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“Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” (Paramount)

By: The Catholic Post - July 18, 2022 - Movie Review

Animated character "Hank," voiced by Michael Cera, appears in the movie "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Paramount)

By Catholic News Service Bathroom humor reaches new depths in this animated martial-arts spoof loosely based on the 1974 comedy “Blazing Saddles” and directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier, and Chris Bailey. A warmongering cat (voice of Ricky Gervais) plots to destroy a neighboring feline village by installing a hapless dog (voice of Michael Cera) […]

Funeral Mass planned July 19 in Moline for Father Richard L. Barclift, 82

By: The Catholic Post - July 15, 2022 - News Article

Father Richard L. Barclift

MOLINE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Father Richard L. Barclift on Tuesday, July 19, at Christ the King Church in Moline, where he once served as pastor. It will begin at 11 a.m., with Bishop Louis Tylka presiding. Visitation is planned for Monday, July 18, at the church, 3205 60th […]

‘Post’ earns four Catholic press awards, including third place for ‘Best Newspaper’

By: The Catholic Post - July 14, 2022 - News Article

PORTLAND, Oregon — The Catholic Post was recognized with four awards for journalistic excellence, including third place for Best Newspaper, in judging announced July 7 by the Catholic Media Association of the United States and Canada. The awards, based on work published in 2021, were announced at the closing banquet of the association’s conference held […]

Fr. Michael Calhoun, OSB, is elected the ninth abbot of St. Bede Abbey in Peru

By: Jennifer Willems - July 13, 2022 - Featured Article

Newly elected Abbot Michael Calhoun, OSB, of St. Bede Abbey in Peru stands between Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, (left), whom he succeeded, and Rt. Rev. Jonathan Licari, OSB, who oversaw the election on July 13 as the abbot president of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries. (Provided photo)

PERU — Father Michael Calhoun, OSB, has been elected the ninth abbot of St. Bede Abbey. He succeeds Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, who served as spiritual leader of the Benedictine community here since 2011. “I feel humbled and honored to serve the St. Bede community as its abbot. I pray for God’s grace to strengthen […]

In ‘God is Beauty,’ John Paul II makes clear each of us are artists of our own lives

By: The Catholic Post - July 13, 2022 - Book Review

Book Review / By Lindsey Weishar The first book to come out of Christopher West’s new Theology of the Body Institute Press is a delightful read called “God is Beauty: A Retreat on the Gospel and Art.” The book begins with a never-before-translated retreat that Karol Wojtyla (before he was Pope John Paul II) gave […]

Katie Faley: Becoming friends with the saints and becoming saints with friends

By: The Catholic Post - July 13, 2022 - Columnists

Columnist Katie Faley, second from left, is shown with her Totus Tuus missionary team in 2016. (Provided photo)

Cause of Our Joy / By Katie Faley Growing up Catholic, I was aware of many saints by the time I reached second grade. My favorite saints have changed over the years. When I was little, I liked the saints with the most interesting life stories. As I’ve gotten older, I connect more with the […]

“We will win Illinois for Life,” rally-goers say at post-Dobbs March for Life Chicago

By: Tom Dermody - July 13, 2022 - News Article

A woman makes her feelings known as she walks with hundreds of others down Michigan Avenue on July 9 during March for Life Chicago’s “Dobbs March and Rally.” The event focused on pro-life advocacy in the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision and the overturn of Roe v. Wade. (Provided photo/Spirit Juice Studios)

CHICAGO — Gratitude for last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, resolve to reverse abortion politics in Illinois, and renewed pledges to offer women life-affirming choices blended as hundreds gathered Saturday afternoon for March for Life Chicago’s “Dobbs March and Rally.” The event focused on pro-life advocacy in the wake of the […]

Totus Tuus summer program is energizing youth in 24 parishes across the diocese

By: Jennifer Willems - July 13, 2022 - Featured Article

Seminarian Thomas Williams interacts with Emory Thais and Zoey Mitchell as they “Go Bananas” at the end of the day on June 22. This is the first year Totus Tuus has been at St. Philomena in Monticello. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

MONTICELLO — Little surges of energy can be felt all over the Diocese of Peoria this summer, accompanied by prayer, song and laughter — lots of laughter. It’s the result of a youth program called Totus Tuus and for parishes still rebuilding after COVID-19, it’s a godsend. “We just couldn’t do anything for the last […]

On her 108th birthday, Camilla Hopper requested the greatest gift: a Mass

By: Tom Dermody - July 13, 2022 - Featured Article

Camilla Hopper is flanked by Father Austin Bosse and Deacon Patrick Wille after a special Mass celebrated on July 5 --- her 108th birthday --- at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Leonore. (Provided photo/Eliza Smith)

LEONORE — When you’ve had 108 birthdays, you’re entitled to make your gift requests known. For Camilla Hopper, perhaps the oldest Catholic in the Diocese of Peoria who turned 108 on July 5, that list was short and the same as her request a year ago: a special Mass that she and about 20 members […]

Fr. Dittmer, Fr. Loftus named vicars for Rock Island and Danville vicariates

By: The Catholic Post - July 13, 2022 - News Article

Bishop Louis Tylka has recently appointed two priests as vicars forane to serve regions of the Diocese of Peoria. Father Antonio Dittmer, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Moline, is the new vicar forane of the Rock Island Vicariate, which embraces 15 parishes in the communities of Andalusia, Coal Valley, Colona, East Moline, Hampton, Milan, […]

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