Chalice was saved after church tornado 123 years ago Rita Stoffel Johnson sits with Barb Urlaub of Amoré Antiques and a church chalice that will be returning to its original home… a church in Mascoutah, Illinois. Johnson’s family has been in possession of the chalice since her great great grandfather saved it from the church after a huge tornado in Mascoutah in 1896. Photo by Bill Vossler On the afternoon of May 27, 1896 the small town of Mascoutah, Illinois, and its 2100 inh