Archives
By: The Catholic Post - December 28, 2021 -
Book Review, News Article
Katie Bogner holds a copy of her new book, "Through the Year with Mary: Ponder and Pray Together with Children." A popular blogger at looktohimandberadiant.com, Bogner is the director of religious education at Immaculate Conception Parish in Lacon and a junior high faith formation teacher at St. Philomena School in Peoria. (Provided photo)
Reviewed by Katie Faley “Through the Year with Mary: Ponder and Pray Together with Children” is a grand way to start 2022. Katie Bogner, local author and active Catholic young adult, wrote this definitive companion for living out the entire year with the Mother of God. It is the follow up to her first book, […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 28, 2021 -
News Article
Mary Ann Heinz
CREVE COEUR — A funeral Mass was celebrated on Dec. 23 at St. Ann Church in Peoria for Mary Ann Heinz, a longtime coordinator of Natural Family Planning (NFP) in the Diocese of Peoria and the mother of 17 children. Mrs. Heinz died on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at her Creve Coeur home. She was […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 28, 2021 -
News Article
Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays Christ in the series "The Chosen," is pictured in a promotional poster for the series.
(CNS/The Chosen)
UPDATE — The screenings described below have been postponed until further notice because of the COVID-19 surge. The parish plans to reschedule the series in the near future. URBANA — The first eight episodes of “The Chosen,” a television drama about the life of Christ, will be shown on Tuesdays, starting Jan. 11, in St. […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 28, 2021 -
Columnists
"Works of Mercy" by Pierre Montailler, 1680. (Public Domain)
In My Father’s House / By Paul Thomas Moore Around this time of the rolling year, New Year’s resolutions are everywhere. Sometimes these promises-to-oneself merge with long-term goals we have for our lives, as epitomized by the popular, if somewhat inelegant concept of the “bucket list” — as in things we hope to do before […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 28, 2021 -
Living the Word
Living the Word / By Kim Padan Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord / Jan. 2 Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 As a child, I remember the joy of leaving Christmas decorations up through Jan. 6, the traditional date for the Feast of the Epiphany. Some people thought we were odd, but […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 27, 2021 -
News Article
Father Robert Spilman
SPRING VALLEY — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 30, at The Nativity of Our Lord Parish (St. Anthony Church) here for Father Robert Spilman, former pastor and a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria. Father Spilman died Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2021, at St. Joseph […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 26, 2021 -
Featured Article
The Nativity of Our Lord is depicted in this section of a larger stained glass window from the Chapel of the Sacred Heart at the Diocese of Peoria's new Sacre-Coeur Retreat Center in Magnolia. It is one of nine windows from Germany that formerly adorned Sacred Chruch in Rutland and have now found a new home in the retreat center's main chapel. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Once again, we find ourselves prepared to welcome Christ in the celebration of Christmas. We have decorated our tree, wrapped the presents, and prepared our homes and meals. But more importantly, we have spiritually readied ourselves to welcome the truth of this holiday — our Savior has been born! Bishop Louis Tylka Each time we […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 23, 2021 -
Living the Word
Living the Word/By Kim Padan Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord/Dec. 25 At the Vigil Mass: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 89:4-5,16-17,27,29; Acts 13:16-17,22-25; Matthew 1:1-25 Mass During the Night: Isaiah 9:1-6; Psalm 96:1-2,2-3,11-12,13; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 Mass at Dawn: Isaiah 62:11-12; Psalm 97:1,6,11-12; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:15-20 Mass During the Day: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 23, 2021 -
Movie Review
Anna Paquin and Zachary Levi star in a scene from the movie "American Underdog." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Michael Kubeisy, Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Cheerful, lively biopic tracing the initial challenges and eventual rise to stardom of NFL quarterback Kurt Warner (Zachary Levi). Though he proves himself an outstanding player in college, Warner’s alma mater is too far down on the pecking order for any pro team to consider drafting him or giving him a […]
Continue reading
By: The Catholic Post - December 21, 2021 -
Movie Review
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss star in a scene from the 2021 film "The Matrix Resurrections." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Murray Close, courtesy Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service As this third sci-fi sequel — set 20 years after the last installment — opens, the computer whiz protagonist of the series (Keanu Reeves), once a rebel against the mental enslavement by which a race of intelligent machines kept vast numbers of humans trapped in the simulated reality of the title […]
Continue reading
