Francisca Rivas, center, of Huntingburg and Benedictine Sisters Betty Drewes and Joan Scheller lead a procession into Monastery Immaculate Conception Church in Ferdinand prior to a Mass of Commemoration for slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. Rivas carries a photo of Archbishop...
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The 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, Lawrence A. Vieck Assembly, celebrated a Memorial Day Mass on May 25 at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Washington. Father Gordon Mann, pastor of Our Lady of Hope, and Father James Koressel, Dean of the Washington Deanery and pastor of St Peter Parish in Montgomery, c...
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Family from across the country returned to Southwest Indiana for the May 31 Mass in honor of Father Kenneth Betz’s 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, which was May 27. They join Father Betz for this group photo after the Mass at St. James Parish in Haubstadt, where he serves as...
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            A group of open-minded and discerning youth gathered at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Daylight on May 27 for the annual Picnic with the Bishop sponsored by the diocesan vocations office. The crowd was smaller than in past years,...
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  Evansville’s St. Theresa Parish family gathered the weekend of May 30-31 to celebrate St. Theresa School, which held its last day of classes on May 29. St. Theresa Pastor Father Zach Etienne, former Pastor Father Ted Temple and former Associate Pastor Father Bill Dietsch concelebrated...
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Father Simon Natha, associate pastor of Evansville’s St. Boniface Parish, recently tried his hand at making vanilla ice cream during a visit to the home of Jerry and Helen Weinzapfel....
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  Members of Jasper’s Precious Blood Parish gathered May 16 for a special Mass of Appreciation, which was devoted to celebrating the 57 year history of Precious Blood School.  Former students, staff, parents, parishioners, and other supporters gathered in a full church for the 4 p.m...
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As part of its strong, continuous-improvement effort to better serve the greater Evansville community, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Evansville will relocate its office to the second floor of the Deaconess VNA Plus building at the corner of Walnut and Garvin streets in Evansville, effective...
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  When the merger of St. Anthony of Padua and St. Joseph parishes in Evansville takes effect on July 1, the new parish will be known as All Saints Parish. Bishop Charles C. Thompson accepted and approved the petition to adopt the new name in a decree he issued on May 15.   “We put 3...
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  Degrees from St. Meinrad Audra Douglas and Gregory Schaefer, both of Evansville, have received master of arts degrees in theology from St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. Deacon James Woebkenberg of Ferdinand has received a master of theological studies degree. Linda Bieker of Jaspe...
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