Sister Patricia (Pat) Gootee, a member of the Medical Mission Sisters, celebrates her 60th Jubilee on Aug. 15.   Sister Pat, currently serving in Peru, has roots in the Diocese of Evansville. She was once a parishioner of Precious Blood Parish in Jasper, Ind., and she attended St. John...
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  Members of the 2014 Confirmation Class at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Loogootee and other participants include, front row, Abbie Williams, Meghan Mathies, Allison Boyd, MiKayla Wolf, Mya Hedrick, Kayla Abel, Sydney Blankenbaker, Breanna Hollaway, Ashley Boyd, second row, Tom Walker, Ja...
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  Father Alex Zenthoefer, pastor of Evansville’s Annunciation of the Lord Parish, asked that important question Aug. 10 during an afternoon prayer service for peace in the Middle East that he organized in response to Pope Francis’ extraordinary calls for prayer last weekend.  ...
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  Full of Grace In a letter to Mater Dei High School parents and students, president Timothy Dickel writes, “Last fall, we publicly kicked off the Full of Grace: Excellence for Tomorrow Capital Campaign to address several important improvements at Mater Dei. “The ultimate goal of t...
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  General Interest Celebrate Safety with the Evansville Otters, 6:35 p.m., Aug. 8, Bosse Field, Evansville; free tickets to Otters game courtesy of St Mary’s Medical Center and Kohl’s at St. Mary’s Center for Children or at Kohl’s locations in Evansville and Owensboro;...
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  Participants in TEC 88 include, front row, Craig Gehlhausen, Matthew Wagner, Kelsey Gehlhausen, Kate Bittner, Madi Batten, Luke Messmer, McKenzie Batten, Kristen Reckelhoff, Brian Gehlhausen, Jill Weidenbenner, Bridget Fleck, second row, Lindsay Barth, Jessica Welage, Kendra Egler, Jen Thack...
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   Pam Freyberger, second from left, and Mary Altman, third from right, are graduates of the five-year DRE certification program at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Freyberger and Altman are parish catechetical leaders at St. Joseph Parish and Holy Family Parish, both in Jaspe...
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Robert Drayton of Southampton, N.J. stands in front of St. Bernard Church in Rockport on July 28 with the 1957 Corvette Convertible he won in St. Bernard’s 26th Annual Classic Corvette Giveaway.   Although he took a drive around Rockport in the latest addition to his collection of classi...
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  Bishop Charles C. Thompson presided at the August 2 installation of Father Alex Zenthoefer as pastor of the newly-established Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Evansville....
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Christine Hoehn and Mike Roesch serve as the campus ministers at the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville, respectively. Through regular Newman Club meetings, Mass, retreats, and service projects, Hoehn and Roesch serve – and help – young adults on both campus...
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