Fr. Gene Neff (right) visits with Bob Raab at the Catholic Ministry to Sick & Aged Picnic, held June 5 at the Catholic War Veterans Post 370, south of Belleville. Fr. Neff is celebrating 50 years as director of the Catholic Ministry to Sick & Aged (David Wilhelm photo). Father […]
Sarah Lanham, sitting at her desk at Gibault Catholic High School in Waterloo, has 19 years of experience as a teacher and administrator in the Diocese of Belleville. She will begin her new role as Associate Director of Education on July 1 (David Wilhelm photo). The new educational leadership team […]
Phil Tinge, violin instructor, plays the instrument with a group of Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School students during the spring concert at the East St. Louis school May 4. Tinge, the Concert Master and first chair in violin for the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra, has been working with students at Sr. […]
“It’s awesome,” seniors serving at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in St. Louis said of their first week of service. The two young men were anxious to meet and serve the poor and homeless that know help is available at St. Vincent’s, a parish known for its outreach.
Every day I marvel at how Pope Francis guides the church with simple and yet profound words and gestures. Let us look at these words to know and imitate our Shepherd. Todos los días quedo maravillado de como el Papa Francisco conmueve a la iglesia con sus palabras y gestos simples y profundos. Aquí algunas palabras que nos sirven para conocer e imitar a nuestro Pastor.
This Sunday’s Gospel has two parts. The first part is a preface or prologue. In the prologue Luke notes that “many have undertaken to put together a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us,” that is, among the disciples of Jesus and the Christian Community, which sprang from the work of Jesus and his disciples.
