Around The Diocese For May 12, 2017

Happy birthday!

Bonnie Meadows, parish catechetical leader at Precious Blood Parish in Jasper, celebrates her birthday May 19.

Father Gary Kaiser, pastor of Precious Blood Parish in Jasper and St. Mary Parish in Ireland, celebrates his birthday May 20.

Thomas Evans, deacon of St. Matthew Parish in Mount Vernon and assistant director of Permanent Diaconate, celebrates his birthday May 22.

Elaine Pepmeier, parish catechetical leader at St. Philip Neri Parish in Bicknell, celebrates her birthday May 23.

Happy anniversary!

Father Frank Renner, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Petersburg and Blessed Sacrament Parish in Oakland City, was ordained on May 22, 1981.

The following deacons were ordained on May 15, 1977:

• David Franklin, retired

• Richard Grannan, retired

• Francis Hillenbrand, retired

• Joseph Seibert, St. John the Baptist Parish, Newburgh

Cursillo

The Cursillo movement, defined as a “short course in Christianity” started in Mallorca, Spain in 1944 as a movement within the Catholic Church to share fundamentals of our faith. The first Cursillo weekend in Evansville was held in 1974, becoming a catalyst for many families igniting and deepening their Catholic faith. We want to continue bringing more souls closer to God. We are happy to announce the first Evansville Cursillo weekends in Spanish, to be held at Sarto on June 1st-4th, 2017 for men and June 8th-11th, 2017 for women.

We need your support in 3 ways, please invite as many candidates as you can, be a sponsor to the candidates and help financially if you can. Please contact the Cursillo movement via email at post-cursillo@evansvillecursillo.com

As you know, Jesus came to evangelize everyone and send out St Paul to expand the church by preaching to the gentiles. This is our opportunity to expand our Cursillo movement like St Paul did and Jesus wanted when he said, “they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd”.

El movimiento de Cursillo, que se define como un pequeño curso de cristiandad, comenzó en Mallorca, España en 1944, como un movimiento dentro de la iglesia católica, para compartir los fundamentos de nuestra fe. El primer Cursillo de Evansville se llevó a cabo en 1974 convirtiéndose en un fermento para muchas familias de la diócesis, encendiendo sus vidas espirituales y profundizando la Fe católica. Queremos continuar acercando más almas a Dios. Estamos contentos de anunciar el primer Cursillo en español de Evansville. Estos retiros serán ofrecidos en la casa de retiros Sarto el 1-4 de junio, del 2017 para hombres y el 8-11 de junio, del 2017 para mujeres.

Necesitamos su apoyo de las siguientes maneras: participando en el retiro, invitando a la mayor cantidad de candidatos que pueda, si ya es Cursillista, apadrinar candidatos y si es posible, ayuda financiera. Favor contactar el movimiento de Cursillo usando el email:

post-cursillo@evansvillecursillo.com

Como bien sabe, Jesús vino a evangelizar a todos y envió a San Pablo a expandir la iglesia predicando a los gentiles. Esta es nuestra oportunidad de expandir nuestro movimiento de Cursillo como lo hizo San Pablo y como Jesús quería cuando dijo “escucharán mi voz; y habrá un solo rebaño, un solo pastor.”

In search of…

Good Shepherd Parish in Evansville has asked The Message to share this with our readers.  

A Good Shepherd Parish family is in need of a visiting nurse (preferably male) for a homebound family member.  If you, or someone you know, might be interested in this position, please contact David Trout at 812-760-8732.

St. Vincent dePaul looking for a few good volunteers

St. Vincent dePaul Thrift Store is seeking volunteers to accept donated goods, help sort goods and move items out to the sales floor to replenish what has been sold.

Great changes are happening at the Thrift Store and help is always needed, particularly in the summer when the number of student volunteers typically decreases.

Training sessions are held at the store every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Just a few hours a week of volunteering can help make a difference in the lives of those living in the most need.

For more information, please contact John Payne at 812-425-3148 or email svdpthriftstore@yahoo.com.

Save the date

Starting June 1st, Good Shepherd Parish in Evansville will be moving Thursday Mass to 5:30 p.m. and offering Adoration and Reconciliation from 4:30 to 5:10 p.m., similar to the Tuesday evening opportunities.  In the Fall, this will allow the priests the opportunity to cover both the Reitz Memorial High School morning Mass and the Good Shepherd Evening Mass in case of absences.