Robert J. Collins, age 78, of Mattoon, IL, passed away at 10:12 a.m., Sunday, September 7, 2008 at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Care Center of Mattoon, IL.The Mass of Resurrection will begin at 10… ...

WASHINGTON — A group of 24 youths and seven adults from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Mattoon was among the uncounted tens of thousands of people who took part in the annual March for ...

Immaculate Conception Church in Mattoon recently welcomed Sr. Dawn Tomaszewski, and the Sisters of Providence from St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana for the blessing of their new sculpture of ...

Immaculate Conception instead refers to Mary’s conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. The idea is that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin, or born free from original sin.