New pastors have been named for three parishes and St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal is getting a new chaplain in clergy appointments announced in June by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. Father Stephen Willard will become pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria. For the past five years, he […]
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Msgr. Thomas Mack
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Msgr. Thomas Mack as vicar of the Galesburg Vicariate. Msgr. Mack succeeds Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, longtime pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg, who had served as vicar of the region for 28 years prior to his move to senior status this month. — Related story: […]
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John Travolta stars in a scene from the movie "Gotti." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Vertical Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service Low-budget crime saga about mobster John Gotti (John Travolta) who, director Kevin Connolly and screenwriters Lem Dobbs and Leo Rossi would have the viewer believe, was mostly a misunderstood family man, attentive — according to his own lights — to his wife (Kelly Preston) and two sons (Spencer Lofrano and Nico […]
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Chris Pratt stars in a scene from the movie "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Follow-up to the 2015 reboot of a franchise that began with Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster 1993 screen version of Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel “Jurassic Park.” With the last of the cloned dinosaurs at the heart of the series facing extinction due to a volcanic eruption, the former head (Bryce Dallas Howard) of […]
Continue readingBy Catholic News Service With this wild action thriller, in Hindi with English subtitles, director Remo D’Souza reboots the Bollywood franchise with a new cast and a stand-alone story. It’s a whirlwind of a movie, part family soap opera, part James Bond adventure, and part “Dancing with the Stars.” An Indian mobster (Anil Kapoor) lives […]
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Shari Paris of St. Mary Parish, Pontiac, and Patricia Grove of St. Mary of the Woods Parish, Princeville, measure fabric that will be used to make receiving blankets for the layettes prepared by the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Bringing a baby home from the hospital is a joyful occasion for most families. For others, that joy can be overshadowed by stress if they are in need that places their precious newborn at risk. For the last 10 years, two chapters of the Christ Child Society in the Diocese of Peoria have worked hard […]
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An architect's drawing of the shrine to be built this summer at the site of the former St. Mary Church in Naplate.
NAPLATE — A shrine in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be built this summer on land that until a tornado hit in early 2017 was the site of a Catholic church under her patronage. The open-air shrine will include many items salvaged from St. Mary Church after it was structurally damaged by a […]
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The steeple of St. Joseph Church in Peoria rises behind the new crucifix, made by Heritage Restoration and Design Studio and recently installed in front of Sophia's Kitchen. (Provided photo)
People who are homeless, unemployed and underemployed have found a kindred spirit waiting for them at Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria. He’s the one on the crucifix in the parking lot at 103 S. Richard Pryor Place. Fully divine and fully human, Jesus knew what it was like to be in pain, said Father Jim Pankiewicz, […]
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS file photo)
The niece of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has again been granted the legal right to transfer her uncle’s mortal remains from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Diocese of Peoria reacted with “great joy” to the ruling in favor of Joan Sheen Cunningham’s petition issued June 8 […]
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Julie Carrick
RAPIDS CITY — “Intentional Disciples: Mary, the Apostles and Us” is the theme for a presentation planned for Monday, July 2, at St. John the Baptist Church, 1413 Third Ave. It will begin at 7 p.m. and be given by speaker, liturgical musician and recording artist Julie Carrick. Based in Arizona, Carrick uses “catechetical artistry” […]
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