Good Shepherd School teacher Michelle Fulton was getting her hair cut when a stylist mentioned the concept of donating hair to a program that makes and provide wigs to cancer patient.   On April 22, Fulton and eight of her students donated more than 36 feet of hair to the Beautiful Leng...
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  Can society exist without the family? How do families embrace the struggles and blessings of disabilities? What are the concerns of urban families? How can human dignity be promoted at home? These are just a few of the pressing questions and issues that will be explored during the upcoming W...
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  Why do we kneel, stand and sit? Father Eugene Schmitt writes in the bulletin at St. Raphael Parish in Dubois and St. Peter Celestine Parish in Celestine: “Why do we kneel, stand and sit at different times during the Mass? “Well, there are different levels of reverence. “Kne...
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General Interest Information Session on Advance Care Planning, 6:30-7:30, April 27, Pavilion Classroom, Memorial Hospital, Jasper; free information session to help individuals know how to begin conversations concerning medical choices, benefits and risks when unable to make choices for oneself; for...
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Father John Boeglin, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Jasper for 20 years, had a dream that sparked an idea back in January.  He wanted to recognize the 64-year history of Holy Family School. He began working with his staff and a parish committee with the idea of creating an event that would ca...
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  More than 1,000 people gathered April 20 at Evansville’s Old National Events Plaza for the annual Nehemiah Action sponsored by the Congregations Acting for Justice and Empowerment. The hour-long event offered a simple message: “People matter.” “Justice is important be...
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  In preparation for the Rogation Day Mass on April 18, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Schnellville was beautifully decorated with spring flowers, bags of seed and toy tractors. Parked outside were tractors and farm machinery which farmers and gardeners had driven to the church. Melvin Ziliak...
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  The Holy Spirit in our lives “As we reflect on our lives, how is the Holy Spirit active in our lives?” asks Father John Brosmer, pastor of the Catholic community parishes of North Spencer County. Can you recall some extraordinary event where the impossible became possible? How di...
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  General Interest Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary, 7:15 p.m., April 20, Kundek Hall, St. Joseph, Jasper; presentation by Tracy Earl Welliver on how God can take the ordinary and transform into something extraordinary; everyone welcome.   Understanding and Responding to D...
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  The Latino community at St. Joseph Parish in Jasper reenacts the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday. “They began practicing months ago,” writes Pam Freyberger, parish catechetical leader. “It is a traditional devotion among many Central American and Mexican Cathol...
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