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A little church. A small Illinois town. A surprisingly big story.
For 120 years, St. Joseph Parish brought families together in Willisville, Illinois. It was a place to pray, learn, celebrate, cook mountains of spaghetti—and occasionally get into a little trouble.
Written especially for young readers, The Church Where Our Families Prayed brings this community's history to life through short, engaging stories, historic photographs, and lively illustrations.
Meet immigrant families who traveled from southern Italy to the coal fields of Illinois. Discover how parishioners helped build a church and school. Follow a priest underground into a coal mine, another through floodwaters, and a young couple whose wedding helped light up the town.
Along the way, readers encounter a threatening letter, a remarkable horse-racing victory, sixty gallons of spaghetti sauce, and priests whose determination—and occasional mistakes—became part of parish lore.
This expanded second edition adds stories about the church's dedication, the cemetery nobody wanted to forget, and the remarkable Father Leo Hayes. It also includes a prayer to St. Joseph, acknowledgments, source information, and an author biography.
The story follows the parish from its founding in 1903 through its closure in 2023 and the demolition of the church in 2026. But the people, traditions, and memories live on.
A children's companion to John E. Miles's History of St. Joseph Parish in Willisville, Illinois, this book invites children, parents, and grandparents to discover the past together—and share their own family stories.
