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By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2017 -
Movie Review
Tom Holland as Spider-Man stars in a scene from the movie "Spider-Man: Homecoming." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Columbia Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Vibrant comic-book adaptation follows the double life of seemingly ordinary high school student Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as he struggles to keep his extra-curricular crime-fighting activities as Spider-Man concealed from his easily worried guardian, Aunt May (Marisa Tomei). In this reboot for the franchise, industrialist Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert Downey […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2017 -
Movie Review
Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Jason Mantzoukas star in a scene from the movie "The House." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Dim-witted, cash strapped parents (Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler) of a college-age daughter (Ryan Simpkins) team with a friend (Jason Mantzoukas) to start an illegal casino in his house so they can pay for her tuition. But their scheme spirals down into a series of bad decisions and gruesome events. Director Andrew […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 5, 2017 -
Movie Review
Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, appears in the animated movie "Despicable Me 3." (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Strong values accompany a weak central plot in this animated comedy, the second direct follow-up to the 2010 original. As the once slightly wicked villain (voice of Steve Carell) who turned thoroughgoing good guy over the course of the first two films tries to thwart an ex-child actor (voice of Trey […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 30, 2017 -
News Article
Apostolic Sisters of St. John, Princeville, profession
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For the first time since establishing their novitiate at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Priory in Princeville two years ago, the Apostolic Sisters of St. John celebrated the temporary profession of four women. They are Sister Anna Clare of Hogan, Pennsylvania; Sister Anne Elizabeth of Leidel, Michigan; Sister Grace of Beauclair, North Dakota; and Sister Hope of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 30, 2017 -
News Article
homily, jubilarian, Msgr. Soseman
Msgr. Richard R. Soseman
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily delivered at the Diocese of Peoria’s Jubilarian Mass celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on June 22. The Mass recognized priests observing significant anniversary years of ordination. Profiles of the priests as well as deacons and consecrated men and women marking anniversary years appeared […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 29, 2017 -
News Article, Uncategorized
capital campaign, Diocese of Peoria, survey
The Diocese of Peoria continues to gather feedback about a potential capital campaign, but those wishing to review the plans being considered and make their voices heard via an online survey are asked to do so by a deadline of Wednesday, July 19. “I think people will find this task a valuable use of their […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 29, 2017 -
News Article
Anthony Stone, awards, Catholic Press Association, Father James DeBisschop, Jennifer Willems, Tom Dermody
QUEBEC CITY, Canada — The Catholic Post has received two awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada for material published in 2016. Both were in the category of “Best Personality Profile.” Jennifer Willems, assistant editor, received second place for her profile of Father James DeBisschop, pastor of Mary, Our Lady […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 29, 2017 -
Living the Word
By Sharon Priester Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/July 2 2 Kings 4:8-11,14-16a; Psalm 89:2-3,16-17,18-19; Romans 6:3-4,8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 Just the other day, a few of us from the neighborhood were standing at the end of our driveway chatting about what was going on in the neighborhood — how the new baby next door was doing, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 29, 2017 -
Movie Review
Ansel Elgort and Lily James star in a scene from the movie "Baby Driver." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Stylish, high-octane crime drama in which an otherwise decent young man (Ansel Elgort) is forced to serve as the getaway driver in a series of bank robberies in order to pay off his debt to a callous mobster (Kevin Spacey). As he works with a variety of lowlifes (most prominently Jon […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 27, 2017 -
Movie Review
Samuel Parker, Isabela Moner, Benjamin Flores Jr., Juliocesar Chavez and Daniel Iturriaga star in a scene from the movie "Transformers: The Last Knight." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Ponderous sci-fi action flick in which a small-time inventor (Mark Wahlberg) tries to save Earth from being destroyed in a collision with the home planet of a race of shape-shifting robots. Director Michael Bay’s film finds the evil sorceress (Gemma Chan) who created the automatons scheming to revive their dying orb by […]
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