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By: Tom Dermody - September 27, 2018 -
News Article
Alana Newman, Daniel diSilva, documentary, Humanae Vitae, Marsha Kampfl, Sexual Revolution
Alana Newman and Daniel diSilva share a light moment with the audience prior to the Sept. 22 screening of their new documentary "Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae" at Hettinger Hall of St. Jude Parish in Peoria. The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody
The director and narrator of a new documentary screened at a Peoria parish on Sept. 22 believe the sexual revolution that followed the introduction of artificial contraception in the 1960s may soon give way to a new and “real sexual revolution” that embraces natural family planning (NFP). “I believe with all my heart there is […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2018 -
News Article
assignments, Deptula, Kopec, Millar, Radosevich, Rayson, Steffen, Tran
Msgr. Stanley Deptula, director of the Office of Divine Worship and diocesan vice chancellor since 2004 who also serves as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral and pastor of Sacred Heart and St. Bernard parishes in Peoria, has been named pastor of St. Matthew Parish in Champaign and St. Boniface Parish, Seymour. In a series of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2018 -
News Article
Lewistown, Msgr. Robert O'Connor, parish hall, St. Mary
Msgr. Robert O'Connor
LEWISTOWN — Msgr. Robert O’Connor, who faithfully served St. Mary Parish for more than 50 years, never sought recognition for anything he did. He certainly wouldn’t allow anything to be named after him, according to longtime parishioner Elizabeth Forrest. That doesn’t mean the parishioners at St. Mary didn’t intend to do it someday. This Saturday, […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 27, 2018 -
Featured Article
ACE Teachers, Chillicothe, Erin McNally, Lucy Enright, Luke Heineman, Maria Wnorowskii, Peoria Notre Dame, St. Edward, St. Mark
The Alliance for Catholic Education Teaching Fellows working in the Diocese of Peoria strike a pose before leaving their summer classes at the University of Notre Dame to take their posts in central Illinois: (clockwise from upper left) Erin McNally, who is teaching at St. Mark, Peoria; Luke Heineman, St. Edward School, Chillicothe; and Maria Wnorowski and Lucy Enright, Peoria Notre Dame High School. (Provided photo)
If things had gone according to plan, Lucy Enright would be in medical school and Luke Heineman might be pursuing a doctorate in history or attending law school this year. Instead, she is teaching physics at Peoria Notre Dame High School and he is teaching English and language arts at St. Edward School in Chillicothe, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 26, 2018 -
Movie Review
Characters are shown in a scene from the animated movie "Smallfoot." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Turning the legend of Bigfoot on its head, this animated musical comedy charts the quest of a young yeti (voice of Channing Tatum) to prove that so-called smallfeet — that is, humans — exist, despite the fact that the inscribed stones by which the life of his mountaintop community has traditionally […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service Writer-director Sam Levinson’s messy teen-age satire devolves into a heavy-handed morality tale about our online lives, dark sexual secrets, scapegoating, public shaming and mass mayhem. The film, which evokes the witch trials in 17th century Massachusetts, stops short of being exploitative, but not by much. The leader (Odessa Young) of a jaded […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 21, 2018 -
Featured Article
177 Project, Champaign, Greg Boudreaux, Ken Wagner, Rock Island, Sacred Heart
Catholic musicians Greg Boudreaux, left, and Ben Wagner, right, performed as past of the 177 Project evening at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island on Sept. 20. They are among 24 musicians taking part in the 177 Project, a nationwide tour of eucharistic adoration and music. In the center, Father Anthony Co elevates a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament during a Holy Hour that was the focus of the evening. A second evening was scheduled the following night at St. John's Catholic Newman Center in Champaign. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
ROCK ISLAND — “We need to be here, right?” Catholic musician Greg Boudreaux asked the question moments after 300 people had spent an hour adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Sacred Heart Church here during a 177 Project event on Thursday evening. “Especially at this point in our church, especially at this moment in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 21, 2018 -
Movie Review
Olivia Wilde and Oscar Isaac star in a scene from the movie "Life Itself." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Amazon Studios)
By Catholic News Service Pretentiousness and sentimentality weigh down this drama from writer-director Dan Fogelman. It’s a collection of interlocking, intergenerational stories that begins with a couple (Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde) happily expecting the arrival of a daughter, then follows the baby’s life as both a child (Kya Kruse) and a grown-up (Olivia Cooke) […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 19, 2018 -
Movie Review
Cate Blanchett, Eli Roth, Jack Black, John Bellairs, occult themes, Owen Vaccaro
Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro and Jack Black star in a scene from the movie "The House With a Clock in Its Walls." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service After his parents are killed in an accident, a 10-year-old boy (Owen Vaccaro) goes to live with his eccentric uncle (Jack Black), who turns out to be a warlock. Having mastered some of the rudiments of his new guardian’s craft, the lad assists him and his best friend (Cate Blanchett), a […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 18, 2018 -
Editorial
“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” So encourages former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the latest Nike advertising campaign. Kaepernick is a polarizing figure for many, since in 2016 he began the practice of kneeling on one knee rather than standing while the U.S. national anthem is played before sporting events. Others […]
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