Fr. Godfrey Mullen, OSB, at the March 13 news conference at Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville announcing that he is the bishop designate of the Diocese of Belleville. “I have always been fascinated by the way Christ is present in His wonderful people in southern Illinois,” Bishop-elect Godfrey said […]
Pallbearers (clockwise from left) Eddie Essenpreis, Zach Bair, Jaydon Wyms, Jeff Bair and John Schomaker carry the body of Fr. Gene Neff to a hearse following the Feb. 27 Funeral Mass at St. Augustine of Canterbury in Belleville. Fr. Neff, a 53-year priest in the diocese and the director of […]
Father Eugene “Gene” Neff, who had been the director of Ministry to Sick and Aged since 1974, died on Friday, Feb. 20, in his residence at Keystone Place at Richland Creek in O’Fallon. Fr. Neff was 81. He was a priest in the Diocese of Belleville for 53 years before […]
Fr. Levi James (right) with former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis Mark Rivituso during the promise of obedience June 7 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville. By David Wilhelm Messenger Editor There was no shortage of important stories for Catholics in 2025, both locally and […]
BY LINDA BEHRENS | Contributing writer “The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade is, without question, an answer to prayer,” begins the September 2022 statement by Archbishop William E. Lori Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities. In the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme […]
By MSGR. JOHN MYLER | Culture Columnist In the last issue, we looked for at least a thread of spirituality in five of the ten films nominated for the “Best Picture” Academy Award: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, THE FABELMANS, […]
The other night, I had the privilege of participating in one of the listening sessions for the continental phase of the Synodal process. The basis for our discussion was a lengthy document produced by the Vatican after it had compiled data and testimony from all over the Catholic world. As […]
