Couples married 50+ years celebrate together
Long-married couples celebrate together at Sept. 22 Mass By DIANE SCHLINDWEN Managing Editor Over 150 couples and their guests came from around the diocese to the Cathedral of the Immaculate…
Read More‘It was God saying, I am here’
60,000 attend National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis By ANDREW HANSEN Editor “A spiritual high.” “Amazing.” “Hopeful.” “Absolutely wild.” Those were just some of the ways pilgrims from the Diocese of…
Read MoreA closer look at the internationally renowned Cathedral pipe organ and why our diocese is lucky to have such an instrument
‘The pipe organ is to be held in high esteem’ A closer look at the internationally renowned Cathedral pipe organ and why our diocese is lucky to have such an…
Read MoreAthens and Petersburg have become Divine Mercy cities
Catholics team up to spread devotion of Jesus’ Divine Mercy to all who drive through their communities By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Taking a drive in the country in Central…
Read MoreIs artificial insemination wrong even among married couples?
Artificial insemination introduces sperm into a woman’s body by use of a thin tube (cannula) or other instrument to bring about a pregnancy. Artificial insemination can be either homologous (using…
Read MorePlans announced for San Damiano College for the Trades in Springfield
Student experience will not be like traditional college By ANDREW HANSEN Editor A team of lay, clerical, and religious Catholics in Springfield, Ill., announced plans for San Damiano College…
Read MoreSign up your child for Totus Tuus, popular weeklong summer program coming to a parish near you
Three teams of missionaries this year at 13 parishes! This summer, the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is excited to have Totus Tuus, a fun and faith-filled experience for children…
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Pray – Experience – Witness National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and procession coming to our diocese July 8-12 in several cities By ANDREW HANSEN Editor You are invited to a once-in-a-lifetime…
Read MoreThree to be ordained to transitional diaconate, one to permanent diaconate
By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor On the evening of Friday, April 12, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki will ordain three seminarians to the transitional diaconate, along with one man to the…
Read MoreCatechesis director explains new Father Tolton Scouting badge
By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor Kyle Holtgrave, the director for Catechesis in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, was the impetus for a new Catholic Scouting Venerable Father Augustine Tolton…
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