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By: Tom Dermody - January 28, 2016 -
News Article
Andrea, Date, Jenky, Marriage, Night, Thomas, Valentine
Nashville Christian recording artist Andrea Thomas will perform at the Valentine Date Night.
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, invites all married couples in the Diocese of Peoria to celebrate the gift of Christian marriage and renew their wedding vows during a 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Feb. 13, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Following Mass, couples who have registered in advance will take part in a catered […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - January 27, 2016 -
Featured Article
2016, Chicago, Diocese, Life, March, Peoria, Pro-life
CHICAGO — Frigid temperatures were no match for the warm hearts more than 5,000 people from across the Midwest brought to March for Life Chicago on Jan. 17. Among them were many “ambassadors of the pro-life cause” from the Diocese of Peoria. A bus pilgrimage sponsored by the diocese included 90 people, half of them […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 27, 2016 -
News Article
Diocese, Door, holy, mercy, Nauvoo, Peoria, Year
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Nauvoo
Pilgrims seeking to pass through designated Holy Doors of Mercy in the Diocese of Peoria will soon have a seventh local option. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has named Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Nauvoo as an official Mercy Door and pilgrimage site for the Holy Year of Mercy. The Holy Door at Sts. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 23, 2016 -
Featured Article, News Article
abortion, holy, hour, Jenky, mercy, Miller, Peoria, Pro-life
A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is brought forward at the start of the diocese-wide Mass and Holy Hour of Reparation and Healing at St. Joseph Church in Peoria on Jan. 22. Our Lady's intercession was frequently asked in prayers seeking an end to abortion and encounters of mercy for mothers and fathers of aborted children. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
A week of pro-life activities culminated in the Diocese of Peoria with hundreds joining Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at St. Joseph Church in Peoria for two hours of “spiritual warfare” that included a declaration that “we are not in a battle with those who have had an abortion.” “That may be stating the obvious, […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 22, 2016 -
Movie Review
Alex Roe and Chloe Grace Moretz star in a scene from the movie "The 5th Wave." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Columbia)
When aliens invade Earth and begin to decimate the human race, an Ohio teenager (Chloe Grace Moretz) fights to stay alive in order to reunite with her missing brother (Zackary Arthur). Two young men (Nick Robinson and Alex Roe) come to her aid and both become romantic interests. Yet it’s unclear who can be trusted […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 22, 2016 -
Movie Review
Zac Efron and Robert De Niro star in a scene from the movie "Dirty Grandpa." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Sexploitation flick featuring Robert De Niro as a libido-driven, newly widowed former Special Forces officer who has taken to Florida by his grandson (Zac Efron) for a decorous visit to Boca Raton. They wind up instead at spring break in Daytona Beach where De Niro spends most of the movie chasing […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 22, 2016 -
Movie Review
Lauren Cohan stars in a scene from the movie "The Boy." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/STX Productions)
By Catholic News Service On the rebound from an abusive relationship with her boyfriend (Ben Robson), a young Montana woman (Lauren Cohan) takes a job as a nanny at a remote British mansion only to find that her charge is a spooky porcelain doll her elderly employers (Jim Norton and Diana Hardcastle) have substituted for […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 21, 2016 -
News Article
blizzard, Life, March, Pro-life
Students from the pro-life group at Galesburg High School take part in the 2015 March for Life in Washington, D.C. Those going to this year's march are keeping an eye on the weather, as a major snowstorm is forecast to being in the nation's capital on Friday. (File photo/Provided)
By Jennifer Brinker / Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sometimes being pro-life means making difficult decisions. Because of a predicted snowstorm in Washington, some planned pilgrimages to the March for Life are being canceled. Groups from five Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Peoria, however, have reportedly arrived safely and plan to return […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 20, 2016 -
Featured Article
abortion, Hoye, Peoria, Pro-life, Sanctity
Participants in the Walk for Life take part in a prayer march around the Federal Courthouse in downtown Peoria on Jan. 19. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
“Why are you pro-life?” Keynote speaker Rev. Walter B. Hoye II emphasized the “you” repeatedly in a challenge to nearly 200 at the annual Sanctity of Human Life Rally in Peoria on Jan. 19. “Ask yourself, inside your heart. Be honest. Why are you?” asked Hoye, founder and president of the Issues4Life Foundation and a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
John Krasinski stars in a scene from the movie "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS photo/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Working from the 2014 book by Mitchell Zuckoff, director Michael Bay offers a gripping, fact-based account of what happened on the ground when the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of the title was overrun on Sept. 11, 2012, and four American lives, most prominently that of Ambassador Chris Stevens […]
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