Diocese of Belleville Bishop Godfrey Mullen, OSB, enjoys a laugh with Jo Mayer, outgoing president of the Belleville Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, at the organization’s 100th annual convention Oct. 21 in Pinckneyville. Mayer has completed her three-year term and will turn over the role to Pat Butler, who will […]
Jeff Shelton, a technical sergeant in the Air Force, reads to pre-kindergarten students as his wife, Jessica, the class teacher, sits at right Oct. 13 at Holy Childhood Grade School in Mascoutah (David Wilhelm photo). By Linda Norris Messenger Staff Air Force Technical Sergeant Jeff Shelton returned home March 31 […]
Sr. Carol Durkin, DC (right), shows a pair of shoes to Garice Terrell at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in East St. Louis. Sr. Carol has been volunteering with the Belleville Diocesan Council of St. Vincent de Paul for the past 12 years. She is returning to Emmitsburg […]
Troy Herring (left) oversees the registration table at the annual Friends of the Poor Walk on Sept. 19 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (Liz Quirin photo). By Linda Norris Messenger Staff “Help relieve poverty, one step at a time …” This is what about 100 people […]
Casmir Cozzi, pictured at the Chapel of Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary on Aug. 30, 2023, is expected to be ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Belleville in October 2027 (Submitted photo). Casmir Cozzi can’t remember a time when he didn’t want to become a priest. “I wanted […]
Former metro-east resident and Blue Angels pilot John Foley (right), now a motivational speaker, enjoys a light moment with Joe Hubbard on Jan. 30 after Foley chose “Hubbard’s Haven” as the new name for the soup kitchen at St. Vincent de Paul in East St. Louis. Foley and his wife, […]
Adrianne Neville, a math teacher at St. Teresa Catholic School in Belleville, has authored a chapter for “Threads of Gold,” a soon-to-be-released book written to help people overcome grief (David Wilhelm photo). Adrianne Neville knows a thing or two about grief. Neville and her husband, Jared, experienced the heart-wrenching loss […]
