Once in a lifetime opportunity! Attend beatification Mass for Fulton Sheen
The Catholic Church is preparing for a moment of extraordinary grace, joy, and historic significance: the Beatification of Peoria’s Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. On Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, tens of…
Read MoreThe eight days of Christmas? A look at the Christmas octave
By KEVIN JONES Catholic News Agency The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of…
Read MoreWhat makes the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe so mysterious?
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated Dec. 12By JONAH McKEOWN Catholic News Agency In 1531 a “Lady from Heaven” appeared to St. Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a…
Read MoreWhy the Mighty Mississippi was once named the ‘River of the Immaculate Conception’
Kaskaskia was, at one time and in some ways, the center of the Mississippian universe By JONAH McKEOWNCatholic News Agency “Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to…
Read MoreSt. Charbel’s first class relic and relics of other saints coming to Vandalia/Springfield
This October, Catholics across Illinois are invited to a profound spiritual encounter as a First Class relic of St. Charbel Makhlouf is brought to the United States for the first…
Read MoreIncorrupt body? Missouri religious community says they knew they ‘were living with a saint’
By ANDREW HANSEN Editor The following story appeared in the documentary, God is Alive, Part 2, produced by the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and which premiered earlier this year. It’s…
Read MoreInternational center dedicated to St. Gianna not coming to Springfield
In the summer of 2020, Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla, the daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla of Italy, informed officials with the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois that Springfield had…
Read MoreHonoring St. Nicholas, a saint for Advent, and all seasons
By DIANE SCHLINDWEINManaging Editor On the eve of Dec. 6, many children around the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois — in fact, youngsters all over the world — put out…
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