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By: The Catholic Post - April 8, 2022 -
Movie Review
Jim Carrey stars in a scene from the movie "Sonic The Hedgehog 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Paramount Pictures and Sega of America)
By Catholic News Service In this follow-up to the film franchise’s 2020 kickoff, returning director Jeff Fowler and his trio of screenwriters rely on a pretty simple formula: intersperse chase sequences with wisecracks. As a result, their mix of animation and live action makes no more demands on its audience than a session of playing […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 8, 2022 -
Movie Review
This is the movie poster for "Ambulance." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Director Michael Bay’s tense crime drama centers on an Afghan War vet (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who gets caught up in a bank heist masterminded by his mentally unstable adoptive brother (Jake Gyllenhaal). When the crime goes awry, they hijack an ambulance in which a paramedic (Eiza González) is struggling to treat […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 7, 2022 -
Featured Article
Among the dignitaries who attended the ribbon cutting for the Tryon Aquaponics Tower at Holy Cross School in Champaign was Miss Wisconsin Angelica Niemann, who went to the University of Illinois and ran on a platform of "Eat Right, Future Bright." Joining principal Greg Koerner at the other end of the ribbon is fourth-grader Lydia Durdan, third-grader Camille Christhilf, and fifth-grader Emma Lwao. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
CHAMPAIGN — With the snip of an oversized pair of scissors, Holy Cross School took a giant leap into the future as a new Tryon Aquaponics Tower and lab was blessed on March 24. It is only the second such tower in the country and the first one in Illinois. Aquaponics is a method of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 6, 2022 -
News Article
Deacon William Gray
HAMILTON — A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Nauvoo for Deacon William Joseph “Bill” Gray, 83, of Hamilton. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Hamilton. Deacon Gray died on Monday, April 4, 2022, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Visitation is planned […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2022 -
News Article
A scene from the 2019 "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." All men of the diocese are invited to take part in the 2022 Men's March and Mass in Peoria on Saturday morning, April 30. (The Catholic Post file photo/Tom Dermody)
UPDATE — Because thunderstorms are in the forecast for Saturday morning, the men will gather at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 N.E. Madison Ave. in Peoria, for confessions and the pre-march rally beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Mass with Bishop Tylka and the lunch to follow at the pastoral center will continue as scheduled. Catholic […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2022 -
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Father R. Michael Schaab
Living the Word / By Father R. Michael Schaab Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion / April 10 (At the procession with palms) Luke 19:28-40 (At the Mass) Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14 — 23:56 This Sunday’s passage from Luke’s Gospel records the last two days of the earthly life of Jesus. The account of […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 5, 2022 -
News Article
Sister Faustina Thomas, OP, one the speakers at the Divine Mercy Lenten Day of Reflection, catches up with (from left) Peggy Shane, Jessica Shane and Pat Franzoni of St. Jude in Peoria, during a break. She offered a reflection on Divine Mercy. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Suffering is not something we seek, but it offers an invitation to surrender to God and trust in his infinite love for us, Father John Verrier told more than 200 people who gathered at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria for a Divine Mercy Lenten Day of Reflection. “The cross and suffering is the way […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2022 -
News Article
The oils to be blessed for sacramental anointing at parishes around the Diocese of Peoria are pictured prior to the 2020 Chrism Mass. This year's Chrism Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)
Bishop Louis Tylka will gather with the priests of the Diocese of Peoria for the Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Tuesday, April 12. It will begin at 1 p.m. At this Mass, traditionally celebrated during Holy Week, the priests and bishop will renew the promises they made at their priestly ordination. It takes […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2022 -
Columnists
My Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) This is a verse we’ve heard so often that perhaps its profundity is hard to fathom. But this verse is incredibly important not only because we are approaching Holy Week, and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2022 -
Columnists
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore This column continues the theme from the March 13 edition of The Catholic Post on the many “roses of condolence” I have experienced in Lent, as spiritually challenging as the season’s “thorns of repentance” can be. I discussed how my feelings about Lent are inextricably tied to […]
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