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By: The Catholic Post - January 4, 2018 -
Featured Article
abortion, Pro-life
In addition to pro-life events such as marches and Masses, the U.S. Catholic bishops invite all to take part in 9 Days for Life, a digital pilgrimage of prayer and charitable action Jan. 18-26. To downoad the novena, sign up for daily emails, or for more information, visit 9daysforlife.com.
Noting that January is filled with events to pray for an end to abortion and stand up in defense of life, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, is asking people to join him at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Wednesday, Jan. 24, for an evening of “prayer, penance and pilgrimage.” It will begin with Mass […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - January 4, 2018 -
Featured Article
Benedictines, Illinois Wesleyan University, The Saint John's Bible
This is a page from one of seven books that make up the Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible. Two volumes of the artistic work will be displayed this year at the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. (CNS/Bob Roller)
BLOOMINGTON — Throughout 2018, people in central Illinois will have an opportunity to see and explore the word of God in a new and exciting way when two volumes of the Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible come to Illinois Wesleyan University. From January through June, “Gospels & Acts” will be displayed at the […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 4, 2018 -
Editorial
The start of a new year always holds great mystery. What will these days — only numbers on a calendar now — hold for us, our families, our nation, our world? The mystery also extends to our parishes, schools, and the Diocese of Peoria itself. Will our pastor be moved come June? Will our school […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 22, 2017 -
Movie Review
Kristen Wiig and Matt Damon star in a scene from the movie "Downsizing." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service What begins as a curious sci-fi fantasy about a futuristic technology people can use to shrink themselves (thereby dramatically reducing the toll they take on the environment) becomes a deeply humane, faith-tinged drama once a Midwestern suburbanite (Matt Damon) who has chosen to “go small” crosses paths with a Vietnamese refugee […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 22, 2017 -
Movie Review
Glenn Close, Owen Wilson and Ed Helms star in a scene from the movie "Father Figures." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Threadbare comedy about estranged fraternal twins (Owen Wilson and Ed Helms) who belatedly learn from their mother (Glenn Close) that the man she long ago told them was their deceased father was, in fact, just a friend of hers, and that their real dad may be alive — though her promiscuous […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 21, 2017 -
Living the Word
Sister Mary Core, OSB
By Sister Mary Core, OSB Sunday, Dec. 25/Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) At the Vigil Mass Isaiah 62:1-15 / Psalm 89:4-5,16-17,27,29 / Acts 13:16-17,22-25 / Matthew 1:1-25 Mass During the Night Isaiah 9:1-6 / Psalm 96:1-2,2-3,11-12,13 / Titus 2:11-14 / Luke 2:1-14 Mass at Dawn Isaiah 62:11-12 / Psalm 97:1,6,11-12 / Titus 3:4-7 / Luke 2:15-20 Mass During the Day Isaiah […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 -
Movie Review
Hugh Jackman stars in a scene from the movie "The Greatest Showman." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Marital fidelity and family values in general are emphasized in this big, brash musical based on the life of pop entertainment pioneer P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman). The 19th-century impresario’s rise from poverty to worldwide fame is facilitated by his well-bred wife (Michelle Williams) and equally genteel partner (Zac Efron). But tensions […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 -
Movie Review
Rebel Wilson and Anna Kendrick star in a scene from the movie "Pitch Perfect 3." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Discordant and exceedingly unfunny musical comedy, directed by Trish Sie. The members of an award-winning a capella singing group (Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp, among others) have graduated from college and entered the real world. Job prospects are slim, and they long to reunite and sing again. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 -
Movie Review
Karen Gillan, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in a scene from the movie "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Amusing comic adventure in which a quartet of teens (Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman and Morgan Turner) find themselves magically transported into an old video game where they inhabit the avatars they chose before the start of play (Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan). Most of the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 20, 2017 -
Movie Review
Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg star in a scene from the movie "All the Money in the World." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service By turns suspenseful, darkly comic and stridently moral, this slightly fictionalized account of the famous 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), the grandson of his billionaire namesake (Christopher Plummer), makes a strong case that immense wealth not only can’t buy happiness, it also imposes depths of misery that […]
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