About All Saints · White Hall, Illinois
All Saints is a small Roman Catholic parish in White Hall, Illinois, part of a three-church cluster of Catholic Churches of Greene County that also includes St. John the Evangelist in Carrollton and St. Michael in Greenfield. The parish is led by Fr. Callistus Onumah (known as Fr. Callyben) and is one of the 129 parishes of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Sunday Mass is celebrated at 10:00 a.m., with weekday Mass on Thursday, Eucharistic Adoration on Wednesday evenings, and confessions before Sunday Mass.
- Established
- 1883
- Patron
- All Saints
- Rector
- Rev. Fr. Callistus Onumah (Fr. Callyben)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Why belong here
All Saints offers a small, close-knit Catholic community rooted in rural Greene County, where Sunday Mass, weekday Mass, weekly Eucharistic Adoration, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation are all readily available. As part of the Catholic Churches of Greene County cluster, parishioners benefit from shared clergy and staff across three worship sites while keeping the personal feel of a neighborhood parish.
Mass times at All Saints
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Adoration times
- Wednesday 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
All Saints Parish at a Glance
All Saints Catholic Church serves White Hall, Illinois, as part of the Catholic Churches of Greene County, a cluster of three rural parishes under a single pastoral team. The parish community gathers for Sunday Mass at 10:00 a.m. and for weekday Mass on Thursday, with weekly Eucharistic Adoration on Wednesday evenings and the Sacrament of Reconciliation before Sunday Mass.
Parish Staff
All Saints is served by a shared pastoral team that covers the three Catholic Churches of Greene County. Fr. Callistus Onumah, known as Fr. Callyben, is the pastor, with Deacon Charlie Theivagt assisting. Julie Lake serves as principal of the parish school, and a secretary is assigned to each of the three worship sites.
- Pastor: Fr. Callistus Onumah (Fr. Callyben)
- Deacon: Charlie Theivagt
- Principal: Julie Lake
- News Bulletin Editor: Ryan Skolasinski
- Secretary at All Saints: Linda Keller
- Secretary at St. John's: Ashley Varble
- Secretary at St. Michael's: Kathryn Mettenburg
Contact Information
Parishioners and visitors can reach All Saints by telephone, email, or by visiting during the limited office hours. The parish secretary Linda Keller handles day-to-day inquiries for the White Hall site.
- All Saints phone: (217) 320-4025
- St. John's phone: (217) 942-3551
- St. Michael's phone: (217) 368-2176
- Parish email: [email protected]
- All Saints office hours: Thursday 9:00 AM – Noon
Catholic Churches of Greene County Cluster
All Saints is part of a tri-parish cluster covering Greene County, Illinois. The three worship sites are St. John the Evangelist (414 3rd Street, Carrollton), St. Michael (411 Sheffield, Greenfield), and All Saints (125 S. Main Street, White Hall). Together they share clergy, faith formation staff, and a combined bulletin.
- St. John the Evangelist – 414 3rd Street, Carrollton, IL 62016
- St. Michael – 411 Sheffield, Greenfield, IL 62044
- All Saints – 125 S. Main Street, White Hall, IL 62092
Parish History
Catholic sacramental records preserved by the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois document the parish community in White Hall back to 1883, when the parish was recorded as St. Athanasius, All Saints White Hall Parish. A separate run of All Saints Parish records begins in 1951 and continues through 1975 in the diocesan archives. Today the parish continues its mission as part of the Catholic Churches of Greene County.
- 1883 – First sacramental records for St. Athanasius, All Saints White Hall Parish
- 1951 – Beginning of All Saints Parish record series
- Records preserved through 1975 in the Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
All Saints belongs to the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church covering 28 counties across south-central Illinois. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Chicago, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield serving as the mother church. The diocese was originally erected as the Diocese of Quincy in 1853, renamed the Diocese of Alton in 1857, and given its present name — Diocese of Springfield in Illinois — on October 26, 1923.
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Henry C. Schmidt
Listed as Parochial Administrator of All Saints, White Hall in 2016 parish directory records.