I was married in Sacred Heart Church in 1963. Fr. Nicholas Klink was the pastor, but he is now deceased, I believe. Sacred Heart was called the "Slovak Church", and St. Catherine's was called the "Irish" Church, based on the makeup of the congregations. St Catherines was still there in the 50's and 60's when I went to high school, but I believe it is now gone. Jack Cox Dbutton2@aol.com wrote: > Gwen, The present Catholic church in Virden is Sacred Heart this is the one > on Springfield St. and Union Avenue I think that Rev. Father Speril is the > resident Priest. The old Catholic church was called St. Catherine's and it > disbanded sometime in the late 1930s or 1940s. My Mother grew up about a half > block away from Sacred Heart and attended Mass Daily with her siblings (the > Madiar family). When you do find out who has the records, please let me know > as I would love to see what might be there on her family. Dan Dixon > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > Check out Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900: > http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage