Several retreats, days of prayer/reflection available this Lent in diocese
Attention 2025 Catholic female high school graduates! Apply for SDCCW $2,000 scholarship now!
Attention 2025 Catholic female high school graduates! Apply for SDCCW $2,000 scholarship now! The SDCCW (Springfield Diocesan Council of Catholic Women) is pleased to give $2,000 for education beyond high…
Read MoreThe amazing story of brave sisters who started St. John’s Hospital in Springfield
Hospital celebrates 150 years with Mass celebrated by Bishop PaprockiBy ANDREW HANSEN, Editor and BRIAN C. BLASCO, Special to Catholic Times It was 150 years ago, in the year 1875,…
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Fundraiser, mission trip to Uganda helps build church, strengthens unity By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor It is a tremendously long way from Teutopolis to Nakasedhere, a village in the Luuka…
Read MoreIllinois Pro-Life March and Mass for Life takes center stage in Springfield — and you are invited to the experience it all
March 25 event includes Mass, rally, and march After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago, states around the country have been going in two different…
Read MoreLooking for a good way to enhance your Lenten Season?
Attend the Catholic Women Prayer Breakfast HIGHLAND — Are you inspired to grow in holiness during Lent? Do you want to spend time with the Lord and receive Him in…
Read MoreSEEK25 ‘reinforced my commitment to spreading faith, helping others, and cherishing my family’
College students from diocese rave about experience at biggest young adult conference of the year By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Jacob Morrisey, a student at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) who is…
Read MoreNo vote taken on physician assisted suicide at Statehouse
By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Legislation that would have legalized physician assisted suicide in Illinois was not taken up for a vote during the Lame Duck Session at the Statehouse in…
Read MorePope Francis launches Jubilee 2025 – How you can receive an indulgence in our diocese in 2025
Pope Francis launches Jubilee 2025, ‘Pilgrims of Hope,’ with opening of Holy DoorHow you can receive an indulgence in our diocese this yearBy Hannah Brockhaus of Catholic News Agency and Andrew Hansen, EDITOR Pope…
Read MoreA Catholic primer on ‘New Year’s resolutions’ – What does living a virtuous life mean?
By JOSEPH J. PLAUD Special to Catholic Times As the year 2025 begins, there is little doubt that we will read about in the popular press, or perhaps even pronounce…
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