My Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar Perhaps one of the greatest personal challenges for living out Lent is remembering that I am both body and spirit. That might seem a bit obvious — every person is both body and soul. However, so many times in history, the temptation has been to in some way […]
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Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB
Living the Word l Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB Second Sunday of Lent l March 5 Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 33:4-5,18-19,20,22; 2 Timothy 1:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9 On our property at St. Mary Monastery, in an open space that can be easily viewed from our health care area windows, we have planted a witchhazel bush. The witchhazel has an […]
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Jonathan Majors stars in a scene from the movie “Creed III.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. (OSV News photo/Eli Ade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)
By OSV News Actor Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with this second sequel to the 2015 reboot of the storied “Rocky” franchise in which he also reprises his role as the champion pugilist of the title. Now retired from the ring, he’s enjoying a prosperous life with his hearing-impaired singer-turned-producer wife (Tessa Thompson) […]
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The Pilgrim Icon of St. Joseph is the latest in the Pilgrim Icon Program of the Knights of Columbus. (Provided photo)
Two local Knights of Columbus councils are making available a Pilgrim Icon of St. Joseph for veneration in the parishes of the Heart of Peoria Catholic Community this month, starting at St. Joseph Church, 103 Richard Pryor Place, in Peoria. The display and veneration of the icon will start with the 4 p.m. Mass on […]
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Noting that “no human person is beyond redemption,” the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) in February outlined a series of policy priorities to make the criminal justice system in our state more rehabilitative and healing, while also increasing public safety. “With the foundations and recommendations that follow, we contend that our Catholic faith provides a […]
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Reviewed by Father Luke Spannagel Sometimes in the midst of a conversation with someone after Mass or in passing, a person might ask me for a book recommendation. “Father, what would be a good book to learn more about Scripture?” “Father, is there a good book on the saints that you like?” Recently, a parishioner […]
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Keri Russell stars in a scene from the movie "Cocaine Bear." The OSV News classification is O -- morally offensive. (OSV News photo/Pat Redmond, Universal)
By OSV News After a crazed drug dealer (Matthew Rhys) throws his cargo of the titular narcotic out of an airplane while flying over a national forest, a portion of it is eaten by a black bear who then threatens the lives of a nurse (Keri Russell), her daughter (Brooklynn Prince), the schoolmate with whom […]
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Jill Kenyon is surrounded by former students and a former co-worker from Jordan Catholic School who are now at Alleman High School. They are (from left) Henry Mihm, Andrew Torres, Ethan Georlett, Mark VanNatta, Jack Mihm, Quentin Fonseca and Iris Reynolds. VanNatta worked with Kenyon for six years at Jordan Catholic before becoming the athletic director at Alleman. (The Catholic Post/Jill Rodts)
ROCK ISLAND — “Good to be home.” Those were Jill Kenyon’s first words at a ceremony to dedicate a plaque in her honor at Jordan Catholic School during Catholic Schools Week. It is estimated that she taught as many as 1,000 students during her 37 years as the gym teacher there before she retired last […]
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Cheryl J. Criss
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Feb. 13 for Cheryl J. Criss, who worked in the Tribunal of the Diocese of Peoria for more than 20 years. She was 79. Interment was to be in Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria after cremation rites were accorded. Mrs. Criss died […]
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Bishop Louis Tylka greets Mary Stech of Mahomet at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion last March at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. In his message for this Lent, he commends those who are preparing for the Easter sacraments of baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist to the prayers of all the faithful in the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)
Dear Friends, Each year, the Church invites us to enter into a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter and the Sacraments of Initiation. This holy season of Lent is marked by practices that invite us to participate more fully in the Lord’s Paschal Mystery. We commit ourselves in a more intentional way to […]
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