“St. Boniface Church on Wabash Avenue between Michigan and Virginia streets has long been known for its magnificent altars, its gorgeous windows and its lighting effects; but the beauty of its grotto, given in 1914 by Jacob Fischer, is comparatively little known to people of Evansville.”...
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Beginning with this issue, The Message wants your selfies! Send them to us from schools, parishes, ministry groups; from meetings, events, and outreach activities.  Please include the names of everyone in your selfie, and please tell us where they are and what they’re doing. We hope to r...
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On Oct. 26, Bishop Charles C. Thompson blessed the newly-restored and updated Wick’s pipe organ in a special ceremony at St. Mary Parish in Huntingburg.  The ceremony took place at the opening of the Mass in which Bishop Thompson installed Father Ryan Hilderbrand as pastor of St. Mary Pa...
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  Father Joseph Ziliak, retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville and former editor of The Message, led a group of 45 pilgrims on a tour of Italy that included a stop in Rome. While there, they had Mass at the tomb of St. Peter in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica. They also enjoyed a...
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  Diocese of Evansville Chancellor Judy Neff never expected the past 23 years of her professional life to unfold as it has.   “When I graduated from college, I never dreamed of being the chancellor of a Catholic diocese,” said Neff, who is retiring at the end of the year. R...
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Installation Mass at Saints Mary and John Parish   Father Dave Martin, left, listens as Bishop Charles C. Thompson completes a prayer during Mass Nov. 8 at St. Mary Church in Evansville. Bishop Thompson joined the third merger celebration for Saints Mary and John Parish and formally installed...
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Hundreds enjoy 2014 Wisdom Days This fall Wisdom Days were held in three locations in the Diocese of Evansville, and attended by hundreds of people. Each day included a meal and several speakers offering topics of special interest to senior citizens. Bishop Charles C. Thompson spoke at all three ev...
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By 2 o’clock eastern time on Nov. 7, members of the St. Ann’s Altar Society at St. Peter Parish in Linton were headed to the grocery store for more supplies. “We had the biggest lunch crowd anyone can remember,” Altar Society President Evelyn Erdly said. “We had to ge...
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  Send information to Bulletin Board at least ten days in advance.  Items to be considered for publication Friday, November 28, must be received in writing no later than noon on Tuesday, November 18. Entries may be repeated if time and space permit.  All items may be edited. All time...
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Praying for vocations Father Eugene Schmitt, pastor at St. Raphael Parish in Dubois and St. Peter Celestine Parish in Celestine, writes in the bulletin, “I recently attended the Priests, Deacons and Religious Vocation Appreciation Dinner, and Bishop Charles talked about the importance of R...
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