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Date of Mass for the Unborn changed to Jan. 21; high school pilgrims now invited

By: Jennifer Willems - January 12, 2022 - Featured Article

Father William Miller offers the homily at last year's Mass for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children at St. Mary's Cathedral. High school students unable to attend the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., because of COVID concerns are invited to this year's Mass, which will be celebrated by Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria on Jan. 21. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Diocesan high schools may not be traveling to Washington, D.C., for the National March for Life, but that doesn’t mean they won’t participate. The trip will just be a little shorter. Students, chaplains and chaperones from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington, The High School of Saint Thomas More in Champaign, Schlarman Academy in Danville, […]

‘God holds you that way’ — Baby plays role in St. Bede Academy chaplain’s homily

By: Jennifer Willems - January 12, 2022 - Featured Article

Father Ronald Margherio, OSB, chaplain at St. Bede Academy in Peru, holds Londyn Irene McClain, who is helping him with a homily at the school's Epiphany Mass on Jan. 6. "Did you ever think that God holds you that way," he asked the students. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

PERU — Londyn Irene McClain wasn’t quite sure what to make of Father Ronald Margherio, OSB, who held her in his arms while he gave his homily during an Epiphany Mass at St. Bede Academy, but she didn’t interrupt him. Just 8 months old, she played her part well as he talked about God’s love […]

Sacred Heart Parish, Rock Island, is a pioneer in the use of QR codes

By: Tom Dermody - January 12, 2022 - News Article

A business card-sized welcome message including a QR code for scanning by smartphone cameras is seen on the back of a pew at Sacred Heart Church in Rock Island. (Provided photo)

ROCK ISLAND — Are QR codes coming to a church pew near you? That question would make no sense to Catholics just a few years ago. But as the square bar codes — the QR stands for “quick response” — become more utilized by restaurants and other businesses, the church is giving them a try […]

Lindsey Weishar: A New Year’s resolution to strengthen, cultivate friendships

By: The Catholic Post - January 12, 2022 - Columnists

My Vocation is Love / By Lindsey Weishar I’ve recently returned to “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Since reading the books a few years ago, a particular detail from “The Fellowship” continues to delight me: the baths. Maybe you know the detail I mean. Frodo, Sam, […]

Paul Moore: Rest in the Lord — the spiritual art and craft of stillness

By: Tom Dermody - January 12, 2022 - Columnists

In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore It’s hard to be still — to not want to fill the time and space in our lives with “stuff.” Hard to wait on what the Lord has in mind for what we perceive as emptiness, and he sees as an opportunity to be a greater part […]

Transcript of the homily at the funeral Mass for Fr. James Henning, OFM Conv.

By: The Catholic Post - January 12, 2022 - Uncategorized

Father James Henning, OFM Conv.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full transcript from the homily given Jan. 6 at the funeral Mass for Father James Henning, OFM Conv. The Mass was celebrated at St. John the Baptist Church in Clinton and has been archived for viewing here. The homilist was Father Paul Joseph Langevin, OFM Conv. — My dear friends […]

Full transcript of homily at funeral Mass for Father Robert Spilman

By: The Catholic Post - January 12, 2022 - Uncategorized

Father Robert Spilman

EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the transcript of the homily given at the funeral Mass for Father Robert Spilman, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who died on Christmas Day at the age of 74. The funeral was Dec. 29, 2021, at The Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Spring Valley and is archived […]

The writing legacy of Harry Williams

By: The Catholic Post - January 11, 2022 - Editorial

Harry Williams wrote hundreds of weekly, faith-based reflections that can be accessed at adoration.com.

The late Jesuit Father John Hardon believed that writing is a great asset to the spiritual life. “To be convinced of the worth of writing, daily — if only a few words — is to have made a giant stride on the road to sanctity,” he wrote in 1998. The reasons Father Hardon lists are […]

“The 355” (Universal)

By: The Catholic Post - January 8, 2022 - Movie Review

Diane Kruger, Jessica Chastain and Lupita Nyong'o star in a scene from the movie "The 355." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Robert Viglasky, Universal Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Who needs one James Bond when you can have five Jane Bonds? That’s the premise behind this entertaining thriller featuring a quintet of lady spies, directed by Simon Kinberg. Global disaster looms when mercenaries acquire a cyber weapon that destabilizes technology with a single touch. Governments from the United States to […]

Fr. James Henning, OFM Conv., dies; pastor in Clinton and Farmer City for 15 years

By: The Catholic Post - January 5, 2022 - News Article

Father James Henning, OFM Conv.

CLINTON — A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Baptist Church here at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6, for Father James Henning, OFM Conv., who served as pastor of the Clinton parish as well as Sacred Heart Parish in Farmer City since 2006. Father Jim died on Dec. 30, 2021, at […]

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