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“The Case for Christ” (Pure Flix)

By: The Catholic Post - April 7, 2017 - Movie Review

Mike Vogel stars in a scene from the movie "The Case for Christ." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents.(CNS /Pure Flix)

By Catholic News Service As his wife (Erika Christensen) undergoes a gradual conversion to evangelical Christianity, sparking discord in their marriage, an aggressively atheistic Chicago journalist (Mike Vogel) uses his investigative skills to try to disprove the Resurrection, and with it the faith. Director Jonathan M. Gunn’s screen version of Lee Strobel’s memoir intertwines intelligent […]

OSF HealthCare Center for Health – Pekin is blessed; set to open April 17

By: Tom Dermody - April 6, 2017 - News Article

Using a giant scissors provided by the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce and surrounded by medical, business, and community leaders, Sister Theresa Ann Brazeau, OSF, and Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF, lead a ribbon cutting April 6 at the new OSF HealthCare Center for Health - Pekin. (Provided photo/Jim Carlson, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center)

PEKIN — Claiming it as “sacred ground on which human life will be served,” the new OSF HealthCare Center for Health – Pekin was blessed in ceremonies April 6 at its location in the East Court Village Shopping Center, 3422A Court St. “This wonderful center is an investment in health care and in this beautiful […]

Pedaling priests to bike across diocese April 24-28 seeking vocation prayers

By: Jennifer Willems - April 5, 2017 - Featured Article Bicycle, Diocese of Peoria, Father Cesarek, Father Otto, Father Pica, pedaling priests, vocations

In training for their 350-mile ride across the Diocese of Peoria, (from left) Father Tom Otto, Father Adam Cesarek and Father Michael Pica pause long enough for a photo in front of the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (Provided photo/Amy Chovan, Office of Priestly Vocations)

Being a priest has made Father Michael Pica, Father Adam Cesarek and Father Tom Otto so happy that they are preparing to share their joy with people from Rock Island to Danville — literally. The three priests will spend the Second Week of Easter riding their bikes 350 miles across the Diocese of Peoria to […]

DePue parish hosts Diocese of Peoria’s first ‘Mother-Daughter Tea’ event in Spanish

By: Jennifer Willems - April 5, 2017 - Featured Article DePue, Dr. Elizabeth Cox, Mother-Daughter Tea, Sister Isabel, Spanish

Laura Mendez strokes the cheek of her daughter, Valeria Villagomez, as she tells the new "princess of Mary, Queen of Heaven" what gifts the girl brings to their family. They are members of the LaSalle Catholic Community. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

DEPUE — Giving an iPhone 7 to someone who has never used a smart phone is going to leave them confused and using only the most basic functions. To use it wisely and in the way it was intended, they need to learn what they have. The gift of fertility is the same and more […]

All men and boys of diocese invited to April 29 ‘Call to Catholic Men of Faith’

By: Tom Dermody - April 5, 2017 - Featured Article Jenky, men's march, Peoria

A scene from the men's march at the 2015 "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." This year's event is Saturday, April 29. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Hundreds of Catholic men and boys from throughout the Diocese of Peoria are expected to join Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in Peoria on Saturday morning, April 29, for the 14th annual “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith.” Known informally as the Men’s March and Mass, the event begins with a rally on the […]

Approved miracle paves the way for canonization of two Fatima visionaries

By: Tom Dermody - April 5, 2017 - World/National News

Jacinta and Francisco Marto are pictured with their cousin Lucia dos Santos (right) in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children, thus paving the way for their canonization. (CNS file photo)

By Junno Arocho Esteves/Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization. Pope Francis signed the decree for the causes of Blesseds Francisco […]

Bishop Jenky announces a ‘Mary March’ in October to celebrate Fatima centenary

By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2017 - Featured Article Bishop Daniel Jenky, Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, Mary March

A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried through a crowd in 2016 at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. Bishop Jenky has announced that the Diocese of Peoria will host a "Mary March" in October in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the apparations of our Blessed Mother to the children at Fatima. (CNS/Paulo Chunho, EPA)

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Diocese of Peoria’s historic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and plans to mark the 100th anniversary of her appearances to the children at Fatima were outlined this week by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in the following letter. To the Clergy, Religious and Faithful of the Diocese of Peoria: My Dear […]

“The Blackcoat’s Daughter” (A24)

By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2017 - Movie Review

Kiernan Shipka stars in a scene from the movie "The Blackcoat's Daughter." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/A24)

By Catholic News Service Stylish and very adult demon-possession drama set at a Catholic boarding school in the dead of winter. There an old-fashioned fiend, complete with two horns, inhabits a glowing basement coal furnace and uses a hallway pay phone to command a gloomy freshman (Kiernan Shipka) to carry out murderous sacrifices. Writer-director Oz […]

“The Zookeeper’s Wife” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2017 - Movie Review

Jessica Chastain stars in a scene from the movie "The Zookeeper's Wife." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)

By Catholic News Service Inspiring but dramatically thin historical drama in which the couple (Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh) who run the Warsaw Zoo defy the Nazis occupying Poland — including the head (Daniel Bruhl) of their facility’s counterpart in Berlin who has been made their supervisor — by smuggling Jews out of the ghetto […]

‘Claiming the Victory of the Cross’ is Charismatic Day of Renewal theme May 6

By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2017 - News Article

The day of renewal at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria will three teaching sessions. (Image from ccr-cdop.org)

The Office of the Charismatic Renewal of the Diocese of Peoria will hold a day of renewal on Saturday, May 6, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The theme is “Claiming the Victory of the Cross.” It will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and include three teachings: “Gift of Discernment” will be […]

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