Church member Nancy Penwell said she worried that people who, until recently, were employed would not be on any lists to be helped by the usua…
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FORSYTH — New Testament Church of Decatur will hold "A Merry Little Christmas" 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11.
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"Everyone in the church knows about it. We're seeing new faces come and give and come and receive, and that's really a blessing."
The drive is underway now and will continue through Nov. 20.
The Careage House is a 16-bed emergency overnight emergency shelter for women and children.
Yes, Vinnie and Debra Barbee, there really is a Santa Claus.
Remodeling of the building, home to the restaurant until it closed in 2016, is underway.
DECATUR - Harristown Foursquare Church, The Hyssongs, a nationally known Southern gospel trio, will be in concert on Sunday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m., …
In this era of heightened sensitivity to most forms of bigotry, it should be extraordinary, if not unthinkable, that a person’s faith be cause…
Dove staff and community members gathered near the Macon County Courthouse for a special ceremony
The Girls Scouts of Central Illinois hosted their first Building Good Neighbors Day on Monday. Troops from around Central Illinois initiated g…
Last year, First Christian Church held a sermon series using contemporary films as “parables” and relating those stories back to biblical trut…
The 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage to Plymouth will be celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic with a "remembrance ceremony" with …
WARSAW, Poland — A new statue that depicts the late pope St. John Paul II throwing a boulder into red water has provoked debate in his native …
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Members of the Catholic community are speaking out about the divide and pain they're feeling after a video of a La Crosse pr…
The holiday decorations and other donations will be packaged and sent through Operation Enduring Support to military members currently deployed.
CHICAGO — There he stood again, centered in his pulpit, trying to make sense of yet another life lost to violence in Chicago’s streets.
Pope Francis is preparing to visit Assisi next month, on his first trip outside Rome since Italy was put in a strict coronavirus lockdown in e…
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Joe Biden, who if elected would be the nation’s second Roman Catholic president, was bashed by a Catholic bishop this week, and a lot of Catho…
Decatur children will soon have opportunities to get a free book right in their own neighborhoods..
During the Black Death, which originated in Asia and terrorized Europe from 1347 to 1352, artists captured the macabre zeitgeist with depictio…
Among the people getting baptized in Lake Decatur on Sunday were a mother, daughter and future son-in-law, two sisters and a father and daughter.
The Facebook post for Holy Family Catholic Church had hundreds of comments Saturday night. Here's how to add yours.
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