Shawn Reeves
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)/March 26 1 Samuel 16:1b,6-7,10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 When I was younger, I was fascinated with the biology of the human eye, so much so that I adopted the topic for my junior high science fair project. I was captivated by the precision with which the ocular pigments […]
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Mary Ann Fahey, liturgical music director at St. Anthony Parish in Bartonville and director of the St. Anthony Camerate Chorale Ecumenical Festival Choir, greets Pope Francis during an international conference on sacred music at the Vatican March 2-4. (Provided photo)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is a first person report by Mary Ann Fahey. Music, not just any music, but sacred music, and how it has evolved these past 50 years since Vatican Council II was the topic of discussion at a recent conference called by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture and Catholic Education. My husband, […]
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Emma Watson stars in a scene from the movie "Beauty and the Beast." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Disney’s live-action adaptation of its beloved 1991 animated film is an imaginative if problematic work, an old-fashioned Hollywood musical with an arresting visual style. The eponymous lovely (Emma Watson) exchanges places with her kidnapped father (Kevin Kline) in a haunted castle inhabited by a furry monster (Dan Stevens), who is in […]
Continue readingBy Catholic News Service Poorly conceived drama about workplace competition, probably intended as an allegory, wallows in meaningless gore. Employees of a Colombia field office of a faceless American corporation are ordered, on the PA system, to start killing each other so that more won’t die. Director Greg McLean and screenwriter James Gunn orchestrate a […]
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Rosamund Pike, Madison Manowe and David Oyelowo star in a scene from the movie "A United Kingdom." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Everyone’s an archetype in this historical drama about an African prince (David Oyelowo) from the British protectorate of Bechuanaland (the future Botswana) who faced down mid-20th-century racial prejudice to marry a white office worker (Rosamund Pike) he met in post-World War II London. Although dealing in generalities can be an efficient […]
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This is a scene from the movie "Kong: Skull Island." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Impressive monster movie, set in 1973, in which an ensemble of scientists and soldiers — the civilians led by a fringe researcher (John Goodman), the troops by a hard-bitten colonel (Samuel L. Jackson) — travel to a previously uncharted island where they encounter an updated version of King Kong. As a […]
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Melissa Ohden
EUREKA — Eureka College Students for Life is bringing abortion survivor Melissa Ohden to campus on Tuesday, March 21. She will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Terrill Rooms of the Cerf Center, 300 E. College Ave. Ohden survived a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977 at approximately seven months gestation. In 2012 she founded […]
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Matt Bidwell of Lincoln (left) and his sponsor, Dan Landess, are pictured with Bishop Jenky after the Rite of Election on March 5. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
LINCOLN — Answers. Matt Bidwell looked for them for much of his 29 years. Standing in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria last Sunday for the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, he was certain he’d found what he had been seeking in the Catholic Church. He will be baptized with his son, Roman, […]
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Sister Paulette Joerger, OP, of St. Malachy Parish in Rantoul introduces a candidate to Bishop Jenky during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion last spring. This year's ceremonies will take place Feb. 18 and Feb. 25. (The Catholic Post file/Jennifer Willems)
As a Marine traveling the world, Matt Bidwell of Lincoln witnessed many ceremonies, but the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria last Sunday eclipsed them all. “It was honestly one of the most beautiful events I’ve ever seen. This was so powerful,” said Bidwell, who will be […]
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Joey Malinowski, a junior at Central Catholic High School, accepts his nomination as the Illinois High School Association's National Spirit of Sport nominee from Craig Anderson, executive director, during a recognition ceremony at halftime of the Class 2A girls state basketball title game Feb. 25 at Redbird Arena in Normal. The arena crowd included a throng of Central Catholic fans cheering the Saints' girls basketball team -- including Joey's sister Maddie -- in the championship game. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
BLOOMINGTON — Central Catholic High School’s Joey Malinowski makes a lot of tackles on the football field, but his biggest target knows no season. Joey is doing his part to bring down childhood cancer. For his creativity, drive, and compassion in becoming a leader in the “Kick-It” fundraising campaign for childhood cancer research, the Central […]
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