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By: Jennifer Willems - February 13, 2019 -
News Article
Ben Rogers, Moline, Scouting, St. George Emblem
Ben Rogers has "seen it all and done it all" in decades of involvement with Catholic Scouting in the Moline area. He was awarded the St. George Emblem by Bishop Jenky at the Diocesan Scout Mass on Feb. 10. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
MOLINE — His father was a cubmaster, and his mother was a den leader, so you might say that Ben Rogers came by Scouting naturally as a kid growing up in Rock Island. He and his two brothers started as Cub Scouts and worked their way up. While he took a few years off between […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - February 13, 2019 -
Featured Article
emblems, Linda Atherton, medals, Scout Mass, Tim Hendrickson
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, presents the Ad Altare Dei emblem to Joey Leffers of Bloomington, a member of Troop 20 at Epiphany Parish, Normal. Leffers was one of dozens of Catholic Scouts or American Heritage Girls who earned religious emblems in the last year. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
On a day when Scouts from around the Diocese of Peoria gathered to celebrate their accomplishments, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, encouraged them to use their new skills well and often. “In Scouting you are taught to be of service in this world, to make this world a better place, and you all do it […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 13, 2019 -
News Article
Bryan Thatcher, Divine Mercy, Lent
Dr. Bryan Thatcher, founder and director of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy, will present a Lenten day of reflection on Thursday, March 21, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The theme will be “Mercy Is a Way of Love: God’s Message of Divine Mercy.” It is being sponsored by the Eucharistic Apostles of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 13, 2019 -
Living the Word
Shawn Reeves
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Feb. 17 Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2,3,4 and 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12,16-20; Luke 6:17,20-26 Author C.S. Lewis once wrote, “We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?’” The […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2019 -
News Article
Father Ronald Dodd
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at St. Bernard Church in Peoria for Father Ronald E. Dodd, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who began studies for the priesthood after being widowed following nearly three decades of married family life. Father Dodd — a former […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
Jackson Robert and Taylor Schilling star in a scene from the movie "The Prodigy." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/MGM)
By Catholic News Service Edgy creepy-kid tale in which a gifted 8-year-old (Jackson Robert Scott) born on the same day that a serial killer (Paul Fauteux) was gunned down by police shows signs of having a split personality, the darker side of which disturbs and bewilders his caring parents (Taylor Schilling and Peter Mooney). Though […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
"What Women Want", Adam Shankman, Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson stars in a scene from the movie "What Men Want." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Workplace comedy based on 2000’s “What Women Want” examines female empowerment and the constant mutual misunderstandings that beset the sexes. Taraji P. Henson plays a high-powered, foul-mouthed sports agent whose career stalls because she fails to connect well with men. A magic potion gives her the ability to read male minds […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
Tom Bateman and Liam Neeson star in a scene from the movie "Cold Pursuit." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service A grieving father (Liam Neeson) embarks on a murderous rampage to avenge the death of his son (Micheal Richardson) in this bloodthirsty crime thriller, directed by Hans Petter Moland. As the father wades into the seedy underbelly of the town and disposes of accomplices, he inches closer to the drug kingpin (Tom […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
"The Lego Movie"
Animated characters Lucy, voiced by Elizabeth Banks, and Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, appear in "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Everything is (still) awesome in this spirited and amusing animated sequel to 2014’s “The Lego Movie,” directed by Mike Mitchell. A mild-mannered construction worker (voice of Chris Pratt) is called again to save the day when the queen (voice of Tiffany Haddish) of a far-off galaxy kidnaps his lady love (voice […]
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By: Tom Dermody - February 8, 2019 -
News Article
basketball, Cooper Koch, J.R. Koch, Patsy Santen, Peoria, St. Vincent de Paul, state championship
The state champion Peoria St. Vincent de Paul Vikings hoist the IESA Class 7-2A trophy to cap a 28-1 season. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Hard work on the court and generous service off it are part of the team chemistry that resulted in a state championship for the seventh grade boys’ basketball team of St. Vincent de Paul School in Peoria on Feb. 7. The Vikings used a 12-4 third quarter spurt to overcome a one-point halftime deficit and […]
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