Project Buys Headstones for Needy Infants
The idea for the Our Holy Innocents Project came to Richard Jordan one day in 2010 when he was visiting his wife Linda’s grave in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Belleville.
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Aug 22
Diocesan outreach agencies help cool down homeless
Catholic Urban Programs has provided services to communities in the Belleville diocese since 1973, and is one of the 14 ministries benefiting in part from The Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal.
Father James Jeffrey dies May 28: Que en paz descanse (May he rest in peace)
Father James Jeffrey, ordained a priest for the Diocese of Fargo, N.D., who served in the Diocese of Belleville since his retirement from ministry in the Diocese of Fargo in 1999, died May 28 in Belleville. He was 83.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Herrin Taking Shape
A new school is taking shape right before their eyes at Our Lady of Mt. Caramel in Herrin. Msgr. Kenneth Schaefer, pastor, checks on the building’s progress every day, he said.
MSA Picnic for Long-term Care Residents Turns 40
It couldn’t have been a more perfect day for a picnic for residents of long-term care facilities, and the diocesan Ministry to Sick and Aged — MSA — couldn’t have been more delighted.
