Photos of Saint Mary's Church, in Fieldon, Illinois

HERE ARE PHOTOS of Saint Mary's Church, in Fieldon, Illinois. The church is located 1-⅓ miles east of the center of that village, and is approximately 49 highway miles north-by-northwest of downtown Saint Louis, Missouri.

The church is located in western Jersey County, 8 miles west of the county seat of Jerseyville; this area was settled by farmers from the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest region in Germany.

I can't find any history of this church; if any reader would care to share information, I'd be happy to include it.

Unusual barrel-vaulted nave.

According to the 2009 diocesan directory, this church has 370 parishioners in 170 families.

The church will hold its annual festival on August 15^th, 2009, on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The stained glass windows have titles of Our Lady, as found in the Litany of Loreto.

Rosa Mystica — Mystical Rose
Vas Insigne Devotionis — Singular Vessel of Devotion

Fœderis Arca — Ark of the Covenant
Domus Aurea — House of Gold

On the upper left is a portrait of the Most Reverend George J. Lucas, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, and former diocesan priest of Saint Louis.

Mass times

Sunday:  9:00 a.m.

Vigil of Holy Days:  7:00 p.m.

Click for a map of the church.