The diocesan Catholic newspaper has asked a number of people in the diocese why they read the paper.
The Messenger reaches out; it evangelizes, according to Father Joseph Oganda, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Du Quoin.

Anyone who needs care and assistance in recovering from an illness or a surgery can find special encouragement and professional treatment in the Upswing Recovery Care unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Murphysboro.

A Look Back to 1976 and Mascoutah’s Holy Childhood student council. Father Joseph Oganda Reads The Messenger