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By: The Catholic Post - December 6, 2018 -
News Article
The St. Anthony Camerata Chorale Festival Choir performs at St. Mary's Cathedral in this 2017 photo. In addition to selections by the ecumenical choir and soloists, the "Christmas at the Cathedral" concert on Dec. 16 will include an invitation for the audience to sing along on some of the carols. (Provided photo)
The St. Anthony Camerata Chorale Festival Choir will present a concert, “Christmas at the Cathedral,” on Sunday, Dec. 16, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. It will begin at 3 p.m. The ecumenical choir, based at St. Anthony Parish in Bartonville, will perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass KV 317, along with traditional Christmas carols and songs […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 6, 2018 -
Movie Review
John C. Reilly, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star in a scene from the movie "Stan & Ollie." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II adults and adolescents. (CNS/Sony Pictures Classics)
By Catholic News Service Film comedy icons Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly), fight off age and obscurity with immense courage during what would be their final tour of British music halls in 1953. Director Jon Baird and screenwriter Jeff Pope have achieved a poignant, pitch-perfect, affectionately nostalgic story without much […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
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Is your parish or school organization looking for a speaker? Dr. Susan Nagele has 33 years of stories from her medical missionary service in East Africa to share. “If anybody would like to invite me, I’m happy to talk to as few or as many — Knights of Columbus councils, women’s groups, schools, colleges,” said […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
Movie Review
Ben Kingsley, Holocaust, Liam Neeson, Oskar Schindler, Ralph Fiennes, Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley star in a scene from the 1993 movie "Schindler's List." To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's award-winning film, Universal will be re-releasing the movie in a limited engagement Dec. 7. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service EDITOR’S NOTE: This review originally ran Dec. 17, 1993. The movie is being re-released Dec. 7 on 1,000 screens in the U.S., including theaters in central Illinois. Check your local listings. — Sobering account of an opportunistic German businessman (Liam Neeson) who comes to occupied Poland to make his fortune by exploiting […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
Book Review
By Sister Mary Core, OSB Though not a “hot-off-the-press” book, “Sacred Fire” by Ronald Rolheiser is well worth reading. It is a follow-up to his “The Holy Longing,” and the predecessor to a yet-to-be-written book on Radical Discipleship. Stick with it through part one of the book (chapters 1 and 2) in which Rolheiser sets […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
News Article
Sister Gretchen McKean, CHM
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Sister Gretchen McKean, CHM, a native of Bradford who taught biology for nearly four decades at the former Marycrest College here, died on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa. She was 86. Visitation was scheduled at the Humility of Mary Center, 820 W. Central Park Ave., […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
News Article
Andre Lesperance
The diocesan Office of Priestly Vocations hopes to help teachers make the most of their relationships with students and bring them closer to Christ with “Teaching Like Jesus: Making Disciples in Our Schools” on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Family Resources Center, 415 N.E. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
News Article
St. Juan Diego, portrayed by Luis Mondragon, kneels as he is greeted by the Blessed Virgin Mary, portrayed by Kimberly Alfaro, during a presentation of the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 2016 at St. Mary Church in Bloomington. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria will be filled with prayer, song and dance throughout much of the day on Wednesday, Dec. 12, in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The celebration is one of several planned around the Diocese of Peoria — especially in parishes with Spanish-speaking communities — on or around the feast day […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 5, 2018 -
Living the Word
Father Timothy Hepner
Second Sunday of Advent/Dec. 9 Baruch 5:1-3; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Philippians 1:4-6,8-11; Luke 3:1-6 “All flesh shall see the salvation of God.” The words of Isaiah reverberated and found their fulfillment in the events of John the Baptist’s proclamation. St. Luke, the painstaking historian, tells us specifically when and where these events occurred. This is important, because […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 30, 2018 -
Movie Review
Shay Mitchell stars in a scene from the movie "The Possession of Hannah Grace." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Dreary horror tale in which an ex-cop (Shay Mitchell) with mental and addiction problems who now works the night shift at a Boston hospital’s morgue is confused to find one of the cadavers in her care, that of a teen girl (Kirby Johnson) who died during a failed exorcism, refusing to […]
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