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By: The Catholic Post - August 27, 2019 -
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Msgr. Albert Hallin stands in front of the small altar in his apartment at Inman Place in Champaign in this 2013 file photo. The former educator, pastor and holder of diocesan leadership positions died Aug. 26 at the age of 90. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
CHAMPAIGN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, at Holy Cross Church here for Msgr. Albert W. Hallin, P.A., whose 58 years in the priesthood was marked by leadership in education, parishes and diocesan positions. Msgr. Hallin, who in 2007 was named by Pope Benedict XVI […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 27, 2019 -
Movie Review
Down syndrome, Shia LaBeouf, Thomas Haden Church, Zack Gottsagen
Zack Gottsagen and Shia LaBeouf star in a scene from the movie "The Peanut Butter Falcon." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Roadside Attractions and Armory Films)
By Catholic News Service Heartwarming drama, primarily set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in which a young man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) and no family to care for him escapes the retirement home where the state has warehoused him for lack of a more suitable facility and takes to the road. He […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 23, 2019 -
Movie Review
Alex Kendrick, Shari Rigby and Aryn Wright-Thompson star in a scene from the movie "Overcomer." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Faith and sports undergird this drama linking the fates of a track coach (Alex Kendrick), a cross-country runner (Aryn Wright-Thompson) and a hospital patient (Cameron Arnett) suffering from diabetes. Kendrick, who also directed and co-wrote the script (with his brother, Stephen) gets in his own way as evangelical sermonizing hobbles an […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 21, 2019 -
Movie Review
Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman star in a scene from the movie "Angel Has Fallen." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Third installment in the series focusing on a dedicated and highly skilled Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) who, this time out, is elaborately framed for a devastating assassination attempt against the president (Morgan Freeman) that left a slew of the operative’s comrades dead and the chief executive in a coma. As […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 21, 2019 -
Movie Review
gory violence, horror fantasy, Mark O'Brien, Samara Weaving
Samara Weaving stars in a scene from the movie "Ready or Not." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Thoroughly unpleasant horror fantasy, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, about a bride (Samara Weaving) who belatedly discovers that one of her wealthy groom’s (Mark O’Brien) ancestors long ago made a devilish pact that could have fatal consequences for her. The terms of the Faustian bargain by which the clan […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 19, 2019 -
News Article
Father Joel Phelps blesses St. Malachy School in Rantoul and its students, faculty, and staff after dedicating its new chapel room in this 2018 file photo. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
By Dr. Sharon Weiss, Superintendent of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Peoria Welcome back to our school communities as we begin a new academic year! Summer is a time of rest and renewal, but we always looks forward to the excitement that a new year brings. At the celebration of Holy Mass one Sunday […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 19, 2019 -
Featured Article
Students from Corpus Christi Catholic School in Bloomington walk hand-in-hand in this file photo. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
By Lucia A. Silecchia EDITOR’S NOTE: The author is a Professor of Law at the Catholic University of America. The Catholic Post frequently publishes her column on finding the sacred in the simple called “On Ordinary Times.” We publish this one online for timeliness and interest as our schools reopen across the Diocese of Peoria. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 16, 2019 -
Movie Review
Billy Crudup, Cate Blanchett, Maria Semple, Richard Linklater
Cate Blanchett and Billy Crudup star in a scene from the movie "Where'd You Go, Bernadette." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Annapurna Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Director and co-writer Richard Linklater’s adaptation of the 2012 best-seller by Maria Semple follows a devoted mom (Cate Blanchett) but an otherwise abominable human being as she goes through mental difficulties after devastating setbacks in her architectural career. When a proposed family trip with her successful computer programmer husband (Billy Crudup) […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 16, 2019 -
Movie Review
Viveik Kalra and Nell Williams star in a scene from the movie "Blinded by the Light." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service The hardscrabble world of 1980s Luton, England, provides the setting for this touching fact-based mix of drama and comedy from writer-director Gurinder Chadha. Amid political and racial tensions, a British Pakistani teen (Viveik Kalra) aspires to be a poet but is hemmed in by his overbearing father (Kulvinder Ghir), who wants […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 16, 2019 -
Movie Review
profanity, strong sexual content
Keith L. Williams, Jacob Tremblay and Brady Noon star in a scene from the movie in "Good Boys." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Three youthful actors (Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon and Keith L. Williams) are shamefully exploited as the script of this supposed comedy has them interacting with sex toys, online pornography and drugs. While the underlying implication throughout director and co-writer Gene Stupnitsky’s immoral film is, paradoxically, that the tween characters are far […]
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