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By: Jennifer Willems - December 19, 2016 -
News Article
Christmas, funerals, Noodle Ladies, noodles, St. Mary Parish, Westville
It takes many hands, a lot of patience and plenty of good humor to make the 320 bags of noodles that would fly out of the door at the St. Mary Christmas Bazaar in Westville. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
WESTVILLE — Noodles become more than a tasty side dish when the “Noodle Ladies” at St. Mary Parish are involved. In their loving hands, the noodles become a way to raise funds and hearts at Christmas and heavy hearts at funeral dinners throughout the year. “We started with 100 bags and they’d be gone. Then […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 16, 2016 -
Movie Review
Will Smith and Keira Knightley star in a scene from the movie "Collateral Beauty." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Strange, pretentious drama about overcoming grief. Emotionally paralyzed by the death of his young daughter, a formerly successful advertising executive (Will Smith) endangers the future of his firm by his neglect of clients. In response, his three principal colleagues (Edward Norton, Kate Winslet and Michael Pena) hire a trio of actors […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 16, 2016 -
Movie Review
Diego Luna, Felicity Jones and Jiang Wen star in a scene from the movie "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Lucasfilm Ltd.)
By Catholic News Service Interstellar derring-do is the order of the day in this rousing prequel to the 1977 kickoff of the “Star Wars” saga. With the evil Empire — served, most prominently, by a computer-generated projection of the late Peter Cushing and Ben Mendelsohn — on the verge of deploying a weapon so powerful […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 16, 2016 -
Featured Article
Advent, blogger, Christmas, Coloring book, Katie Bogner, liturgical seasons, Teacher
Katie Bogner, a fifth grade teacher at St. Joseph School in Pekin, has designed a Coloring Book of the Signs and Symbols of the Liturgical Seasons. The Advent and Christmas drawings were colored by Olivia Draher and Addison Goessman.
PEKIN — With Advent comes the beginning of a new church year, and Katie Bogner has given families a new way to walk through it together. A fifth grade teacher at St. Joseph School, Bogner has designed a Coloring Book of the Signs and Symbols of the Liturgical Seasons. The book, as well as ideas […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 15, 2016 -
News Article
Father Antonio Dittmer, from pastor, St. Hyacinth Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and rector of Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, all in LaSalle, to assignment to be announced at a future date Father Paul R. Carlson, from administrator, St. Mary Parish, Utica, to pastor, St. Hyacinth Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and rector, Queen of the […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 15, 2016 -
Featured Article
Macomb, Msgr. Richard Pricco, senior status
Msgr. Richard Pricco, pastor of St. Paul Parish in Macomb since 1977, is pictured with a tabernacle in the parish rectory. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
MACOMB — When Msgr. Richard Pricco came to Macomb in 1977 he reassured members of St. Paul Parish, who had seen a rare revolving door of priests that year, that “I’m going to be here for five years.” Nearly 40 years later, still guiding St. Paul’s and approaching his 80th birthday and 55th anniversary of […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 14, 2016 -
Featured Article
Catholic schools, Distinguished Teacher, Kickapoo, Sally Martin
Sally Martin enjoys the playfulness of "my 10 little men" at St. Mary School in Kickapoo. "They're my energy," she said. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
KICKAPOO — Walking into a classroom of 52 third-graders might seem like a daunting task, but for Sally Martin it was a defining moment in a career that has spanned five decades. Another came this month when Martin, who teaches a combined class of third- and fourth-graders at St. Mary School, was named one of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 14, 2016 -
News Article
advance directives, booklet, Catholic Conference of Illinois, end-of-life
CHICAGO — A new booklet offering guidance on end-of-life health planning from a Catholic perspective is being offered by the Catholic Conference of Illinois. “Encouraging End-of-Life Conversations: A Catholic Perspective on Advance Directives” is available for free download in English, Spanish or Polish at ilcatholic.org. “End-of-life care can be a difficult conversation to have with […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 14, 2016 -
Featured Article
Alleman High School, Christmas, Congo, Kabunze, peace, Rock Island, St. Pius X
The Kabunze Family gathers in front of the fireplace of their Rock Island rental home, where stockings for each of them hang on the mantle. They are (from left), Enock, Annuarite, Maombi (mother), Solange, Filipo, Kasaika (father), Sarah, Grace, Riziki and Alfa. (Provided photo)
ROCK ISLAND — It isn’t uncommon to pray for peace on earth during the Christmas Season, but few people appreciate that gift in the way Kasaika and Maombi Kabunze do. The couple, who escaped from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2005 with two small children, have spent the last 11 years in a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 14, 2016 -
Living the Word
Father Timothy Hepner
By Father Timothy Hepner Fourth Sunday of Advent/Dec. 18 Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2,3-4,5-6 (7c,10b); Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 In Advent, Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist get top billing. But in this last Sunday of the season, the humble figure of St. Joseph quietly enters the scene. Joseph, husband of Mary, has no words to […]
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