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By: Jennifer Willems - August 10, 2016 -
News Article
Pontiac, sesquicentennial, St. Mary
A Sesquicentennial Celebratory Mass will be offered at St. Mary Church in Pontiac at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27. A block party will follow.
PONTIAC — After 150 years of sharing the faith in this Livingston County community, a simple celebration just won’t do for members of St. Mary Parish here. They have planned a week of activities, starting with a parish breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 21, and culminating with a Mass and block party on Saturday, Aug. 27. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 4, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jared Leo and Margot Robbie star in a scene from the movie "Suicide Squad." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Clay Enos, Warner Bros. Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service A lurid atmosphere marks this initially stylish but ultimately ridiculous and chaotic DC comics-based adventure. A hard-bitten intelligence agent (Viola Davis) assembles a team of violent villains (most prominently Will Smith and Margot Robbie), places them under the command of the military’s leading special ops warrior (Joel Kinnaman), and compels them […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 4, 2016 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service Challenging drama, set in the early 1950s, in which a young Jewish man (Logan Lerman) wins a scholarship to an elite college where he forms an unusual bond with an emotionally troubled fellow student (Sarah Gadon) and butts heads with the school’s traditionally minded dean (Tracy Letts). While writer-director James Schamus’ […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - August 3, 2016 -
News Article
Bloomington, donate, Home Sweet Home Ministries, OSF, Peoria, shoes
Catholic parishes and institutions are drop-off sites in major drives for new or gently used shoes now taking place in the Bloomington and Peoria regions. Here are the details. SEEK 30,000 PAIRS OF SHOES IN AUGUST; 10 PEORIA-AREA PARISHES AMONG DROP-OFF SITES MORTON — Are there 30,000 pairs of shoes in closets around central Illinois […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 30, 2016 -
Movie Review
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn star in a scene from "Bad Moms." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/STX Productions)
By Catholic News Service A stressed-out suburban mother (Mila Kunis) rebels against her taxing daily routine, demanding that her kids (Emjay Anthony and Oona Laurence) start fending for themselves in minor ways and indulging herself by skipping work, drinking and relaxing. Aided by two other like-minded moms — one a timid housewife (Kristen Bell), the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 29, 2016 -
Movie Review
Matt Damon stars in a scene from the movie "Jason Bourne." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Matt Damon returns in the fifth big-screen outing for the memory-damaged and monosyllabic government agent who first appeared in the novels of Robert Ludlum. Director Robert Greengrass, who co-scripted with Christopher Rouse, bookends the story with extended car and motorcycle chases, with the result that vehicle casualties considerably outnumber the body […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - July 29, 2016 -
News Article
Claire Crone, hunger, mercy, Sophia's Kitchen
With her hair tinted pink, the signature color of the Sophia Sunday celebration, Claire Crone stands next to the photo of Sophia Donald, while the girl's parents, Vicky and Barry Donald, stand to the right. Proceeds from the July 17 benefit go to Sophia's Kitchen in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
They come to the window of Sophia’s Kitchen for a meal every day, but the couple who attended the Sophia Sunday celebration on July 17 saved all week to buy the pork chop sandwiches, baked beans and chips that were being served. “They said it was their one chance to give back,” according to Claire […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 28, 2016 -
Movie Review
Emma Roberts and Dave Franco star in a scene from the movie "Nerve." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service This teen-geared drama starts with an intriguing premise: an online game in which viewers pay to watch players fulfill real-life dares in exchange for significant sums of money. Yet, as a straitlaced New York City high school senior (Emma Roberts) tries to shake her reputation for conformity by participating, directors Henry […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - July 27, 2016 -
News Article
Lebanon, Maronite, St. Sharbel
Following Mass on July 17, Chorbishop Faouzi Elia carries the image of St. Sharbel from St. Sharbel Church in Peoria in a procession that led to the statue of the parish's patron saint for prayer and veneration. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Maronite Rite Catholics from around the world recently converged on St. Sharbel Church in Peoria to celebrate the Feast of St. Sharbel with prayer, processions, dancing and plenty of Lebanese delicacies. Chorbishop Faouzi Elia, pastor, said he was expecting as many as 1,700 visitors from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Holland, Sweden, Germany and the Middle East, […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - July 27, 2016 -
Featured Article
Msgr. Merdian, refugee, St. Pius X, Year of Mercy
St. Pius X Church in Rock Island is the site of one of the Diocese of Peoria's offical holy doors for the Year of Mercy. Parishioners have told Barb Roedel that adopting a refugee family is a "wonderful outreach of mercy in the Year of Mercy." (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
ROCK ISLAND — Members of St. Pius X Parish are getting involved in the world’s refugee crisis in a deeply personal way as they prepare to welcome a Congolese family to the Quad Cities. It is an answer to prayer, according to Msgr. Mark Merdian, pastor. “With the pope’s emphasis on this for the […]
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