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 coming once again to several parishes across the diocese in June and July.

Totus Tuus is a weeklong Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness, and eucharistic worship. The program inspires in young people a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation.

Three teams of college aged teachers are traveling to a different parish each week, hosting the five-day catechetical program for grades 1-12. The week is filled with faith, fun, and friendship. There are messy games and crazy skits, in addition to prayer, learning the Sacraments, and going to Mass. The college-age teachers also provide a witness to being an authentic disciple of Christ. The popular program sees hundreds of children participate every year in the diocese. 

For the schedule below, grades 7-12 are from Sunday-Thursday each week and the program is in the evenings. For grades 1-6, the program is Monday-Friday and starts in the morning and finishes in the afternoon.

June schedule:

• June 9-13 (grades 7-12), June 10-14 (grades 1-6): Mother of Perpetual Help (Maryville), St. Katharine Drexel (Springfield), St. Isidore (Dieterich)
• June 16-20 (grades 7-12), June 17-21 (grades 1-6): St. Clare of Assisi (O’Fallon), St. Francis Solanus (Quincy), St. Mary (Paris)
• June 23-27 (grades 7-12), June 24-28 (grades 1-6): Ss. Mary and Joseph (Carlinville), Our Lady of Lourdes (Decatur), St. Francis Xavier (Jerseyville)

July schedule:

• July 7-11 (grades 7-12), July 8-12 (grades 1-6): Holy Family and St. Elizabeth (Granite City), St. John the Evangelist (Carrollton), St. Boniface (Edwardsville)
• July 21-25 (grades 7-12, July 22-26 (grades 1-6): St. Mary (Pittsfield), St. Peter (Petersburg)

Costs vary by parish. For more information and to sign up your child, go to dio.org/totus-tuus-camper-registration or call the parish office that is hosting Totus Tuus near you. You can also contact Daniel Heffernan, Programming Coordinator, Office for Vocations, with questions at dheffernan@dio.org.