Popular weeklong summer program coming to a parish near you

This summer, the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is excited to have Totus Tuus, a fun and faith-filled experience for children coming once again to several parishes across the diocese in June and July.

Totus Tuus is a weeklong Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness, and eucharistic worship. The program inspires in young people a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation.

Teams of college-aged teachers are traveling to a different parish each week, hosting the five-day catechetical program for grades 1-12. The week is filled with faith, fun, and friendship. There are messy games and crazy skits, in addition to prayer, learning the sacraments, and going to Mass. The college-age teachers also provide a witness to being an authentic disciple of Christ. The popular program sees hundreds of children participate every year in the diocese. 

Note, for the schedule below, grades 7-12 are from Sunday-Thursday each week and the program is in the evenings. For grades 1-6, the program is Monday-Friday each week and starts in the morning and finishes in the afternoon.

June 8-13:

Mother of Perpetual Help, Maryville
St. Katharine Drexel, Springfield
Sacred Heart, Effingham

June 15-20:

St. Clare of Assisi, O’Fallon
St. Francis Solanus, Quincy
St. Boniface and St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad, Ind.

June 22-27:

St. Boniface, Edwardsville
Holy Family, Decatur
Forty Martyrs, Tuscola

July 6-11:

St. Elizabeth, Granite City
St. Mary, Paris
St. Peter, Petersburg

July 13-18:

St. Francis Xavier, Jerseyville
St. Isidore, Dieterich

Costs vary by parish. For more information and to sign up your child, call the parish office that is hosting Totus Tuus near you.