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Katie Faley: Marveling at glimpses of God’s majestic beauty in a spring garden

By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2021 - Columnists

Tulips bloom outside St. Hyacinth Church in LaSalle. Columnist Katie Faley says "when the tulips, lilies, and daffodils pop up on their own around Easter . . . it's an easy reminder that, with Jesus, we die and rise with new life." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

Cause of Our Joy / By Katie Faley The sunny days we have had these last few weeks have me feeling ready to shake off the winter blues. As ambivalent as I can feel about winter when it lingers around a little too long, I am very thankful that I live in an area with […]

Book by local author Devin Shadt is a gift to men in Year of St. Joseph

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2021 - Book Review

Reviewed by Father Luke Spannagel Happy Year of St. Joseph to everyone! I hope growing with and praying with St. Joseph is strengthening you all. This past Solemnity of St. Joseph on March 19, I completed a consecration to St. Joseph using a gift I received for Christmas: “CUSTOS Total Consecration through Saint Joseph.” If […]

Service is real key to our salvation

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2021 - Living the Word

Father R. Michael Schaab

By Father R. Michael Schaab Fourth Sunday of Easter/April 25 Acts 4:8-12; Psalm 118:1,8-9,21-23,26,28,29; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18 Just as the eight days from Easter Sunday to the Second Sunday of Easter are celebrated as one joyful Easter Day, so also the Eight Sundays from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated as one joyful […]

“Godzilla vs. Kong” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - April 7, 2021 - Movie Review

This is a scene from the movie "Godzilla vs. Kong." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Visually spectacular but dramatically feeble creature feature from director Adam Wingard. In following up both 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and “Kong: Skull Island” from 2017, screenwriters Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein entangle the titular showdown in the varied strands of interaction among an ensemble cast with the result that […]

After experiencing Divine Mercy, we must become instruments of it

By: The Catholic Post - April 6, 2021 - Living the Word

Father R. Michael Schaab

By Father R. Michael Schaab Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) / April 11 Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 As one reads this Sunday’s Responsorial Psalm, “Let the house of Israel say, ‘His mercy endures forever.’” “Let the house of Aaron say, ‘His mercy endures forever.’” “Let those who fear the Lord […]

Lindsey Weishar: John Paul II’s invitation to Divine Mercy is needed in this moment

By: The Catholic Post - April 6, 2021 - Columnists

My Vocation is Love / By Lindsey Weishar April is a month imbued with the spirit of St. John Paul II for me. This Divine Mercy Sunday (April 11) we celebrate Christ’s revelation to St. Faustina of his desire for all of us to enter into his “ocean of mercy.” Divine Mercy Sunday was established […]

Paul Moore: Now is always the time of St. Joseph and his silent support

By: The Catholic Post - April 6, 2021 - Columnists

A woman lights a votive candle Oct. 2 at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. Founded by St. André Bessette, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross who was canonized in 2010, St. Joseph's Oratory is the world's largest shrine dedicated to St. Joseph and Canada's largest Catholic church building. The candles spell, in French, “St. Joseph, Patron of the Church.” (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

In My Father’s House / By Paul Thomas Moore My ears pricked up at the sound of my name. “Did you hear that, Paul? “‘Now is the time of St. Joseph,’” said our parish director of faith formation, Ileen Grebner. I’d been half-listening while gazing out the window. Now a memory flashed of long-ago teachers […]

Pray with Bishop Tylka: Here is his parish, religious community prayer list for April

By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2021 - News Article

St. Patrick Church in Colona is pictured. Bishop Tylka will pray for the Colona faith community on Tuesday, April 20.

Since the beginning of the year, Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka has been praying for the parishes of the Diocese of Peoria by name with the help of a prayer calendar. It was developed with the assistance of Sister Linda Burkitt of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception (Heading Avenue Franciscans). In addition […]

“Nobody” (Universal)

By: The Catholic Post - March 27, 2021 - Movie Review Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Britten, Ilya Naishuller, RZA

RZA, Bob Odenkirk and Christopher Lloyd star in a scene from the movie "Nobody." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Allen Fraser, Universal Pictures)

By Catholic News Service A mild-mannered suburban family man (Bob Odenkirk) gets caught up in an escalating cycle of crime and violence after thieves break into his house. What his opponents, who eventual include a Russian mob boss (Alexey Serebryakov), initially fail to realize, though, is that he is a highly skilled former military operative […]

‘Night of Knights’ to honor 9 at Mass, banquet in Rock Island on April 24

By: The Catholic Post - March 25, 2021 - Featured Article

ROCK ISLAND — Nine members of the Knights of Columbus from throughout the Diocese of Peoria will be recognized for outstanding service to the organization as well as to their parishes and communities during the annual Night of Knights Mass and banquet on Saturday, April 24. The evening will begin with a 4 p.m. Mass […]

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