Archduke Markus von Habsburg and his wife, Archduchess Hildegard von Habsburg, enjoy an afternoon tour of Lake Patoka with Father John Boeglin, pastor of Jasper’s Holy Family Parish.  The Austrian royalty recently visited the town of Ferdinand, St. Ferdinand Parish and Monastery Immacula...
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  For blocks around Evansville’s St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store on Walnut Street, fall breezes carried the inviting aroma of hamburgers and hot dogs cooking on the grill. That added invitation helped bring many neighborhood residents to the store parking lot for the second annual Block...
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Hundreds of people from across the Jasper Deanery filled the Ferdinand Community Center on Oct. 2 to join the Knights of Columbus in a show of gratitude to the priests, deacons and religious serving in the deanery. After personally thanking them on behalf of a grateful diocese, Bishop Charles C. Th...
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  Erin Helfrich prepares icing for kuchens which will be sold by volunteers at Resurrection School in Evansville during the 2014 Fall Festival. Principal Theresa Berendes said, “Resurrection has over 60 volunteers each day to prepare the food in the school cafeteria as well as work the b...
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The Church and stem cell research In a recent bulletin at St. Peter Celestine Parish in Celestine and St. Raphael Parish in Dubois, Father Eugene Schmitt writes, “Many people might be confused about the Church’s position on stem cell research.  The Church supports adult stem cell r...
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  Lin Dunn provided attendees at the 2014 Tomorrow’s Work Force Luncheon a very condensed version of what she called chapter one of her life, which spanned 44 years.   “These are the key things I want to leave with you today … and some of you already know them, or you wo...
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  General Interest Blessing of the Pets, 1 p.m., Oct. 4, Nativity, Evansville; service of blessing and thankfulness of God’s creations in honor of St. Francis of Assisi; biscuits and treats available for furried friends, refreshments and treats for human escorts; all pets leashed or cage...
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  Mary Lou Bradley receives a high five from a student at St. John the Baptist School in Newburgh. Bradley, the school cafeteria manager, has been chosen as a Welborn Baptist HEROES champion by the Welborn Baptist Foundation for her work incorporating the school garden into the lunch servings...
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  As he discussed the second phase of diocesan parish reorganization during a Sept. 26 press conference at the Catholic Center in Evansville, Bishop Charles C. Thompson highlighted a significant difference between this announcement and one that took place 364 days earlier.   “When w...
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  Glorious weather welcomed a crowd of more than 1,000 to Reitz Memorial High School Sept. 23 for an outdoor Mass and dedication ceremony for the school’s multimillion-dollar campus-expansion project.   Evansville Bishop Charles C. Thompson concelebrated with five priests of the dio...
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