Around The Diocese For March 27
The opportunities of Lent
“Lent gives us the opportunity each year to work on the basics of our constant call to ongoing conversion,” writes Father Michael Madden in the newsletter for Sacred Heart Parish in Schnellville and St. Anthony Parish in St. Anthony.
He suggests looking at the three traditional categories referred to in tradition.
• Prayer/devotion/meditation nourished by spiritual reading gives breath to our living faith.
• Fasting/penance/self-denial strengthens the will.
• Almsgiving/sacrificing for others/charity deepens our compassion and helps us learn to enjoy being a blessing to others and become more like our magnanimous God!
Happy Birthday!
Deacon Christian Borowiecki, Holy Rosary Parish, Evansville, celebrates his birthday April 3.
Deacon Russell Maples, St. Mary and John Parish, Evansville, celebrates his birthday April 3.
Father Ron Kreilein, pastor at St. Bernard Parish in Rockport and St. Martin I Parish in Chrisney, celebrates his birthday April 6.
Anniversaries of ordination
Father James Endress, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, was ordained to the priesthood April 3, 1960.
Father Joseph Ziliak, vicar for Retired Priests, was ordained to the priesthood April 7, 1962.
State Geography Bee qualifier
Holy Rosary seventh grader Max Bishop has qualified to participate in the Indiana State Geography Bee.
On stage
Jaycee Jarvis, a fourth grader at St. Matthew School in Mount Vernon, has been performing the role of Brigitta in “The Sound of Music” production at Mount Vernon High School.
Please send information for AROUND THE DIOCESE to Mary Ann Hughes, The Message, P.O. Box 4169, Evansville, IN 47724. The e-mail address is mhughes@evdio.org.
