Dr. Jim Healy
All married couples are invited to a date night with dinner and a marriage enrichment presentation hosted by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women on Saturday, Sept. 29, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Dr. Jim Healy, director of the Center for Family Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet, […]
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Father Timothy Hepner
Father Timothy Hepner will be the speaker for the annual fall retreat planned for Saturday, Sept. 15, by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the Diocese of Peoria. “Be Still, Be Filled, and Go Forth with Christ” will be held at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 N.E. Madison Ave., in Peoria. Registration opens at 8 a.m. […]
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Father Michael Andrejek
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Father Michael Andrejek, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Pekin, as the new vicar of the Pekin Vicariate. Father Andrejek succeeds Father Steven Willard, who was recently named pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria. Ordained in 1998, Father Andrejek has served as pastor of the […]
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Adam Driver and John David Washington star in a scene from the movie "Blackkklansman." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service After becoming the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the early 1970s, a rookie cop (John David Washington) is first assigned to infiltrate a lecture by ex-Black Panther Kwame Ture — born Stokely Carmichael — (Corey Hawkins), then casually manages to contact the local Ku Klux Klan by […]
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Dennis Quaid and Myles Truitt star in a scene from the movie "Kin." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service This gritty but somewhat intriguing crime thriller with an overlay of science fiction finds an ex-con (Jack Reynor) on the run from the half-crazed head (James Franco) of a protection racket with his 14-year-old African-American adopted brother (Myles Truitt) in tow. Unbeknownst to his sibling, the youngster has accidentally acquired an […]
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This is a scene from the animated movie "Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. Not otherwise rated. (CNS/Warner Brothers Home Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service Arch, colorful, and free of gory violence and vulgarity, this animated straight-to-video adventure is what comics-based films should be, namely, fun. Far beneath the sea, an Atlantean troublemaker (voice of Trevor Devall) dethrones the titular hero, his half-brother (voice of Dee Bradley Baker), as King of the Seven Seas. Aided by […]
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Margie and Mitch Junis place their hands on the shoulders of their son, Brother Thomas Junis, as he professes his first vows as a Salesian of Don Bosco. (Provided photo)
HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — A Bloomington native who credits the example of the late Msgr. Gregory Ketcham and the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary for encouraging his vocation, has made his first profession as a Salesian of Don Bosco. Brother Thomas Scott Junis, SDB, professed his vows — with the intent of […]
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Deacon J. Robert Ulbrich
CHAMPAIGN — A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Holy Cross Church here for Deacon J. Robert Ulbrich, a permanent deacon who served the parish since his ordination in 2007. Deacon Ulbrich died on Aug. 23, 2018, at Evanston Hospital in Evanston. He was 75. Visitation is scheduled from […]
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Father R. Michael Schaab
By Father R. Michael Schaab Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 2 Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8; Psalm 15:2-3,3-4,4-5; James 1:17-18,21b-22,27; Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 Today’s readings tell us about three important concepts: divine wisdom, biblical justice and God’s commandment. Together, they explain the Christian life. In the first reading from Deuteronomy, Moses tells Israel that “this great nation is truly a […]
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Alex Neustaedter and Becky G star in a scene from the movie "A.X.L." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Open Road Films)
By Catholic News Service Gentle but bland tale of a teen motocross racer (Alex Neustaedter) who happens upon, tames and bonds with an experimental robotic war dog. With the help of the girl (Becky G) he would like to make his own, the lad tries to protect his mechanical pet from being recaptured, either by […]
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