Around The Diocese For Jan. 13, 2017

Happy birthday!

Father John Boeglin, pastor of Holy Family Parish, Jasper, celebrates his birthday Jan. 22.

Benedictine Father Godfrey Mullen, rector at St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville, celebrates his birthday Jan. 22.

Father Jeff Read, administrator of St. Mary Parish, Sullivan, and St. Joan of Arc Parish, Jasonville, celebrates his birthday Jan. 22.

Father Tyler Tenbarge, associate pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Newburgh, celebrates his birthday Jan. 22.

Father Eugene Heerdink, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday Jan. 23.

Father Joseph Kane, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday Jan. 23.

Congratulations!

Adair Hedrick, teacher at Washington Catholic Elementary in Washington, welcomed a daughter, Nora.  In the past two and a half years nine babies have been born to the WCES staff - and all have been girls!

Saint Meinrad will host Black History Lecture on Feb. 7

Dr. Cecilia Moore, associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton, will deliver the annual Black History Lecture at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad.

Her lecture, “Hidden in Plain View: Black Catholics and the Civil Rights Movement,” will be held at 7 p.m. CT on Feb. 7 in St. Bede Theater.

This lecture presents the hidden history of Black Catholics and their allies in advancing the agenda of the modern civil rights movement. It looks at the role of Black Catholics in the late 1890s in New Orleans who challenged the Jim Crow policies in the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case of 1896 to Black Catholics working for civil rights in society and church in the 1920s and 1930s through the Federated Colored Catholics to the many individual Catholics who in the 1960s participated in important civil rights initiatives, including the March on Washington and the Selma Campaign.

The lecture also will consider the contemporary Catholic Church in the United States and its relationship to current efforts to retain and expand civil rights, particularly for African Americans.

Dr. Moore is an alumna of Sweet Briar College and earned a Ph.D. in American religious history from the University of Virginia. Her area of specialization is U.S. Catholic history with a focus on Black Catholics. She also is an adjunct professor of Xavier University of Louisiana’s Institute for Black Catholic Studies.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available at St. Bede Hall and in the Guest House and student parking lots. For more information, call Mary Jeanne Schumacher at (812) 357-6501.

Westside Catholic Students “Wrap Up Homelessness”

Student Council members at St. Boniface Catholic School sold tickets to help “Wrap Up Homelessness” this holiday season to support Aurora Evansville.  Junior high students purchased tickets, which were used to vote for the teacher they wished to see wrapped up like a Christmas present or Christmas tree.

Kindergartners climb aboard for Polar Express Day

The kindergarten class at Good Shepherd School in Evansville was delighted with a special treat during their Polar Express Day.  Conductor Mark Schuler, director of information technology for Good Shepherd, stopped by to read with the pajama-clad students.  The guest reader entertained the students with the beloved story, “The Polar Express,” written by Chris Van Allsburg.