The Catholic Post Articles - Page 372

Catholic Sisters’ billboards on environmental awareness are politcally timely

By: Jennifer Willems - January 28, 2016 - News Article Benedictines, billboard, Environment, Francis, Mississippi, Pope, Valley

This billboard, one of 22 sponsored by Catholic Sisters in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, is located in Rock Island. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

ROCK ISLAND — With the eyes of many political analysts trained on Iowa, where the caucuses will be held Feb. 1, Catholic Sisters in the Upper Mississippi River Valley are hoping to catch a few of them with billboards reminding candidates, delegates and voters that care for the environment matters. “I see it as […]

Theology on Tap series set to open Feb. 4 in Monmouth

By: Tom Dermody - January 28, 2016 - Local News Brief adults, Catholic, Monmouth, Tap, Theology, young

MONMOUTH — The consecrated life, mercy, and a journey from atheism to Catholicism will be topics when a new Theology on Tap series opens Feb. 4 and continues for two more Thursday evenings at Alfano’s Pizza, 206 S. Main St. Theology on Tap in the Monmouth area is an opportunity for adults of all ages […]

Diocesan Marriage Mass and Valentine Date Night to be offered Feb. 13

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 […]

Diocesan groups among 5,000 March for Life Chicago participants

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 […]

Nauvoo church is added as a diocesan Year of Mercy pilgrimage site

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. […]

Week of pro-life efforts in diocese culminates with ‘spiritual warfare’

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, […]

“The 5th Wave” (Columbia)

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 […]

“Dirty Grandpa” (Lionsgate)

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 […]

“The Boy” (STX)

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 […]

Blizzard won’t stop march, but safety concerns cancel some trips to D.C.

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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