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By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg
Matthew McConaughey and Snoop Dogg star in a scene from the movie "The Beach Bum." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Neon)
By Catholic News Service Relentlessly immoral and annoying comedy follows the exploits of a boorish hedonist (Matthew McConaughey) who is also, supposedly, a gifted writer as he pursues a Bohemian lifestyle in the Florida Keys. His rich wife (Isla Fisher) supports his antics even as she carries on an affair with one of his closest […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 28, 2019 -
Uncategorized
Children's ADA, Debbie Benz, Priests pedaling for prayers, vocations
The sight of three bicycling young priests energized school communities around the Diocese of Peoria the last two springs. This year, young Catholics will have a chance to support the Priests Pedaling for Prayers in a new way even before the ride begins. The pedaling priests are one of three vocations programs that will benefit […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 28, 2019 -
News Article
Lynne Kelch, left, co-chair of the 50th Anniversary Committee of St. Anthony Parish in Bartonville, and committe member Cindy Barnett display "Bags of Easter Gladness" ready to be filled for residents of the Farmington Country Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as well as area shut-ins. (Provided photo)
BARTONVILLE — Taking a cue from the “Box of Joy” effort to provide Christmas gifts to children in developing countries, members of St. Anthony Parish here are filling “Bags of Easter Gladness” to share the joy of the Resurrection with people closer to home. The bags — filled with items such as jigsaw puzzles, socks […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 28, 2019 -
Living the Word
Father Michael Schaab
By Father R. Michael Schaab Fourth Sunday of Lent/March 31 Joshua 5:9a,10-12; Psalm 34:2-3,4-5,6-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Year A (When the Rite of Scrutiny is held) 1 Samuel 16:1b,6-7,10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 There are two options for the sets of readings this Sunday. One is used at Masses with a Rite of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 27, 2019 -
News Article
Jesus falls for the first time in this image from the Stations of the Cross at St. Mary Church in Bloomington.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Dr. Timothy Millea, an orthopedic surgeon who is co-founder and current president of the St. Thomas Aquinas Guild of the Quad Cities, will present “The Passion and Crucifixion: A Medical Perspective” on Thursday evening, April 4, at Denning Hall of St. Paul the Apostle Church here. “This presentation is an anatomic and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 25, 2019 -
Movie Review
Abby Johnson, abortion, Planned Parenthood, Pro-life
Ashley Bratcher, who plays Abby Johnson, is pictured in a scene from the movie "Unplanned," the story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director, and her decision to join the pro-life movement. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Unplanned.com)
By Catholic News Service Hard-hitting, fact-based drama adapted from a memoir by Abby Johnson. During her rise to become one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the country, Johnson (Ashley Bratcher) gradually becomes uneasy about the organization’s marketing of abortion, a process of conversion that reaches a dramatic climax when she is asked […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 21, 2019 -
Movie Review
Winston Duke, back, Lupita Nyong'o and Evan Alex star in a scene from the movie "Us." 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 Top-notch but excessively bloody horror fantasy from writer-director Jordan Peele. A childhood encounter with an exact double of herself proves to be the far-off prelude to a California woman (Lupita Nyong’o), her husband (Winston Duke) and kids (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex) being visited and terrorized by a malignant version […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 20, 2019 -
News Article
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following press release was issued by the Diocese of Peoria on Wednesday, March 20. Peoria, Illinois — Today, Attorney Jeff Anderson published a lengthy report providing the names of various priests across the state of Illinois that he claimed had allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The section of this report […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 20, 2019 -
Uncategorized
Albina Aspell, 91, former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
By Albina Aspell EDITOR’S NOTE: Now 91, Albina Aspell was on the staff of The Catholic Post for 21 years, becoming its first lay editor in 1982 and first lay publisher 10 years later. She is a pioneer for women in the Catholic press, a past president of the Catholic Press Association of the United […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 16, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ashton Sanders, Colson Baker, Good Goodman, Jonathan Majors, Rupert Wyatt, science fiction, Vera Farmiga
John Goodman and Ashton Sanders star in a scene from the movie "Captive State." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Drab sci-fi drama in which, nine years after humanity surrendered the earth to invading aliens, a young Chicago man (Ashton Sanders) gets caught up in a conspiracy to rebel against them. He and the other plotters are tracked by a local police official (John Goodman) whose ultimate allegiance in the struggle […]
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