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 […]
Sophie Ysursa with Thor, her special therapy dog. By Linda Norris Messenger Staff When she was 13, Sophie Ysursa began a connection with Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. At that time, it was not for philanthropic reasons, but as a patient. Now 17, the senior at Althoff Catholic […]
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said. “In the liturgy, to sing and to play music means to pray, […]
All Saints Academy Principal Jill Tasker and her daughter, Claire, who is starting her first year in education as a fifth-grade teacher at Holy Childhood in Mascoutah (Submitted photo). By David Wilhelm Messenger Editor Claire Tasker was a first-grader at New Baden Elementary School in 2011 when she provided an […]
