40 years of service
John Casper, above center, is honored for his 40 years of service to Washington Catholic High School. Karie Craney, principal, said, “Mr. Casper spent the first 20 years at the ticket gate for Washington Catholic, and he has spent the last 20 years keeping the boys’ varsity baske...Read full story »
Monday, March 09, 2015
Jay W. VanHoosier
My name is Jay W. VanHoosier. I am Director of Faith Formation and Community Outreach at St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh. How was your faith formed? I am a convert to the Catholic faith. Coming to it was a journey that started when I was 16. The Protestant f...Read full story »
Thursday, March 05, 2015
Around the Diocese for March 6
Celebrating the 64 years of Holy Family School Father John Boeglin, pastor at Holy Family Parish in Jasper, writes, “We had our first pre-school registration for Holy Trinity Catholic School for the upcoming year. We had a great response and I know that the school leadership is trying...Read full story »
Thursday, March 05, 2015
Bulletin Board for March 6
General Interest The Mater Dei Stage Show, 7 p.m. each night, March 13 and 14, Mater Dei High School Kempf Auditorium, Evansville; show theme is “Once Upon A Time” featuring the Mater Dei band, choir, Dance Cats and color guard; tickets are $5/person. Annual Saint Meinrad...Read full story »
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
St. Maria Goretti Distinction
On the Diocese of Evansville website, the St. Maria Goretti Youth Distinction is explained as recognizing “adolescents for their outstanding contribution to the life, mission, and ministry provided to their family, parish, school, and community.” In his March 1 remarks to the hon...Read full story »
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Mater Dei seniors
Mater Dei High School seniors Aaron Hoefling and Michael Kercher have been named National Merit finalists for 2015. They rank in the top one percent of all high school seniors in the country in academic performance....Read full story »
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
'Answering a 500-year-old question'
Pauline Sister Helena Burns traveled from Toronto to Evansville – a drive of almost 700 miles in the middle of winter – to explain how St. John Paul II answered a 500-year-old question with his landmark catechesis, the Theology of the Body. Sister Helena led a parish mission on t...Read full story »
Monday, March 02, 2015
Faith Day 2015
Father Alex Zenthoefer, pastor of Evansville’s Annunciation Parish, delivers the afternoon keynote on Feb. 27 during Holy Rosary Parish’s annual Faith Day event. Bishop Charles C. Thompson delivered the morning keynote. Other presenters included Father Godfrey Mullen, rect...Read full story »
Monday, March 02, 2015
State champs!
Reitz Memorial High School’s Academic Decathlon team claimed the school’s eighth state championship Feb. 13-14 at Purdue University. As the team with the top overall score, Memorial advances to the national championship, which is scheduled for April in Garden Grove, Calif. Much l...Read full story »
Monday, March 02, 2015
Source and Summit retreat welcomes
In every generation there are people called by God in an extraordinary way, and given extraordinary graces to bring his people back to him. This year on Divine Mercy weekend, the Diocese of Evansville will be showered with extraordinary graces through the amazing witnesses participating in So...Read full story »
Monday, March 02, 2015
