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First Spanish Father-Son Encounter a joint program of diocese, OSF Healthcare

By: Jennifer Willems - April 20, 2022 - Featured Article

In addition to some serious talk about the transition from being a boy to becoming a man, participants at the first Spanish Father-Son Encounter took the opportunity to have have fun while being physically active on April 9. Here they are running a three-legged race. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

MAGNOLIA — Fathers and sons from Spanish-speaking communities around the Diocese of Peoria accepted the invitation to get away and spend the day together to talk about life and what it means to be a man, and to take time for prayer at the Sacré-Coeur Retreat Center here. A pilot program for boys ages 10 […]

‘Stations through the Streets’ urge seeing and loving Jesus in the poor, suffering

By: Tom Dermody - April 20, 2022 - Featured Article

Father Jeremy Freehill, pastor, and those taking part in the "Stations through the Streets" on Good Friday leave the Garden of Hope at St. Ann Church and begin a prayerful two-mile walk through Peoria's South Side neighborhoods. Carrying the cross is Diego Uribe. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

The Stations of the Cross conducted on Good Friday at St. Ann Parish in Peoria did not move from one artistic representation of Jesus’ journey to Calvary to another. Instead, participants walked from vacant lots to boarded-up buildings, traveling past taverns, barking dogs and across busy streets. “Are we ready to go to one of […]

Teixeiras’ new book a sensible, values-driven approach to personal finance

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2022 - Book Review

Book Review / By Nancy Piccione You know that feeling when two worlds collide? I experienced that recently — in a good way. It happened when I learned of the new book by Amanda and Jonathan Teixeira, “How to Attack Debt, Build Savings, and Change the World through Generosity: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your […]

Katie Faley: Look for ways to discover the Resurrection in everyday living

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2022 - Columnists

CAUSE OF OUR JOY / By Katie Faley Since St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve been reading Celtic mythology stories. Some of these myths have origins that pre-date the time of Christ, so I was surprised to notice that one of the major themes in these myths is resurrection. But once I started to notice this, I […]

Paul Moore: Travel light, but be sure to pack faith for the heavenly road

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2022 - Columnists

In My Father’s House / By Paul Thomas Moore You never really know if you’ve packed what you need until you open your suitcase on the hotel bed. I’ll bet the International Space Station folks run into this all the time. “I’m up here for nine months and I don’t have my nail clipper!?!” When […]

‘Man of the Shroud’ touring exhibit at Holy Trinity, Bloomington, May 6-8

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2022 - News Article

This collage of the "Man of the Shroud" touring exhibit is from the website kolbeshrine.org/shroud.

BLOOMINGTON — The “Man of the Shroud” touring exhibit will make a stop at Holy Trinity Church, 106 W. Chestnut St., from Friday, May 6, through Sunday, May 8. It is made available by the Conventual Franciscans of Marytown, the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Exhibit hours at Holy Trinity are: May 6, 5-8 […]

Disciples cannot be cynics, must trust

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2022 - Living the Word

Living the Word / By Tim Irwin Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) / April 24 Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; Revelation 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19; John 20:19-31 Alternative History refers to a type of speculative fiction that asks what if a given historic event had played out differently. What if the encounter between St. Thomas the Apostle […]

In Easter Message, Bishop Tylka offers five ‘foundations’ for diocese going forward

By: The Catholic Post - April 17, 2022 - Featured Article

Bishop Tylka celebrates Easter Sunday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria on April 17. In an extended Easter message to the faithful of the Diocese of Peoria, the bishop called Evangelization, the Eucharist, Discipleship, Vocations, and Archbishop Fulton Sheen as foundations to build upon in the coming years. (Photo for The Catholic Post by Lynn Kavelman)

Following is the full text of a message from Bishop Louis Tylka released on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022. EASTER 2022 Dear People of God in the Diocese of Peoria, Every year as we celebrate Easter, we hear from the Gospels of the first encounters with the Good News: “Jesus has risen from the dead!” […]

European church leaders ask Russian patriarch to support Easter truce

By: The Catholic Post - April 14, 2022 - Featured Article

A woman wipes the rain from the headstone of a loved one in order to write a message on the cross in Bucha, Ukraine, April 10, during the Russian War. (CNS/Alex Kent)

By Cindy Wooden / Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — European Catholic and Protestant leaders echoed Pope Francis’ appeal for an Easter cease-fire in Ukraine, and they asked Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow to support it. “We are writing to request your public support for this initiative,” they wrote to the patriarch, who has […]

“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2022 - Movie Review

This is a scene from the 2022 film "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/courtesy Warner Bros.)

By Catholic News Service Tepid third installment in the fantasy franchise that began in 2016 with an adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter”-related novel “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Returning director David Yates takes viewers on a trot around the globe of the early 1930s and marshals imposing special effects. Yet, as scripted […]

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