EDITOR’S NOTE: Following are photos and brief biographies of the valedictorians and salutatorians at the seven Catholic high schools and academies in the Diocese of Peoria. We congratulate them and all graduates. The top students were invited to answer two questions: 1) “How would you describe the advantages of attending a Catholic high school?” and […]
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Johnny Knoxville, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Joshua Hoover, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Eric Manaka and Chris Pontius star in a scene from the movie "Action Point." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service This chaotic, poorly crafted comedy amounts to little more than an endless succession of painful, supposedly amusing, pratfalls. Johnny Knoxville stars as the owner of a low-rent amusement park in the California of the late 1970s where the constant risk of injury allegedly adds spice to the fun. While entertaining his […]
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Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star in a scene from the movie "Adrift." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/courtesy of STXfilms)
By Catholic News Service Fairly routine adventure, adapted by director Baltasar Kormakur from Tami Oldham Ashcraft’s (Shailene Woodley) memoir about surviving 41 days on a storm-wrecked yacht in the Pacific. A carefree California girl whose only ambition is to sail the world, in 1983 Tahiti she meets a handsome British yachtsman (Sam Claflin), and they’re […]
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Father Richard Bresnahan, now of Silvis, and Father David Roche, now of Pontiac, were ordained by Bishop William E. Cousins on June 1, 1958.
For two senior priests of the Diocese of Peoria, 2018 brings the 60th anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood. Father Richard F. Bresnahan of Silvis and Father David F. Roche of Pontiac were ordained by Bishop William E. Cousins on June 1, 1958, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Father Raymond M. Lukoskie and […]
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Betty Gabriel and Logan Marshall-Green star in a scene from the movie "Upgrade." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Brief but excessively graphic scenes of bloodletting mar this otherwise mildly interesting sci-fi thriller, set in a recognizable version of the future. Left a widower and a quadriplegic after a seemingly random attack by a group of thugs (led by Benedict Hardie), an auto mechanic (Logan Marshall-Green) agrees to let a […]
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Newly ordained Father Ryan Mattingly and Father Andru O'Brien join Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on the balcony of the Bishop's Residence for the traditional photo after the Mass of Ordination at St. Mary's Cathedral on May 26. Also pictured are, from left, Msgr. James Kruse, vicar general; Father Timothy Hepner and Father Patrick Henehan, diocesan vocation directors of recruitment and formation; Msgr. Paul Showalter, vicar general; and Abbot Philip Davey of St. Bede Abbey. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Father Ryan M. Mattingly and Father Andru E. O’Brien were ordained priests of the Diocese of Peoria on May 26 in ancient rites celebrated before family, friends, nearly 100 priests, dozens of consecrated women, and hundreds of other well-wishers that filled St. Mary’s Cathedral. “On this beautiful day there are a lot of happy people […]
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Sister Concepta Marie Nudo, OSF
WEST PEORIA — Sister Concepta Marie Nudo, OSF, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception for 70 years, died on May 25, 2018, at Mother of Peace Home here. She was 91. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today, May 29, at Immaculate Conception Convent, 2408 W. […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — Born in Bukoba, Tanzania, in East Africa, Father Deus-Dedit B. Byabato was accepted into the minor seminary in 1979. He said 200 had applied, but only 50 were selected, and of those 50, he was one of five seminarians who went on to ordination. He was drawn to the priesthood by the happiness […]
Continue readingBorn in Racine, Wisconsin, Father Jeffery Small attended St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee from 1986 to 1989. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy with a minor in theology from Marquette University in 1989, and completed studies for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Father Small has served as parochial vicar […]
Continue readingHOOPESTON — After attending vows ceremonies and ordinations for three older brothers, Father Thomas Gibson had no intention of becoming a priest. That changed “Suddenly” as he was preparing for his senior year at the University of Notre Dame. “I worked as a stockbroker during the summers. The summer before senior year I actually landed […]
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