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By: The Catholic Post - September 8, 2018 -
Movie Review
Taissa Farmiga stars in a scene from the movie "The Nun." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Made with a big budget, this fifth film in “The Conjuring” franchise pulls out all the stops in an attempt to rank as the “That’s Entertainment!” of Catholic-themed horror films. But a surfeit of questionable elements, including the tasteless treatment of a relic deserving the deepest possible reverence, makes this inappropriate […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 5, 2018 -
Movie Review
Debra Messing and John Cho, center right, star in a scene from the movie "Searching." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Gripping thriller in which a doting widowed father (John Cho) discovers he knows less about his teen daughter’s (Michelle La) life than he thought after she mysteriously disappears, and he has to aid the detective on the case (Debra Messing) by investigating the high schooler’s online social interaction for clues about […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 5, 2018 -
News Article
Dr. Jim Healy
All married couples are invited to a date night with dinner and a marriage enrichment presentation hosted by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women on Saturday, Sept. 29, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Dr. Jim Healy, director of the Center for Family Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 5, 2018 -
News Article
Father Timothy Hepner
Father Timothy Hepner will be the speaker for the annual fall retreat planned for Saturday, Sept. 15, by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the Diocese of Peoria. “Be Still, Be Filled, and Go Forth with Christ” will be held at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 N.E. Madison Ave., in Peoria. Registration opens at 8 a.m. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - August 31, 2018 -
News Article
David Auth, East Moline, Holy Family, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, Rantoul, Scott Turnipseed, St. Malachy, Stacie Gianessi
Students weren’t the only ones to have a first day of school in diocesan schools this fall. Two principals also started the year in new schools, and one more has come out of retirement to lead the school he last served. Stacie Gianessi, who has been principal of St. Malachy School in Rantoul since 2015, […]
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By: Tom Dermody - August 31, 2018 -
News Article
Bloomington, groundbreaking, Lynn Fulton, medical office building, OSF
An architect's drawing of the $24 million, 53,000 square foot medical office building expected to be completed on the campus of OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington by August of 2019. (Provided photo)
BLOOMINGTON — With prayers for the safety of construction workers and excitement for improvements it will bring to health care in the region, groundbreaking ceremonies took place Aug. 29 for a $24 million medical office building to be built on the campus of OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center here. “This is God’s work,” said […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - August 31, 2018 -
Featured Article
Abbot Philip Davey, Angelo Perino, Legacy Project, Matt McGinnis, St. Bede Academy
Alumnus Angelo Perino cuts the ribbon to the new Perino Science Center at St. Bede Academy in Peru, while Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, and Andrea Perino hold it steady. Among those looking on are, from left, Michelle Mershon, principal of St. Bede; Matt McGinnis, director of the Legacy Project; and Dr. Ted Struck, superintendent of St. Bede. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
PERU — Expressing great gratitude for the gifts made and hard work undertaken over the last three years, Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, offered a prayer of blessing as the new Perino Science Center at St. Bede Academy was dedicated Aug. 19. “Come and see our new home,” he said, as he prepared to walk through […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 31, 2018 -
News Article
Father Michael Andrejek, Pekin, vicar
Father Michael Andrejek
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Father Michael Andrejek, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Pekin, as the new vicar of the Pekin Vicariate. Father Andrejek succeeds Father Steven Willard, who was recently named pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria. Ordained in 1998, Father Andrejek has served as pastor of the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 30, 2018 -
Movie Review
David Duke, Ku Klux Klan, Spike Lee
Adam Driver and John David Washington star in a scene from the movie "Blackkklansman." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service After becoming the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the early 1970s, a rookie cop (John David Washington) is first assigned to infiltrate a lecture by ex-Black Panther Kwame Ture — born Stokely Carmichael — (Corey Hawkins), then casually manages to contact the local Ku Klux Klan by […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 30, 2018 -
Movie Review
Dennis Quaid and Myles Truitt star in a scene from the movie "Kin." 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 This gritty but somewhat intriguing crime thriller with an overlay of science fiction finds an ex-con (Jack Reynor) on the run from the half-crazed head (James Franco) of a protection racket with his 14-year-old African-American adopted brother (Myles Truitt) in tow. Unbeknownst to his sibling, the youngster has accidentally acquired an […]
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