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By: The Catholic Post - May 27, 2019 -
Movie Review
Austin Crute and Noah Galvin star in a scene from the movie "Booksmart." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Annapurna Pictures)
By Catholic News Service The high school romance film gets a radical makeover by director Olivia Wilde who upends the traditional boy-meets-girl love story, emptying a veritable Pandora’s box of teenage unmentionables onto the big screen. On the night before their high school graduation, two best friends (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) decide to discover […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 27, 2019 -
Movie Review
Disney, Guy Ritchie, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith
Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott star in a scene from the movie "Aladdin." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Spirited live-action remake of the 1992 animated feature in which the street lad of the title (Mena Massoud) is aided by a genie (Will Smith) both in his seemingly hopeless pursuit of the princess (Naomi Scott) for whom he’s fallen and in thwarting the evil schemes of her father the sultan’s […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 23, 2019 -
Featured Article
commencement, Father Spohrer, graduation, Msgr. Merdian, nursing, Schlarman Academy
Kara Spear of Hanna City receives a “Blessing of Hands” from Father Dennis Spohrer during the Baccalaureate Mass May 18 at the Peoria Civic Center for graduates of the Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing. Spear was one of 93 students earning a bachelor of science in nursing degree. Father Spohrer is assistant chaplain at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center. Also administering the blessing were Msgr. Mark Merdian, diocesan episcopal vicar for healthcare, and Deacon Joseph Knapp, pastoral care manager at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Whether they are graduating from a Catholic college, high school, or grade school, members of the Class of 2019 in the Diocese of Peoria are being asked to stay close to the Lord and share Christ’s love wherever life takes them in the future. “Your love of God brings an additional quality to your professional […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 23, 2019 -
Featured Article
2019, assignments, clergy appointments
Twenty-one priests are receiving new assignments in appointments made this month by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. Five parishes will welcome new pastors. At four other parishes, priests who have been serving as administrators have been named pastor. New chaplains have been named for three high schools — Peoria Notre Dame, The High School of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 22, 2019 -
Featured Article
Blessed, Father Kipfer, Msgr. Halfacre, Mucci, Naplate, St. Mary's Shrine, tornado
St. Mary’s Shrine is an open-air stone structure filled with items from the former St. Mary Church in Naplate, near Ottawa. (Provided photo/Terry Cavanaugh)
NAPLATE — A shrine in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary was blessed May 12 on land that until a tornado hit in early 2017 was the site of a Catholic church under her patronage. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, presided at the dedication of St. Mary’s Shrine, an open-air stone structure at 2005 Center […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 22, 2019 -
News Article
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS file photo)
EDITOR’S NOTE — The following news release was issued by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria on May 20: The Archdiocese of New York has filed a second motion in the Court of Appeals, New York’s top court, asking permission to again appeal a lower court judgment that authorizes Archbishop Sheen’s family to move his remains […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 22, 2019 -
News Article
Anniversary banners hang inside St. Anthony Church in Bartonville. A Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and a dinner to follow on June 8 culminate the parish's celebration of its 50th anniversary.
BARTONVILLE — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will join members of St. Anthony Church on Saturday, June 8, as they celebrate their parish’s 50th anniversary. A Mass of Thanksgiving is planned for 4:30 p.m. and will be concelebrated by Father David Heinz, pastor, along with previous pastors and visiting priests. A buffet dinner for those […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 22, 2019 -
News Article
Gus Lloyd
EAST MOLINE — As part of its centennial celebration, St. Anne Church is hosting a day of reflection on Saturday, June 8. The theme is “Amazing Grace” and the speaker will be radio show host Gus Lloyd. Participants are invited to gather from 8 to 9 a.m., when Lloyd’s first presentation will begin. He will […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 22, 2019 -
News Article
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
RAPIDS CITY — Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, “The Dynamic Deacon,” will give a weeklong parish mission in June at St. John the Baptist Church, 1416 Third Ave. All of the weekday sessions will begin at 7 p.m. and include the following topics: Monday, June 10: “Covenant Relationship and the Theology of the Body,” Tuesday, June 11: […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 18, 2019 -
Movie Review
Anjelica Huston, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, John Wick, Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves stars in a scene from the movie "John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Slick but nasty action picture in which the assassin of the title (Keanu Reeves), cut off from the worldwide criminal enterprise he previously served and with a sizable bounty on his head, battles hordes of opponents (most prominently Mark Dacascos). Among the few willing to help him are a fellow Belarus-born […]
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