St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh recently embarked on a Lenten Food Drive to celebrate the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. The goal was set at 10,000-or- more shelf-staple grocery items – a tremendous response to help feed the 100-140 households in the 47630 zip code served monthly by...
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Happy Birthday! Father John Brosmer, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dale, celebrates his birthday on March 23.  Penned Prayer Partners As reported in the March 6 parish bulletin, a young parishioner at Good Shepherd Parish in Evansville has developed a pen-pal program between parish...
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Do you want to live joyfully? Would you like to deepen your faith and live more intentionally? Are you looking for ways to serve God through works of love, mercy and justice, while breaking boundaries and creating hope?  All single Catholic women, ages 18-42, are invited to learn more about be...
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            Indianapolis—As Hoosier lawmakers completed their legislative business March 10, the Indiana Catholic Conference succeeded in making strides toward adding new protections for the unborn; assisting low-income persons; and improving certain aspects...
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Father Zach Etienne, pastor of Evansville’s Good Shepherd Parish, has announced that Kristen Girten will replace the retiring Judy VanHoosier as principal of Good Shepherd Catholic School. VanHoosier, who has been on the Good Shepherd staff since 1975, has been the school’s principal fo...
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Editor’s note – a full list of honorees accompanies this story on TheMessageOnline.org.   Bishop Charles C. Thompson called the 67 recipients of the Diocese of Evansville’s St. Maria Goretti Youth Distinction for 2016 “the cream of the crop” during the March 6 Mas...
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The Saint Maria Goretti Youth Distinction recognizes young people for their outstanding contribution to the life, mission, and ministry provided to their family, parish, school and community. Any High School student who actively lives out his/her Catholic faith is eligible to receive...
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Father Tony Ernst gathered the priests who are serving the Diocese of Evansville as missionaries for a March 2 meeting at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Haubstadt. “I gathered the missionary priests for a meeting to discuss their ministry ,” he wrote. “They are good men!” Our...
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Twenty-five seminarians studying at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad made their deacon promises on March 3 in the school’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. The group includes Diocese of Evansville seminarians John Pfister and Jerry Pratt. Bishop Charles C. Thompson will...
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