Priest, family members create T-shirt honoring newest saints
By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor VIRDEN — Sometimes it takes a family to bring a project to fruition. That’s just what happened when Sacred Heart Parish (Virden) secretary Marcella Rosier,…
Read MoreFive simple tips to raise faithful children into faithful adults
By FATHER ROB JOHNSON Special to Catholic Times Raising kids in the faith today isn’t easy. But it’s not complicated either. It’s not about creating a perfect Catholic bubble or micromanaging…
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 MoreSan Damiano College for the Trades in Springfield officially opening
By DR. KENT LASNOSKISpecial to Catholic Times What do you get when you cross 22 young men from Illinois and all over the country with some shops full of tools,…
Read MoreThe #1 Thing with Bishop Barron and Bishop Paprocki
Bishop Robert Barron is one of the leading evangelists for the Catholic Church. Bishop Thomas John Paprocki is one of the leading canon lawyers for the Catholic Church. The two…
Read MoreHer childhood was full of hurt, violence, poverty, and no love. She then did something most people couldn’t
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.…
Read MoreNewlyweds from Peoria share surreal conversation with Pope Leo XIV — and their plea for Fulton Sheen’s canonization
By ANDREW HANSEN Editor June 2025 will be a month Kristen and Austin Savage of Peoria will never forget. Not just because they were married June 7 at the…
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Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross at home in see city for nearly a century By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor Living a simple life on the far northeast side of…
Read More‘I was in Florida having a good time and now here I am thinking about my funeral’
How Father Steven Arisman’s cardiac episode made him appreciate love even more and what you can learn from his story about suffering By ANDREW HANSENEditor On Nov. 21, 2024, Father…
Read MoreTwo new priests ordained for Springfield diocese
Here’s more good news! Two new priests ordained for Springfield diocese By DIANE SCHLINDWEIN Managing Editor There was a joyful atmosphere on the morning of May 24 in the Cathedral…
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