Joe Hubbard, who spent a lifetime helping the impoverished, underprivileged and ill, died at 7:17 p.m. on Sept. 10 at age 82. Hubbard’s care and compassion for needy people in the Diocese of Belleville was legendary, and his service led many of them to refer to him as a “saint,” […]
The massive sandstone grotto at Camp Ondessonk in Ozark, located deep in southern Illinois, is like a cave and can be used as a shelter during storms (Submitted photo from recent Earth Day Mass). In the pre-dawn hours of July 4, catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River in west-central Texas […]
Fr. Adrian Fischer, OFM, a Trenton native, recently returned home to celebrate his 50th jubilee (Submitted photo). As a young man, Fr. Adrian Fischer, OFM, had no interest in becoming a priest. But there he was on July 13, back at his home parish, St. Mary in Trenton, celebrating his […]
