Indianapolis – Should a lifetime ban on food stamps be lifted for reformed drug felons? State Sen. John Broden, D-South Bend, believes Indiana should join the 39 other states that have lifted the lifetime prohibition on food benefits. The Indiana...
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On Ash Wednesday, Bishop Charles C. Thompson celebrated Mass and distributed ashes at St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, at the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville. In the photo, Bishop Thompson administers ashes to USI student Rachel Davis during Mass in the Universi...
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Bishop Charles C. Thompson summed up the spirit – and message – of Catholic Schools Week across the Diocese of Evansville with the statement that serves as this story’s headline. “Catholic schools are wonderful places,” he said. Rivet High School in Vincennes hosted th...
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After arriving at St. Joseph Parish in Jasper and signing in for the 2016 Confirmation Spectacular the 250 young people who attended the Feb. 6 event moved to the Kundek Hall gymnasium and helped each other assemble goody bags of snacks for distribution to the needy. Hundreds of bags came together...
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Time to step up Father Ray Brenner, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Jasper and Dean of the Diocese of Evansville’s East Deanery, wrote about the parish’s Confirmation over the weekend of Jan. 30-31, when Bishop Charles C. Thompson confirmed 34 young people. “While we pray for them,...
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St. Francis Xavier Parish in Poseyville has been twinned with St. Albert the Great Parish in Ravine Trompette, Haiti, since 1984. This remote village in Haiti is home to 17,000 residents, including 12,000 Catholics. St. Francis parishioners visited St. Albert for the first time in the early 1990s,...
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            Indianapolis —Religious liberty hangs in the balance as legislation to advance LGBT rights and provide some protections for religious liberty died Feb. 3, on the Senate floor.             Fol...
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Since November 2014, Indiana's Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program has served 11,036 clients through 24,162 support service visits in Indiana. The taxpayer-funded program exists to offer women counseling and mentoring support as an alternative to abortion. Real Alternatives is the statewide ad...
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Evansville Catholic Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay Tuesday. Offices at the Catholic Center and Catholic Charities w,ill be on a normal schedule, open for business at 8 a.m. Central Time. ...
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