This is a sydication of content provided by the Catholic Times, the official newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois http://ct.dio.org 2008-07-25T12:30:16+01:00 text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/as-waters-recede-flood-victims-begin-recovery.html Only one church suffered damage due to flooding on the Mississippi River, and Catholic Charities in the Springfield diocese is prepared and... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/the-next-generation/wyd-social-networking-site-launched.html Sydney Cardinal George Pell and Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher, the World Youth Day coordinator, launched the first exclusive World Youth Day... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/coming-of-age/making-friends-and-being-proud-of-what-you-believe.html Lunchtime conversations could get pretty crazy when we were feeling a little theological. We wanted to know everything. My Jewish friends would... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/st.-anthony-schools-induct-hall-of-fame-members.html St. Anthony of Padua schools inducted their first Hall of Fame members June 13 during the St. Anthony Feast Day Celebration... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/holy-family-hosts-glenmary-missionary-july-12-13.html Holy Family Church in Granite City will host Glenmary Father Francois Pellissier during Masses on July 12-13. Masses are at 4... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/family-works-waits-for-new-habitat-home.html When a friend suggested to Patty Redpath last year that she look into Habitat for Humanity as a possible way for... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/st.-francis-hospital-honors-auxiliary-volunteers-during-dinner.html St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary Volunteers were honored June 23 at a recognition dinner at which volunteers by increments of 100 hours of service were... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/obituaries/obituary-sister-m.-rosann-monyak-osf.html Sister M. Rosann Monyak, OSF, age 84, of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, died June 25... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/changing-smiles.html Terry Farmer, owner of Terry Farmer Photography, Inc. in Springfield, spent nine days in Santa Cruz, Bolivia this spring, capturing life-changing transformations... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/organization-communication-lead-to-proper-medication.html As people grow older, sometimes the list of medications they require grows as well. That's why it's important for seniors to... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/springfield-k.-of-c.-make-annual-scholarship-awards.html Knights of Columbus Springfield Council 364 has awarded $1,000 scholarships to two recent eighth-grade graduates: Leo Johnston from St. Agnes Parish and Jennifer... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/diocesan-life/diocese-thanked-for-contribution.html Bishop George J. Lucas has received a letter thanking the people of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois for a contribution... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/opinion/unforgettable-pilgrimage-to-world-youth-day-sidney.html Half a world away from Illinois, at least 24 young people and their chaperones from several parishes in this diocese are... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/heart-of-a-priest/when-life-gets-stormy-don-t-forget-to-use-an-umbrella.html I have been busy settling in for my new assignment at Our Lady of Lourdes in Decatur. Last week, the rector... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/question-box/our-christian-responsibility-to-help-poor-and-hungry.html When walking around our city we can't help running into street people asking for money. I want to help them, but... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/vatican-letter/pope-turns-spotlight-on-st.-paul-as-model-for-modern-christians.html Pope Benedict XVI is known to the world as the successor of St. Peter, the first pope. But for the next... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/our-sunday-scripture/seed-that-falls-on-fertile-soil.html During the darkest hours of the exile Deutero-Isaiah offered this message to the people Israel. Many of them no doubt had... text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/daily-readings/daily-readings-37.html Daily Scripture readings for July 13 thru July 27. text/html 2008-07-13T01:00:00+01:00 http://ct.dio.org http://ct.dio.org/datebook/diocesan-datebook-27.html Daily events throughout the Springfield diocese.