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Recognizing God’s love and mercy in the body of Christ – the Church

By: The Catholic Post - March 23, 2016 - Living the Word Easter, Schaab, Scripture

Father R. Michael Schaab

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord/March 27 Acts 10:34a,37-43; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes; John 20:1-9 The Church designates the great Feast of Easter as an octave, or eight-day celebration. This means that Easter itself is celebrated as an eight-day-long feast. Every day of the octave is Easter. One indication of this […]

“The Young Messiah” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - March 15, 2016 - Movie Review

Adam Greaves-Neal stars in a scene from the movie "The Young Messiah." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Focus)

By Catholic News Service This engaging dramatization remains faithful to the underlying message of scripture even as it speculates about the childhood of Jesus (played here, age 7, by Adam Greaves-Neal), a topic on which the Gospels are virtually silent. As Joseph (Vincent Walsh) leads his family back from exile in Egypt, he and Mary (Sara […]

List of reconciliation services around the Diocese of Peoria as Holy Week nears

By: The Catholic Post - March 11, 2016 - Uncategorized

A penitent receiving absolution in the sacrament of reconciliation is portrayed in this photo illustration. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

The sacrament of reconciliation is being made available throughout the Diocese of Peoria during Lent, with most parishes adding times for individual confession for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. This is especially true on Wednesdays as part of the “Light of Mercy” initiative started at the request of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. In addition, […]

Will we throw stones or choose another way?

By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 - Living the Word Bergschneider, Rachel, Scripture

Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB

Fifth Sunday of Lent/March 13 Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 “If I really had my preference, I would take you to Rwanda to see for yourselves. I was able to stay for four days in a rural village named Gikonko. It is nowhere in a country that is nowhere, and that makes […]

“London Has Fallen” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 - Movie Review

Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart star in a scene from the movie "London Has Fallen." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Focus Features)

By Catholic News Service In the equally improbable and considerably more pitiless sequel to 2013’s “Olympus Has Fallen,” a Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) must once again protect the U.S. president (Aaron Eckhart) after insurgents controlled by a vengeful Pakistani arms dealer (Alon Moni Aboutboul) devastate the British capital and imperil world leaders gathered for […]

“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” (Paramount)

By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 - Movie Review

Margot Robbie stars in a scene from the movie "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Frank Masi, Paramount Pictures)

By Catholic News Service A low moral tone pervades this fact-based blend of comedy and drama, set in the early 2000s, about a deskbound reporter (Tina Fey) who impulsively transforms her life by becoming a war correspondent in Afghanistan. As she befriends her guide and translator (Christopher Abbott) as well as one of her few female […]

“Zootopia” (Disney)

By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 - Movie Review

A rookie bunny cop and a fugitive fox star in a scene from the animated movie "Zootopia." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents.

By Catholic News Service Anthropomorphism runs amok in this 3-D animated comedy-adventure with animals of all shapes and sizes assuming human traits and jabbering away as they earn a living in the bustling metropolis of the title. A bright-eyed, bushy-tailed suburban-reared rabbit (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) joins the city police department but faces resentment and […]

Director to be present when Divine Mercy image film is shown in Peoria March 19

By: The Catholic Post - March 2, 2016 - News Article diSilva, Divine, documentary, image, mercy

A new documentary film exploring “The Original Image of Divine Mercy” will be shown at two Peoria locations, with director Daniel diSilva in attendance and a six-foot replica and Class 3 relic of the image, blessed by Pope Francis, on display during a showing on March 19. The full-length film, which traces diSilva’s yearlong search […]

“Eddie the Eagle” (Fox)

By: The Catholic Post - March 1, 2016 - Movie Review

Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman star in a scene from the movie "Eddie the Eagle." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)

By Catholic News Service Generally uplifting fact-based drama in which a working-class English lad (Taron Egerton) aspires to become an Olympic athlete. The barriers standing in his way include a childhood disability, a near-total lack of natural talent, the dyed-in-the-wool snobbery of the British sports establishment and the firm opposition of his practical-minded father (Keith […]

“Triple 9” (Open Road)

By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2016 - Movie Review

Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck star in a scene from the movie "Triple 9." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. CNS/Open Road Films

By Catholic News Service Cops honest and otherwise clash with Russian mobsters on the mean streets of Atlanta in this extremely violent thriller directed by John Hillcoat. A mafia moll (Kate Winslet) blackmails corrupt officers (most prominently Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anthony Mackie) into carrying out a bank robbery, hoping to free her jailed lover back […]

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