Twelve years ago, St. Ferdinand Parish in Ferdinand began collaborating with St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis to assist the village of Belle-Riviere, Haiti. At that time, Deborah Blume, coordinator of religious education at St. Ferdinand, asked the Religious Education Commission to approve...
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The relationship between Evansville’s Annunciation of the Lord Parish and St. Suzanne Parish in St. Suzanne, Haiti, began in 1984 with a visit from then-pastor Father Raymond Kuper along with two parishioners. The Haitian parish has received financial support from Evansville Catholics ever si...
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The Diocese of Evansville’s Catholic Center hosted the 2016 Boy Scout/Venturing Retreat, which is sponsored by the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. Deacon Charlie Koressel, Scout Chaplain for the Diocese, and DCCS Chairman Bill Noll led the March 4-6 event.  There were 104 scouts...
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The Evansville Philharmonic Chorus Spring Choral Concert is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT April 16 at St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh.  The performance is sponsored by Friends of the Chorus.              The concert will include...
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St. Benedict Cathedral Parish will celebrate a homecoming on April 2-3. Along with the regular weekend Mass schedule – 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and 6 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday – there will be other festive events. Receptions will follo...
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Organizers for the Lenten food drive at St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh set a goal of collecting at least 10,000 shelf-staple grocery items to benefit the Newburgh Area Food Pantry. St. John the Baptist School also coordinated a Lenten food drive, and organizers asked students to collect an...
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Happy Birthday! Bishop Charles C. Thompson celebrates his birthday on April 11.   Happy Anniversary! Bishop-Emeritus Gerald A. Gettelfinger was installed as the fourth Bishop of Evansville on April 11, 1989.   From the Franciscan Sisters of Oldenburg The Message received the following fro...
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Opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Ind., on Saturdays and Sundays during the Easter season.   Confession will be available at the chapel in the Archabbey Guest House:   10:30 a.m. CDT to 11:30 a.m. CDT on April 2, 9...
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Easter Message 2016       Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,               Though much violence, poverty, and injustice continue to plague our world, we have cause to rejoice in celebration of the pivotal event of the Ch...
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