Tim Irwin
By Tim Irwin Third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Jan. 21 Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 25:4-5,6-7,8-9; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The readings for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time remind us of the advantage of seeing this life in a more transcendent context. Jonah, perhaps the most reluctant of the prophets, has survived his undersea adventure in the […]
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Lisa Hendey
GERMANTOWN HILLS — Lisa Hendey, an international speaker and author, will offer an evening for parents on Thursday, Feb. 8, in the parish hall of St. Mary of Lourdes, 424 Lourdes Church Road. Her presentation, “The Sacred Balancing Act: Busy Lives and Family Spirituality,” will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hendey is the […]
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Joining Father Sebastian Tumusiime (center) as concelebrants at a Mass earlier in January at Christ the King Church in Moline were Father Jean deDieu Ahorloo, SMA, and Father Don Levitt, pastor. (Provided photo)
MACOMB — When Father Sebastian Tumusiime returns home to western Uganda later this month, he won’t miss the cold weather and snow. The people of the Diocese of Peoria are another story. “I have been impressed with the faith and the kindness of the people of the Midwest,” he said. “They embrace the faith and […]
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Jackie Kernan
KEWANEE — Jackie Kernan has succeeded Lynn Fulton as president of OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee. Fulton was named president of OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington last November. Kernan holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of St. Francis, and a master’s degree in nursing […]
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Taraji P. Henson and Danny Glover star in a scene from the movie "Proud Mary." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Tall tale of a hit woman (Taraji P. Henson) with a heart of gold who takes in the orphaned son (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) of one of her victims and dispatches the Fagin-like leader (Xander Berkeley) of the gang into whose service the lad was ensnared in the wake of his dad’s […]
Continue readingBy Catholic News Service Poorly conceived and produced as well as morally obtuse straight-to-video animated film from DC Comics. Tired of humans despoiling the environment, villains Poison Ivy (voice of Paget Brewster) and the Floronic Man (voice of Kevin Michael Richardson) team up to transform all animal life on Earth into plant hybrids. After Batman […]
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Vera Farmiga and Liam Neeson star in a scene from the movie "The Commuter." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Lively action sequences help mask the muddled premise of this Liam Neeson vehicle. He plays a police officer-turned-insurance-salesman who, on the very day he is let go from the latter job, finds his train trip home to the suburbs transformed into a test of character when a stranger (Vera Farmiga) offers […]
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Animated characters Aunt Lucy, voiced by Imelda Statunton and Paddington, voiced by Ben Whishaw, appear in the movie "Paddington 2. The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service This endearing blend of animation and live action finds the much-loved talking bear of the title (voice of Ben Whishaw) far from his roots in the Peruvian jungle, having settled into a cozy domestic life with the very British human family (led by Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins) that adopted him […]
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Father Luke Poczworowski, OFM Conv.
CHICAGO — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Michael the Archangel Church here for Father Luke Poczworowski, OFM Conv., a former pastor of parishes in Peoria, Wenona, Lostant, Minonk, Rutland, and Toluca. Father Luke, who served as provincial of the St. Bonaventure Province of […]
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Bob Sehring, OSF HealthCare CEO, speaks at a Jan. 11 press conference in the lobby of Caterpillar's administrative headquarters in downtown Peoria. Sehring announced that OSF HealthCare and Caterpillar are partnering to develop the historic former Chase building at 124 SW Adams St. (inset) into a new Ministry Headquarters for OSF HealthCare. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
OSF HealthCare will establish a new Ministry Headquarters in downtown Peoria through a partnership with Caterpillar Inc. announced Jan. 11. Plans call for OSF HealthCare to restore a century-old, nine-story iconic property at 124 SW Adams St. and eventually relocate more than 700 employees there. The now vacant structure — a prominent retail establishment for […]
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