Polls open at 6 this morning and close at 7 tonight. Here are a list of polling places in Audrain County. Mexico Precincts: 1 -St. John’s Lutheran Church 2,3,4,-Courthouse Annex the old Pearl Motor Company Building 5-Southside Christian Church 6- First Presbyterian Church Vandalia Wards First Baptist Church Multi Purpose Building East Cuivre Modern…
Father Augustine Tolton, the country’s first black priest and former slave in Missouri, was proclaimed “Venerable” today [Wednesday] by Pope Francis. The Venerable designation means he is officially recognized as living a life of heroic virtue by the Catholic Church. Father Tolton was born just outside of Hannibal in 1854. He escaped slavery in Missouri…
A local priest is now one step closer to sainthood. Father Augustus Tolton has advanced in his canonization from being classified as “Servant of God” to “Blessed.” The Congregation of Causes of Saints signed off this month that Father Tolton had lived a life of heroic Christian virtues. August Tolton was born in Monroe County…
