For Lent, consider giving up your ego. If you think you don’t have one, you might be thinking of it wrongly
By MISSIO DEI CATHOLIC Lent is looming around the corner and I am not ready. I told God I wasn’t ready to give up anything more in my life. Driving…
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 MoreThe Cross and Christmas
By CHANTAL LAFORTUNE Special to Catholic Times We hear in the Gospel how St. John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way for Christ’s coming. However, many people “did not…
Read MorePurgatory: Finally understand one of the Church’s most misunderstood teachings
It’s not heaven. It’s not hell. So, what is purgatory and why pray for the dead? By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Purgatory is one of the most discussed teachings that…
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Thousands Walk with Christ in unprecedented National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in seven Central Illinois cities By ANDREW HANSEN Editor To see a photo gallery from each location, click on these links: They…
Read MoreThe National Eucharistic Procession in our diocese and other Eucharistic experiences are over. So, what should you do to keep your Eucharistic revival going?
By FATHER JOHN TITUS Special to Catholic Times Has your faith grown during the National Eucharistic Revival over the past couple of years? Were you part of the Eucharistic Congress in…
Read MorePerpetual Pilgrims speak out about National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
By DIANE SCHLINDWEINManaging Editor Although thousands of people participated in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimages across the United States, each of the four routes were accompanied by young people known as…
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 More‘I remember being taught that the Catholic Church had false beliefs’
The conversion of our Father Hyland Smith By ANDREW HANSEN Editor Father Hyland Smith says that “God has a plan for all of us.” In his conversion story and vocation…
Read MoreThe sacrament of confession: instrument of divine mercy
Divine Mercy Sunday is April 7By KALEB HAMMONDSpecial to Catholic Times I have been Catholic for about 15 years, having been baptized and confirmed when I was 18 in 2008.…
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