Heard the expression “When God closes a door, he often opens a window?” Parishioners of the former St. Francis Xavier Church in St. Francisville know a good deal about windows. That faith community celebrated a closing liturgy Feb. 16, 2014 at the church along the banks of the Wabash River in the eastern part of the diocese.

Father Charles Kribs died June 10 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. He was 90 years old.

Some of the diocesan priests and one Franciscan ministering in a parish and prison ministry are celebrating their anniversaries of ordination this year gathered with other priests to mark in a special way their priestly ministry in the Diocese of Belleville.