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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in a scene from the movie "The Conjuring 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Horror franchise follow-up drawing, once again, on the exploits of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) has the couple traveling to London to deal with a crockery-smashing poltergeist (Bob Adrian) who’s bedeviling a woman (Frances O’Connor) and her four children (the most prominent played by Madison Wolfe). […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Megan Fox and Stephen Amel appear with animated characters Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael in the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service With a clear target audience of adolescent boys, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael take on an evil scientist bent on world domination, and sometimes discuss the importance of teamwork and what it means to be fully human. Director Dave Green and screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec remain faithful to the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin star in a scene from the movie "Me Before You." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Though it begins as a charming love story with a strong pro-life message, this grand-scale weepie, set primarily in England, veers off course toward a climactic endorsement of behavior no one committed to scriptural values can accept. A vibrant young woman (Emilia Clarke) becomes caretaker and companion to the wheelchair-bound victim […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Andy Samberg stars in a scene from the movie "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS photo/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Andy Samberg headlines a mock documentary about inept rap musician Conner4Real, who starts out as one-third of a hip-hop boy band and after launching a solo career finds he’s not equipped to handle success, or failure, on his own. Dotted with cameos by a host of musicians, this banal spoof is […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 9, 2016 -
News Article
Franciscan, obituary, OSF, Sister Mary Dolores Kirchgessner
WEST PEORIA — Sister Mary Dolores Kirchgessner, OSF, died June 6, 2016, at Mother of Peace Home. She was 103 and was in her 72nd year of religious profession as a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception. Visitation is planned for Friday, June 10, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 8, 2016 -
Living the Word
By Father Tom Kelly Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/June 5 1 Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 30:2,4,5-6,11,12,13; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 In Sunday’s Gospel, we have the miracle story of Jesus bringing the son of the widow of Nain back to life. In the first reading from the Old Testament, we find a similar story. God, acting […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 8, 2016 -
News Article
Diocese of Peoria, Father Mwongyera, incardinated
Father Mwongyera will continue to serve as judicial vicar and co-director of the Tribunal.
While he is from the Diocese of Kabale in Uganda, Father Martin Mwongyera has been a familiar face in the parishes, hospitals and Tribunal of the Diocese of Peoria for a decade. Now he gets to call central Illinois his home on a permanent basis. With the permission of Bishop Callistus Rubaramira of Kabale and […]
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By: Tom Dermody - June 8, 2016 -
Featured Article
Catholic, Class of 2016, Diocese of Peoria, salutatorians, Valedictorians
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following are brief biographies of the valedictorians and salutatorians at the Catholic high schools and academies in the Diocese of Peoria. We congratulate them and all graduates. We invited the top students to answer two questions: 1) “How would you describe the advantages of attending a Catholic high school?,” and 2) “Name one […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 8, 2016 -
Featured Article
Bloomington, Brother Kevin, Cincinnati Province, Diocese of Peoria, Father Neri, Father Ric, Franciscans, Friars, St. Mary
The friars join the parish choirs and all present in singing "You Shall Not Tire" at the close of the Franciscan Farewell celebration at St. Mary Parish in Bloomington. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
BLOOMINGTON — Tears, laughter, and professions of love and gratitude filled St. Mary Church here May 29 as parishioners and friends from around the diocese bid farewell to the Franciscan Friars. As with any good celebration there was also music and even some dancing in the aisle as Father Neri Greskoviak, OFM, prompted by the […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 31, 2016 -
News Article
Diocese of Peoria, Father Michael Pica, ordination, parents
Father Pica blesses his parents, Jane and Jerry Pica of Champaign, at the reception following the ordination Mass. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Members of St. Patrick Church of Merna Parish in Bloomington and St. Mary, Downs, should expect a smiling, prayerful priest when newly ordained Father Michael Pica joins their faith communities as parochial vicar on June 8. That’s according to the two people who know Father Pica best – his parents, Jerry and Jane Pica (pronounced […]
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