Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB
By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Third Sunday of Lent/Feb. 28 Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15; Psalm 103:1-2,3-4,6-7,8,11; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Luke 13:1-9 As I reflect on the Scriptures for the Third Sunday of Lent, I am reminded of an old American Indian story: “An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. ‘A fight is going on […]
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Stephan James stars in a scene from the movie "Race." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens (Stephan James) is the focus of this entertaining film, chronicling Owens’ journey to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where he won four gold medals and, as an African American, single-handedly dealt a devastating blow to Nazism and its belief in Aryan supremacy. Owens […]
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Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton star in a scene from the movie "Risen." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS /Columbia Pictures)
By Catholic News Service A Roman tribune (Joseph Mulderig) who witnessed the execution of Jesus (Cliff Curtis) is ordered by Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) to investigate the disappearance of the crucified man’s body, and recover the missing corpse. But the hunt, in which he’s aided by an ambitious, though untested junior officer (Tom Mulderig), turns […]
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Father Logan
Editor’s note: Following is the full text of the homily from the Feb. 15, 2016 funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island for Father Johnjoseph DePorres “Jerry” Logan. The homilist was Father Michael Schaab. Click here for Father Logan’s obituary. — When Father Logan and I were stationed together, it sometimes occurred on Saturdays that […]
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Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin star in a scene from the movie "Deadpool." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS /Fox)
By Catholic News Service Sarcasm and splatter add up to a nasty odyssey in this vengeance-driven Marvel Comics adaptation from director Tim Miller. Diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after finding true love (with Morena Baccarin), a former Special Forces operative (Ryan Reynolds) seizes on the offer of an underground cure. Though the treatment to which […]
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Couples renew their vows at a previous Diocesan Marriage Mass in this Catholic Post file photo.
It takes three to make Christian marriage work, “a husband, a wife, and God at the center,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, reminded couples from throughout the Diocese of Peoria at the annual Marriage Mass on Feb. 13 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Prior to leading the couples in renewing their marriage vows, Bishop Jenky thanked […]
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Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnston star in a scene from the movie "How to Be Single." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service A discordant moral snag mars this otherwise appealing, if slightly raunchy, romantic comedy about characters (Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie, among others) testing their capacity to settle into monogamous relationships and genuine adulthood. The overall positive trajectory of director Christian Ditter’s adaptation of Liz Tuccillo’s 2007 novel is impeded […]
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George Clooney stars in a scene from the movie "Hail, Caesar!" The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Set in 1950s Hollywood, this comedy’s plot about the kidnapping of a major star (George Clooney) and a conscientious studio executive’s (Josh Brolin) efforts to retrieve him without creating unwanted headlines is merely an excuse for writers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen to spoof golden-age Tinseltown. Those lovingly satirized include […]
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Joyce Heiple of St. Mary School in Metamora guides Ben Cronkhite and Anna Schmitz is assembling "blessing bags" of bottled water, socks, snacks, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and an apple for the people served at Sophia's Kitchen in Peoria. The "blessing bags" were delivered by the eighth-graders at the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
METAMORA — What words would you use to describe “mercy” to a child? “I told them when I think of mercy I think of love, caring, kindness, forgiveness. Those are words they can understand,” said Joyce Heiple, the second grade teacher at St. Mary School in Metamora. It was important for them to understand that […]
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Marytown, home to the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe and sponsored by the Conventual Franciscans, is located in Libertyville. Provincial headquarters are in Chicago.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of Peoria. The Year for Consecrated Life, which began with the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30, 2014, closed Feb. 2, 2016, the World Day of Consecrated Life. —– It may have been […]
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