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By: The Catholic Post - August 23, 2018 -
Movie Review
Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher
Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher star in a scene from the movie "Eighth Grade." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/A24 Films)
By Catholic News Service All the varied horrors of middle school are on display in this low-key, moving blend of comedy and drama, written and directed by Bo Burnham. In a riveting performance, Elsie Fisher plays an unpopular teen on the brink of graduation as she yearns for the boy of her dreams (Luke Prael), […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 23, 2018 -
Movie Review
Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy star in a scene from the movie "The Happytime Murders." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/STX Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service Pornographic felt appears to have been the concept behind this Los Angeles-set murder mystery in which down-on-their-luck puppets from a once-popular 1990s TV show interact with humans. A disgraced puppet police detective (voice of Bill Barretta) and his human former partner (Melissa McCarthy) try to solve a series of slayings victimizing […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 21, 2018 -
Featured Article
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, issued the following statement on Tuesday, Aug. 21, concerning the recent reports from Pennsylvania: PEORIA, Illinois — I was truly saddened and deeply disturbed by the recent report from Pennsylvania of the sexual abuse of minors and the failures of some bishops to address of this crisis. I know that […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 17, 2018 -
Movie Review
Kodi Smit-McPhee stars in a scene from the movie "Alpha." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service The oft-repeated tale of a boy and his dog imagines how mankind discovered man’s best friend — its canine ancestor, the wolf — some 20,000 years ago in southern Europe. A sensitive teenager (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is facing a milestone: joining his father (Johannes Haukur Johannesson) and other members of the Cro-Magnon […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 17, 2018 -
Movie Review
Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg
Mark Wahlberg stars in a scene from the movie "Mile 22." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/STX)
By Catholic News Service The sloppy, toxic mix of gunfire, explosions and cursing makes this difficult to endure and impossible to recommend. Director Peter Berg and screenwriter Lea Carpenter have carved a slight story of a CIA paramilitary team led by an agent (Mark Wahlberg) who’s permanently angry, scornful of diplomats and diplomacy, and prone […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - August 17, 2018 -
Featured Article
addition, Blessed Sacrament School, Morton, Msgr. Ward
Second-grader Luke Khouri holds out his hand to greet well-wishers as students walked through the new entrance to Blessed Sacrament School in Morton on Aug. 16. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
MORTON — Led by the eighth-graders, the students of Blessed Sacrament School walked into the new academic year by walking through the doors to the new school entrance on Aug. 16. Parents, grandparents and Blessed Sacrament parishioners lined the path to the $3.7 million addition, offering hugs and high-fives as the students passed by. The […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 16, 2018 -
Movie Review
Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Jon M. Chu, Kevin Kwan, Michelle Yeoh
Constance Wu and Henry Golding star in a scene from the movie "Crazy Rich Asians." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service This adaptation of the popular novel by Kevin Kwan is a surprisingly pedestrian affair, directed by Jon M. Chu. A university professor (Constance Wu) in New York City is invited by her long-time boyfriend (Henry Golding) on a trip to Singapore to meet his family. There she discovers he is the […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - August 16, 2018 -
Featured Article
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Epiphany, Jennifer Havens, Jenny Witt, Normal, Peoria, St. Philomena
Everything in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium is made of real materials that are child-sized. Here, St. Philomena kindergarten teacher Debbie Salander works with Claire King, who is learning more about the Mass at an altar with a real chalice, ciborium and candles. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
As children around the Diocese of Peoria returned to school this week, they were greeted by their principals, teachers, and the best friend they will ever have: Jesus, the Good Shepherd. While he is the primary teacher in every Catholic school, Jesus is the only teacher for a religion program known as the Catechesis of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - August 16, 2018 -
Featured Article
Blessing Box, Father David Whiteside, Gloria Lovelace, Immaculate Conception, Manito, youth group
Immaculate Conception Parish youth group members pose with the Blessing Box which they helped design and will keep filled with items for free distribution to the needy of the Manito area. From left, the youth are Mary Kate Figge, Samantha Masalana, Josie Woodley Alyssa Sondag, and Jameson Woodley. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
MANITO — After a Sunday Mass at which Jesus was proclaimed as the “Bread of Life,” Immaculate Conception Parish here stocked and dedicated an outdoor “Blessing Box” to freely share food and some of life’s other physical necessities with those in need. “We pray that all who seek love and assistance here may find (Christ) […]
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By: Tom Dermody - August 16, 2018 -
Featured Article
Faith Community Nursing, Father Don Roszkowski, Garden of Hope, OSF, St. Ann Church
Pictured in the Garden of Hope near St. Ann Church in Peoria are, from left, Mike Simon, coordinator of OSF Gardens; Jo Garrison, director of ambulatory patient care at OSF HeathCare Saint Francis Medical Center and leader of the community garden team; Mary Ann Burk, a Faith Community Nurse at St. Ann who began the garden two years ago, and Father Don Roszkowski, parish administrator. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Hope is growing near St. Ann Church on Peoria’s south side. So are corn, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, onions, watermelon, cantaloupe, peas, kale, cabbage, and several other vegetable, herb, and fruit plants. The Garden of Hope, established modestly by the parish two years ago on a grassy lot west of the church parking lot, has blossomed […]
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