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“Downton Abbey” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - September 19, 2019 - Movie Review Allen Leech, Hugh Bonneville, Julian Fellows, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery

Dame Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery star in a scene from the movie "Downton Abbey." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)

By Catholic News Service Interwar elegance makes a comeback as screenwriter Julian Fellowes takes his popular ITV and PBS television series to the big screen under the direction of Michael Engler. A 1927 visit to the stately home of the title by King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James) revives a long-simmering […]

New dates set for garage sale to benefit work of Central Illinois Right to Life

By: The Catholic Post - September 18, 2019 - Local News Brief

WEST PEORIA — There has been a change of dates for the Central Illinois Right to Life garage sale. Originally scheduled for Sept. 20-21, it will now take place on Friday, Oct. 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to noon. It will still take place on the […]

“Ad Astra” (Fox)

By: The Catholic Post - September 17, 2019 - Movie Review Brad Pitt, science fiction, Tommy Lee Jones

Brad Pitt stars in a scene from the movie "Ad Astra." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)

By Catholic News Service Compelling sci-fi drama, set in the near future, in which an astronaut (Brad Pitt) goes on a quest to communicate with his father (Tommy Lee Jones), a pioneer space traveler who long ago disappeared during a mission to search for extraterrestrial life from the outer boundaries of the solar system. As […]

Benedictine Sister Marilyn Ring dies at 88; was longtime teacher, campus minister

By: The Catholic Post - September 16, 2019 - News Article Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Sister Marilyn Ring

Sister Marilyn Ring, OSB

ROCK ISLAND — Sister Marilyn (Mary Stephen) Ring, OSB, a longtime teacher and campus minister, died on Sept. 15, 2019, at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. She was 88. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the monastery chapel, 2200 88th Ave. West. A Christian wake service will follow at […]

‘The Real Presence’ — the 19th Festival Letter of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC

By: The Catholic Post - September 16, 2019 - Uncategorized

Bishop Jenky's coat of arms with his episcopal motto, "His Will is Our Peace."

INTRODUCTORY LETTER: September 16, 2019 To the priests, deacons, seminarians, religious, teachers, catechists, sponsors, parish leaders, our Catholic movements and organizations, and all the faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria: I am releasing my 2020 Festival Letter at this early date in the hope that it may at least in some ways assist a […]

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood to keynote 38th annual Respect Life Dinner on Oct. 6

By: The Catholic Post - September 16, 2019 - News Article

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-18th)

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood will be the featured speaker at the 38th annual Respect Life Dinner scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 6, at Barrack’s Cater Inn in Peoria. Proceeds from the dinner are used to purchase supplies for the Family Resources Center, a free-loan library located at 415 N.E. Monroe, across the street from the Spalding […]

“Hustlers” (STX)

By: The Catholic Post - September 13, 2019 - Movie Review Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu star in a scene from the movie "Hustlers." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/STXfilms)

By Catholic News Service Sordidly treated fact-based tale of two strip-club dancers (Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez) who, strapped for cash during the Great Recession, collaborate on a scheme to drug wealthy clients and max out their credit cards while they’re helpless. In adapting a New York magazine article by Jessica Pressler, writer-director Lorene Scafaria […]

“The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros./Amazon)

By: The Catholic Post - September 13, 2019 - Movie Review Ansel Elgort, Donna Tartt, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Nicole Kidman

Oakes Fegley stars in a scene from the movie "The Goldfinch." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)

By Catholic News Service Patchy drama in which both the adolescence (Oakes Fegley) and the adulthood (Ansel Elgort) of an antiques dealer are overshadowed by his mother’s tragic death in the bombing of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in the immediate aftermath of which he rescued the 17th-century Dutch masterpiece of the title […]

Epiphany Parish in Normal to host Eucharistic Miracles exhibition Oct. 1-6

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - News Article Carlo Acutis, Epiphany, Eucharist, exhibition, miracles, Normal

NORMAL — Epiphany Parish here will host “Eucharistic Miracles of the World,” a Vatican International Exhibition, from Tuesday, Oct. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 6. The exhibit — comprised of poster panels with descriptive texts and images — tells the stories of more than 120 church-recognized miracles involving the Eucharist from around the globe. The event […]

‘Waking Up White’ leads to much needed lessons, personal examination on racism

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - Book Review Book, Debby Irving, OSB, racism, Sister Mary Core, Waking up White

Debby Irving, left, is the author of "Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race."

Reviewed by Sister Mary Core, OSB About two years ago, I read about Debby Irving’s book, “Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.” I thought, “Interesting title. I ought to read that.” Why? Because I wondered whether I myself was unintentionally racist. I had grown aware of my thoughts around race. […]

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