According to the show’s producer and host, Mark McDonald, the Illinois Stories featuring the Cathedral will air at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17; at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20; and at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21. It will be seen on PBS stations WSEC-TV in Springfield/Jacksonville/Decatur; WQEC-TV in Quincy; and WMEC-TV in Macomb.

Among those interviewed will be Father Peter Harman, pastor of Cathedral Parish; diocesan archivist and historian Michele Levandoski; Tom Hyde from the architectural firm of Graham & Hyde; and “Bud” O’Shea from Harold O’Shea Builders.