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By: Tom Dermody - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Charles Owens, Jacinta Boynton, Jan Smith, Josephine Boynton, Pete Smith, Respect Life Dinner, Thomas Brejcha
Thomas Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, speaks at the Respect Life Dinner in Peoria on Oct. 7. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
People of faith need to be heard in the public square despite efforts to silence them, the keynote speaker for the 37th annual Respect Life Dinner said in Peoria on Oct. 7. “If we don’t put our values there on display — unflinchingly, eloquently, unreservedly — why should anyone pay attention to us,” asked Thomas […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
Movie Review
Jeff Bridges and Cynthia Erivo star in a scene from the movie "Bad Times at the El Royale." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.(CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Religion in general and Catholicism in particular are central to this intense, challenging drama from writer-director Drew Goddard. In 1969, a strange array of guests checks into the past-its-prime hotel of the title which straddles the Nevada-California state line. They include a mild-mannered priest (an enthralling Jeff Bridges), a hard-edged hippie […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
Living the Word
By Tim Irwin Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 14 Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13,14-15,16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 This Sunday’s Gospel presents a challenge that seems impossible to follow while acquainting us with the disciple who never was. The story begins just as Jesus and his disciples have begun the journey to Jerusalem that will culminate in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Karen Metzinger accepts the Foundation Award on Sept. 28. Looking on are (from left) her husband, Bob Metzinger, who shared the award; Fatehr Kyle Lucas, chaplain; and Randy Simmons, principal. (Provided photo)
As part of homecoming activities, Peoria Notre Dame High School honored Bob and Karen (Crowley) Metzinger with its Foundation Award and gave the Distinguished Alumni Award to Donna (Malley) O’Brien, a member of the Bergan High School Class of 1970. They were recognized during an all-school Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Jeannie Boynton holds her message to motorists along the busy intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets in Galesburg during Life Chain Oct. 7. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
GALESBURG — Being pro-life is something that runs in Jeannie Boynton’s genes. The Galesburg native is the daughter of Geraldine Reed, who worked with Pat Conklin and Pat Regnier to start Knox County Right to Life. Boynton carried on her mother’s tradition of caring for babies by taking her place at the intersection of Henderson […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2018 -
Featured Article
Galesburg, Life Chain, Pizzamiglio, Respect Life Sunday
Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio offers a prayer before the Life Chain in Galesburg began on Oct. 7. He would then take his sign and sit among other participants at the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
GALESBURG — Prayers, smiles and signs proclaiming Jesus’ love and forgiveness and the sanctity of human life greeted motorists driving through the intersection of Henderson and Fremont streets here last Sunday as dozens of pro-life advocates participated in Life Chain. The peaceful, prayerful witness is held on the first Sunday of October — known as […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
News Article
Father Joel Phelps, pastor of St. Malachy Parish in Rantoul and St. Elizabeth Parish in Thomasboro, has been named vicar of the Champaign Vicariate by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The bishop has also appointed Father Alex Millar as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. As vicar of the Champaign Vicariate, Father Phelps succeeds […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 11, 2018 -
Book Review
The Catholic Post’s Book Page is beginning a new chapter that includes a new team of reviewers and the formation of an online book club to encourage discussion on social media. Among the new review team members is Nancy Piccione, who stepped down in August after eight years as Book Page editor. “We are happy […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
Book Review
Bonnie Engstrom, book review, Haley Stewart, The Grace of Enough
This cover photo of "The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture," is from author Haley Stewart's blog site, carrotsformichaelmas.com.
Reviewed by Bonnie Engstrom “The Grace of Enough” is, in part, the true story of a family of five who sold most of their belongings, moved halfway across the country, and lived in a 650-square-foot apartment with a compost, non-flushing toilet. That story alone would be enough for a great book, but for author Haley […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 9, 2018 -
Editorial
Pvt. Charles Dermody
As this is written, exactly 100 years ago my life hung in the balance — though I would not be born for another four decades. For on Oct. 9, 1918, on a hill near the Meuse River in the Ardennes region of northeastern France, a 23-year-old U.S. Army private from southern Illinois had just regained […]
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