Blessed Sheen’s baptismal church in Illinois to be part of world’s first parish named for him

St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, will become part of the first parish in the world named for Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria announced Sept. 26 following a Mass of Thanksgiving at the parish where Blessed Sheen was baptized.

According to Bishop Tylka, St. Mary’s Church in El Paso is slated for merger with St. John Parish in nearby Benson. The newly created parish will be named Blessed Fulton J. Sheen on Dec. 9, the first observance of Blessed Sheen’s feast day.

The Sept. 26 Mass in Blessed Sheen’s hometown had another special significance. Offered two days after Archbishop Sheen became “blessed,” it was celebrated by an American bishop baptized by Blessed Sheen.

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