Honoring their memory – Boy Scout, Cathedral of St. Peter parishioner leads project to clean SSND grave markers, monuments at Green Mount Cemetery

Carter Lindauer, a 17-year-old senior at Belleville East High School and a parishioner at Cathedral of St. Peter, cleans a grave marker in the School Sisters of Notre Dame plot at Green Mount Cemetery. It’s part of Lindauer’s Eagle Scout project (David Wilhelm photo). One hundred forty years ago, a […]

Posted on February 6, 2024

Combating The Cold – Clinton County Woman “Throws” Her Heart, Hands into Helping People Stay Warm

Pat Brandmeyer (above right) and niece Mary Miller fold material that has been cut and pinned. From there, it’s off to the sewing machine, where it will be used to make a throw that will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul to help needy metro-east residents stay warm in […]

Posted on February 6, 2024

Althoff Basketball Coach Leib Still Counting His Blessings After 26 Seasons

Althoff High boys basketball coach Greg Leib in the Crusaders’ game against Quincy during the Collinsville-Prairie Farms Holiday Classic in December (David Wilhelm photo). Greg Leib isn’t a glass-half-empty type of guy. Instead, Leib’s cup overflows with joy as he goes about his daily duties at Althoff Catholic High School […]

Posted on February 6, 2024

St. Joseph Teacher Uses STEM Lab to “Make Learning Fun”

Teacher Melissa Thomas leads the STEM lab for kindergarten through eighth-grade students at St. Joseph Catholic School in Freeburg. The program is in its third year since receiving a generous $150,000 grant from the Harold Zaring Charitable Foundation (David Wilhelm photo). Melissa Thomas is never worried about the motivational level […]

Posted on February 6, 2024

Honoring their memory – Boy Scout, Cathedral of St. Peter parishioner leads project to clean SSND grave markers, monuments at Green Mount Cemetery

Carter Lindauer, a 17-year-old senior at Belleville East High School and a parishioner at Cathedral of St. Peter, cleans a grave marker in the School Sisters of Notre Dame plot at Green Mount Cemetery. It’s part of Lindauer’s Eagle Scout project (David Wilhelm photo). One hundred forty years ago, a […]