By: By Father Douglas Grandon Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 14 Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98:5-6,7-8,9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 My father attended a one-room, country school, in rural Dixon. When his teacher would instruct the students at the various grade levels, his older and younger brothers couldn’t help but overhear each other’s lectures. […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Singer Grace Griffith knew what Pope John Paul II was going through once he became afflicted with Parkinson’s disease. Griffith, 54, received her own diagnosis of Parkinson’s in 1998. Her brother had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1992. Moreover, when not paying the bills with her music, Griffith was a physical therapist […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — God constantly tries to enter into dialogue with the people he created — speaking through creation and even through silence, but mainly in the church through the Bible and through his son Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. In his apostolic exhortation, “Verbum Domini” (“The Word of the Lord”), the pope […]
Continue readingBishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be the celebrant of a Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria.At the Mass, prayers of gratitude will be offered not only for this year’s harvest but also for the blessings of faithful Catholics who assist in parishes and institutions […]
Continue readingOne weekend after Peoria Notre Dame claimed state titles in girls cross country and boys soccer, two more Catholic schools of the diocese are in the sports spotlight.Today, Bloomington Central Catholic’s volleyball team plays Breese Central in the semifinals of the Class 2A IHSA tournament. The winner of today’s game at noon in Redbird Arena […]
Continue readingBy: By Deacon Eric Meisfjord, Catholic News Service SPOKANE, Wash. (CNS) — Oddly enough, a massive Catholic Internet information hub with global reach got its start when someone asked the question, “Who are these people sitting in the pews with me?” The person asking the question was Dan Roach, an attorney and member of St. […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Betty and John Moran were planning a quiet celebration for their 70th wedding anniversary this month, but it didn’t exactly turn out that way. While they were able to renew their vows simply at a Mass on Oct. 19 at St. Pius X Church here, where they are charter members, their 40 […]
Continue readingThe following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly. —– “Paranormal Activity 2” (Paramount) The Catholic News Service Classification is […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Douglas Grandon Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 31Wisdom 11:22 — 12:2; Psalm 145:1-2,8-9,10-11,13,14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11 — 2:2; Luke 19:1-10 The third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization ended last week with dramatic testimony from the 18-year-old daughter of a former assistant to the Communist dictator of North Korea, Kim Jung Il. […]
Continue readingScary movies that make us squirm in our seats, feel queasy in our stomachs, or turn away from the screen have been Hollywood money makers for generations. Last weekend, fear took hold at the box office again with “Paranormal Activity 2” recording a spirited $41.5 million debut. As Halloween approaches, horror films from the past […]
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