By LINDA BEHRENS Cally Mitchell and Cindy Vymola, two teachers from schools in the Diocese of Belleville, have received special recognition awards as classroom teachers in the Those Who Excel program by the Illinois State Board of Education. Since 1970, the Illinois State Board of Education has sponsored the “Those […]
Four current seminarians connected to SIUC Newman Center By LINDA BEHRENS | Contributing writer In 1958, as an outreach of St. Francis Xavier Church in Carbondale, the first chaplain was assigned to the Newman Catholic Student Center that serves the Catholic community at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIUC). Five […]
COLUMBIA—Lily Neace listens carefully when her pastor, Father Steve Thoma, gives his homilies. In memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., Father Steve was recently talking about how we are all brothers and sisters, no matter our race or color. “Father Steve’s homilies encourage us to treat everyone fairly and with […]
