Renovation of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Effingham, IL
The Main Altar
St. Anthony of Padua Parish started the renovation project in Spring 1996 raising funding for the work to
be done on the church. With a very successful fundraiser, the parish family pulled together finding
enough money to start the actual renovation process in October of 1996. The plan estimated an eight
month time period until the end of the renovation in which the parish family celebrated the Eucharist
across the street from the church in Goff Gym. Even though this was a big sacrifice for everyone, it was
well worth the time and trouble seeing the outcome of our newly renovated hurch. The first celebration
in the new church was held on May 17, 1997 with the 5:30 Saturday evening mass. The rededication
mass will be held on the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua on Friday, June 13, 1997 at 6:30 with The Most
Reverend Daniel Ryan, Bishop of Springfield Diocese in Illinois, presiding.