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By: Tom Dermody - August 1, 2018 -
News Article
Deacon Joe Knapp, OSF, OSF Urgo, Sister Judith Ann Duvall
Deacon Joe Knapp, manager of pastoral care and chaplaincy services at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center, blesses the staffs of the first two OSF Urgo locations during ceremonies on July 27 for the 10408 N. Centerway Drive location in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Calling it a “new way to meet the health care needs of busy individuals and families,” OSF HealthCare held blessing ceremonies on July 27 for its first OSF Urgo site at 10408 N. Centerway Dr., just off Knoxville Avenue in north Peoria. The term “Urgo” is derived from urgent care for people on the go. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - August 1, 2018 -
Featured Article
Participants in Session I of Emmaus Days take part in a eucharistic procession through the campus of the University of Illinois. This was the first year that St. John's Catholic Newman Center on campus hosted two of the four summer vocation awareness retreats. Session I was for young men college-aged or beyond. (Provided photo/Fiat Films)
Those leading about 125 young men and boys in a series of Emmaus Days vocation awareness retreats in the Diocese of Peoria this summer knew their work was important, but acknowledged they weren’t the real Retreat Master. “We show up and do the things we know we’re supposed to do, but it’s really Christ who […]
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By: Tom Dermody - August 1, 2018 -
Featured Article
The former Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Eagle Township, left, and the former Immaculate Conception Church in Streator.
STREATOR — Buyers have been found for the properties associated with the former Immaculate Conception Parish in Streator and the former Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Eagle Township. Details of the sales — one finalized and one imminent — were announced by Msgr. Philip D. Halfacre, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 1, 2018 -
Living the Word
Father R. Michael Schaab
By Father R. Michael Schaab Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Aug. 5 Exodus 16:2-4,12-15; Psalm 78:3-4,23-24,25,54; Ephesians 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35 When Jesus walked this earth he was referred to and recognized as “Teacher.” Today we seem to gravitate toward other titles for him, like “Shepherd.” But in the Gospels, even when a title like Shepherd […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 27, 2018 -
Movie Review
Animated characters appear in the movie "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Witty animated comedy in which a youthful version of Batman’s sidekick Robin (voice of Scott Menville) and the ensemble of crime fighters (voices of Greg Cipes, Khary Payton, Tara Strong and Hynden Walch) he leads set out to join other superheroes who have had movies made about them. They acquire the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 25, 2018 -
Movie Review
Tom Cruise stars in a scene from the movie "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." The Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. (CNS/Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Engrossing espionage sequel in which Tom Cruise’s by-now iconic American agent Ethan Hunt and his team (Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg) battle not only the maniacal anarchist (Sean Harris) they tangled with in the last outing but a glamorous criminal mastermind (Vanessa Kirby) in possession of enough plutonium to wipe out […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
Movie Review
Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep star in a scene from the movie "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service The exuberant kitsch that was the trademark of the Swedish band Abba lives on in this musical romance built around their songs that serves as both a prequel and a sequel to the 2008 adaptation of the Broadway hit “Mamma Mia.” Unfortunately, the sexual morals on display are as tacky as […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
Movie Review
This is a scene from the movie "Unfriended: Dark Web." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Blumhouse)
By Catholic News Service This sequel to the 2015 original relies on the cherished formula of a group of well-meaning, yet feckless, young people making earnestly bad decisions, especially those twin time-honored choices, not to involve law enforcement and not to get out of the house when a murderer is running rampant. A young tech whiz […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
Living the Word
Father Tom Otto
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/July 22 Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23:1-3,3-4,5,6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34 There’s a little detail that pops up over and over again in the four Gospels, almost like a golden thread that reappears throughout a beautiful tapestry. What is that little, easily overlooked detail? It is the fact that Our Lord frequently […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 20, 2018 -
News Article
Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, SJ
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee” is the theme for a day of reflection planned by the Peoria Cursillo community for Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. It will be given by Jesuit Father Vincent Giacabazi, who was raised in Peoria and graduated from Peoria Notre Dame High School in 2000. […]
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