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By: Jennifer Willems - November 28, 2018 -
News Article
April Adams of Metamora, the new evangelization chair for the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, discusses resources that are available with Betty Grites of St. Paul Parish in Danville at the DCCW's biennial convention in Champaign on Oct. 27. Evangelization is about love, she said. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
METAMORA — Evangelization. While the word stops many in their tracks, April Adams said it doesn’t have to be hard. “It’s just loving,” she said. “It’s loving people where they’re at.” When that happens, anything is possible, according to Adams, a longtime member of St. Mary Parish in Metamora and the new evangelization chair for […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 28, 2018 -
Featured Article
Building Hope in Kids-Uganda, Father Julius Turyatoranwa, St. Patrick Church Washington
John and Kay Grillot of Washington and Father Julius Turyatoranwa are surrounded by many of the workers who are building the campus of St. Patrick Nursery and Primary School in Isingiro District, Uganda. Behind them is the administration building (left) and dining hall (right). The school will open in February. (Provided photo)
WASHINGTON — Before he earned his doctorate in educational administration from Illinois State University and returned to Uganda, Father Julius Turyatoranwa often shared with parishioners his dream of building a school there. In doing so, he touched the hearts of the people of central Illinois. Now they have “touched” that dream in a very special […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
Sylvester Stallone, Wood Harris, Michael B. Jordan and Jacob Duran star in a scene from the movie "Creed II." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/MGM)
By Catholic News Service Viewers will know what to expect from this extension of the “Rocky” franchise long before they buy a ticket. Yet the tried and true, against-the-odds formula still works somehow. Early on in this chapter of the saga, the boxer of the title (Michael B. Jordan), with the help of his hard-driving […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
anti-Catholic, F. Murray Abraham, Jamie Foxx, Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton stars in a scene from the movie "Robin Hood." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Vicious anti-Catholicism permeates this otherwise merely dopey take on the classic legend. Taron Egerton as the titular outlaw teams with a Muslim warrior (Jamie Foxx) he met while fighting the film’s chronologically unmoored version of the Third Crusade to thwart the evil schemes of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn) and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Wreck-It Ralph
Animated characters Ralph and Vanellope star in a scene from the movie "Ralph Breaks the Internet." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Sweet animated follow-up in which the two arcade game characters central to 2012’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” the burly eponymous demolition specialist (voice of John C. Reilly) and his best friend (voice of Sarah Silverman), a diminutive race car driver, find both their resourcefulness and their relationship put to the test when a […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 21, 2018 -
Featured Article
Boxes of Joy, Brimfield, Cross Catholic Outreach, Father Andru O'Brien, Nympha White, St. Joseph, Tina Windish
Father Andru O'Brien blesses the shipping boxes containing nearly 300 Boxes of Joy that were filled at St. Jude Parish and School in Peoria. The effort was organized by Marilyn Rusk, who stands to his right. The parish's donation helped to triple the number of Christmas packages that were sent to Cross Catholic Outreach from St. Joseph in Brimfield, which served as a drop-off site for the second year. (Provided photo)
Cross Catholic Outreach was hoping to put a Christmas smile on the faces of 70,000 children through this year’s Box of Joy program, and parishes around the Diocese of Peoria provided 1,014 of those smiles. The program invites people to fill a shoebox-size container with gifts for a girl or boy in one of three […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - November 21, 2018 -
Featured Article
Bearded Wisdom, Champaign, Heath Morber, podcast, Shawn Reeves, St. John's Catholic Newman Center
Shawn Reeves, left, director of religious education at St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and Heath Morber, director of music, have a rapport that makes their new podcast, "Bearded Wisdom," easy to listen to. (Provided photo)
CHAMPAIGN — It’s not often that talk about baseball cards leads to a deeper discussion about faith, but somehow Shawn Reeves and Heath Morber make it work during their new podcast, “Bearded Wisdom.” “Providing insights on Catholic culture and faith,” the podcast is part of Catholic Illini ministry at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center. Reeves […]
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By: Tom Dermody - November 21, 2018 -
Editorial
Our consumer society will tell you that Thanksgiving is past and that the holiday shopping season is upon us beginning with the craziness of Black Friday. And that it’s just fine if Black Friday actually starts on Thanksgiving, or before. We say that while a day set aside for giving thanks is a wonderful tradition […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 21, 2018 -
News Article
Heading Avenue Franciscans, novice, Sister Subha Clare
Sister Subha Clare
The Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Heading Avenue Franciscans, welcomed Subha Ramesh as a novice during a prayer service on Nov. 10. She is now known as Sister Subha Clare. Born in Chennai, India, Sister Subha Clare immigrated with her family to the United States, when she was […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 21, 2018 -
News Article
Panama, World Youth Day
A logo depicting symbols for Mary, Panama and the Panama Canal was selected as the winning design to promote World Youth Day 2019. The design by Amber Calvo, 20, a Panamanian student studying architecture, was chosen from 103 entries submitted for the event that will take place Jan. 22-27, 2019. (CNS photo/courtesy World Youth Day USA)
The Catholic Post would like to know of any groups or individuals from the Diocese of Peoria who plan to attend the 16th World Youth Day in Panama on Jan. 22-27. Panama will be the first Central American nation to host the massive Catholic gathering, which will include a music festival, dozens of seminars for […]
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