Seniors from the four Diocese of Evansville Catholic high schools graduated the weekend of May 20-22. Rivet High School (21 seniors) and Washington Catholic  High  School (17 seniors) held commencement ceremonies the evening of May 20, and Evansville’s Mater Dei High School (135 sen...
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CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS Diocese of Evansville May 2016               As some of you may be aware, the Diocese of Evansville is rolling out a new mission statement along with a pastoral plan that includes goals, objective...
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Trisha Hannon Smith is the new Assistant Editor of The Message. She began May 23 and will be involved in all editorial aspects of Southwest Indiana’s Catholic community newspaper. Smith and her family are members of Evansville’s Holy Rosary Parish, and she served Holy Rosary School as t...
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Send information to Bulletin Board at least ten days in advance. Items to be considered for publication Friday, June 10, must be received in writing no later than noon on Tuesday, May 31. Entries may be repeated if time and space permit. All items may be edited. All times are local times. Mail info...
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Summer Social Addition We missed one, and we apologize. Here are the details for Good Shepherd Parish’s 2016 Summer Social. It will be Thursday-Saturday June 23-25 at Good Shepherd, 2301 north Stockwell Road, Evansville, IN 47715.  The grounds will be open 5–10 p.m. CT nightly; fri...
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Near the end of the May 14 “Rejoice!” celebration and Mass at Evansville’s Ford Center, Bishop Charles C. Thompson spoke to the heart of the diocese’s first-ever signature event. Ford Center officials estimated the crowd at about 4,000. “There is so much richness in ou...
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Indiana bishops gathered for this photo following Mass in the chapel of the Diocese of Evansville’s Sarto Retreat Center, in Evansville, during their Spring Provincial Meeting on May 11. They include Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort-Wayne South Bend, left, Bishop Charles. C. Tho...
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Brother Lawrence Murphy, president of Reitz Memorial High School, and John K. Browning, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced May 18 that Dr. Anne Marie Williams, who served Catholic education in the Diocese of Evansville from 1994 through 2007, is returning as Principal of Reitz Memorial fo...
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Father Gary Kaiser announced on May 10 that Tyler Lemen will serve as principal of Holy Trinity Catholic School beginning with the 2016-17 school year. Lemen served as assistant principal during the 2015-16 school year and replaces Sally Sternberg, who has joined the Diocesan Catholic Schools Offic...
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Veterans George Brunner, left, and Don Gillies salute during the opening procession of the Nov. 11, 2015, Boots Mass honoring veterans. St. John the Evangelist Parish in Daylight hosted the Mass. Gillies has notified The Message that the parish will host a Boots Mass at 10 a.m. on May 29, over Memo...
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