The precursor to Holy Redeemer Church in New Bremen was a Catholic mission that operated for 20 years. The current parish was founded more than 50 years after the mission closed. 1883 Land for a new settlement purchased by the Bremen Company of Cincinnati, for a Protestant town to be …

Reverend Thomas M. Gaeke died on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Dayton, Ohio. He was born on March 20, 1948, in Dayton, and baptized at Holy Angels Church, Dayton. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary and studied Philosophy and Theology at Mount St. Mary Seminary of the …

Vatican City, May 4, 2020 / 07:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Daniel Conlon of Joliet, who took a medical leave of absence from leadership of the Illinois diocese in December. The Holy See press office announced May 4 that the pope had accepted …

STATEMENT FROM THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, leader of the Diocese of Joliet, has received permission from His Holiness, Pope Francis, to take a medical leave of absence, beginning on December 27, 2019. During his absence, Bishop Richard E. Pates, Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, will serve …