Father James E. King
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following are excerpts from the homily at the Oct. 19 funeral Mass at St. Mark Church in Peoria for Father James King, 55. (See obituary.) The homilist was Father James Loftus, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Danville. A verse that often comes to mind when I think of Jim is from St. […]
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Gwilym Lee and Rami Malek star in a scene from the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Rami Malek gives himself completely to the role of Freddie Mercury in this biopic of the lead singer of the rock group Queen, with impressive artistic results. And Mercury’s musical career, including his collaboration with the other members of the band (Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy and Joe Mazzello) as they resisted […]
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A young woman tweets a message. (CNS file/Paul Jeffrey)
GENESEO — “Today’s Teenagers” is the topic for the next Women at the Well planned for Thursday, Nov. 8, at St. Malachy Church, 595 E. Ogden Ave. The speaker will be Michelle Ganson, a lifelong member of the parish who has 19 years of experience as an educator. In addition to teaching English, math and […]
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 28 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 We Americans are an impatient people. We want what we want and we want it now — instant gratification. I typed “instant gratification” into a browser and got 14,600,000 hits in four-tenths of a second. I wonder why it took so long? […]
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Justin Bruening stars as U.S. Army Chaplain Darren Turner in a scene from the movie "Indivisible." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/courtesy Provident Films)
By Catholic News Service Earnest fact-based drama, set in 2007, in which an inexperienced Protestant Army chaplain (Justin Bruening) finds his pastoral skills, the stability of his marriage (to Sarah Drew) and even his faith tested when he’s assigned to care for a unit deployed on the dangerous outskirts of Baghdad. He helps to make […]
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Michael Nyqvist and Gerard Butler star in a scene from the movie "Hunter Killer." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Far-fetched but reasonably entertaining military potboiler puts scowling macho man Gerard Butler at the helm of a U.S. submarine during a potentially war-triggering crisis in relations with Russia. To avert a nuclear holocaust, he must not only do some fancy maneuvering but gain the cooperation of a Russian counterpart (Michael Nyqvist), […]
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Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford star in a scene from the movie "The Old Man & the Gun." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Writer-director David Lowery’s adaptation of David Grann’s New Yorker magazine profile of Forrest Tucker, who died in prison in 2004, is driven by the conceit of a career criminal as a jaunty old coot. During a wide-ranging spree of heists in 1981, Tucker (Robert Redford) works with two partners (Danny Glover […]
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Megan Lawless, Amandla Stenberg and Sabrina Carpenter star in a scene from the movie "The Hate U Give." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Real-life issues of racial justice are explored in this compelling drama, adapted from Angie Thomas’ novel for young adults by screenwriter Audrey Wells and director George Tillman Jr. An African-American teen (Amandla Stenberg) divides her time between her mostly black working-class neighborhood and the predominantly white private school she attends, adjusting […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Click the following to see a news release from the Catholic Diocese of Peoria dated Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. PR 10-18-18 Diocese Responds to Lawsuit by J Anderson
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Jamie Lee Curtis stars in the movie "Halloween." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Some interesting exposition exploring the long-term psychological effects on the heroine (Jamie Lee Curtis) of the eponymous 1978 slasher classic of her near-fatal encounter with masked madman Michael Myers (Nick Castle) during the first of his many blood-soaked rampages soon gives way to an orgy of gruesome and, in at least […]
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