little." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service A successful but outrageously rude businesswoman (Regina Hall) learns to be more considerate after a little girl (Marley Taylor) casts a spell that turns her back into a 13-year-old middle schooler (Marsai Martin) and the only person she can share her secret with is her much-put-upon personal assistant (Issa Rae). Wholly […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 10, 2019 -
Editorial
Students from the St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center at Illinois State University in Normal carry a statue of Jesus near the front of the 2018 men's march through downtown Peoria. (The Catholic Post file/Tom Dermody)
This one is just for the guys. Pick a reason for joining Bishop Jenky and hundreds of Catholic men from parishes around the Diocese of Peoria for the annual Men’s March and Mass on Saturday morning, April 27: You want to show your support for the Catholic Church and especially its priests after a particularly […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 10, 2019 -
News Article
Bartonville, Kickapoo, Little Mermaid, musical, Proctor Home, St. Mary
St. Mary School in Kickapoo invites students from Bartonville Grade School and residents from Proctor Home in Peoria to be their guests at dress rehearsal each year. Here, Ariel (Ella Rolig) visits with audience members at a reception after the preview. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
KICKAPOO — To find the students at St. Mary School on March 15, you had to look “Under the Sea” as they presented their dress rehearsal of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” for residents from Proctor Home in Peoria and students with special needs from Bartonville Grade School. It was their first time performing the show […]
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