Immaculate Conception Church in Manito

Immaculate Conception Church has a large rock parking lot located to the west of the building with a covered and paved drop off area at the entrance.  

There is additional parking to the front of the church as well as a small rock lot near the east entrance close to the kitchen area.

Julie Hopkins has worked very hard at putting a history of Immaculate Conception parish together leading up to and including the building of the new church and hall.  They are being sold for $20 in the narthex and all funds will go to the IC Building fund.  If no one is available to take the money it can be placed in the votive candle money container.

THANK YOU: Mary Beth Holloway (Woiwode) generously offered her printing services for the book printing.

In 1877 Immaculate Conception Church of Manito, Illinois became, and remains today, a mission of St. Patrick’s.  In 2014, that building was demolished.  A new church, during the tenure of Fr. David Whiteside was constructed in Manito in 2015. 

Fr. Thomas Cashman built the first Catholic church in Manito in 1890.  The property had been deeded to the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, Cook Co., IL from James McHarry on July 13,1890.

On July 20, 1880 Frederick and Caroline Knollhoff deeded property in Manito to Rev. John Spalding Bishop of Peoria, IL that became St. Frederick Cemetery.

Priests came to Manito from Springfield every two weeks before Immaculate Conception became a mission of St. Patrick's in Havana.

In 1964 Katherine Hamilton donated property for a new church to be built.  Viatorian priests from Spalding Institute in Peoria had been serving as auxiliary priests until Fr. Charles Beebe regularly came to Manito to say mass on the weekends.

In 1970 the Peoria Diocese built the second church at a new location: 505 South Adams Street.

In 2010 Fr. David Whiteside was appointed pastor of St. Patrick's in Havana and Immaculate Conception in Manito.  Bishop Jenky asked Fr. David to serve the Manito area with the expressed desire that he build a new church for the community as the current church building was in disrepair. 

On September 27, 2015 the new church was dedicated by Bishop Jenky.  This building included a fellowship hall and kitchen to serve the community.  It was built with the help of prayer and many volunteers sharing their time and talents.