“What is your Good News?” Kathy Wolf McCormack posed that question to 130 RCIA catechumens, candidates, sponsors and teams during a Jan. 25 retreat at the Catholic Center.  McCormack, the retreat facilitator, is the Director of Faith Formation and Evangelization for the Cath...
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The Diocese of Evansville Pilgrimage for Life group is warm, safe and sound in the Washington, D.C., area, and will remain there for the duration of the winter storm approaching the region. Buses will travel during daylight hours for the return to southwest Indiana. Departure has not been determine...
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Evansville Catholic Schools are closed today, Jan. 21. Offices at the Catholic Center and Catholic Charities are on a 1-hour delay, and will open for business at 9 a.m. CST....
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General Interest Christ the King Open House, 6-7:30 p.m., Jan. 29, 3101 Bayard Park Dr. Evansville; for more information call school office at 812-476-1792 or email Kristen Girten at kgirten@evdio.org.   Mater Dei High School Required Registration Meeting, 5:30-7 p.m., Jan. 29, Kempf Auditoriu...
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  University of Southern Indiana student Kristen Drummond, a member of the Newman Catholic Center, received the Sacrament of Confirmation Jan. 18 during the 5 p.m. Mass at Resurrection Parish in Evansville. She chose the Confirmation name Nicholas, and USI student and fellow NCC member Kassie...
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  Longtime Guadalupe Center assistant Kande Batz traveled to Indianapolis on Jan. 9 with family and friends to be sworn in as an American citizen. In this photo, Batz, second from right, is joined  by Benedictine Sister Joan Scheller, her nephew Luis Fernando, her niece Monica Batz Perruc...
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Source Summit Co-Director Gail Shetler doesn’t mince words when she talks about God’s plans for those who are part of these Eucharistic-centered retreats. “Those who attend,” she said, “are being prepared for something foundational in our diocese.” Her tone was m...
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              Hundreds of pilgrims from across the Diocese of Evansville gathered for Mass Jan. 19 at St. Ferdinand Church to begin a celebration of the beauty of life, before they departed for Washington, D.C., and the 2014 March for Life...
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  The Message Editor Tim Lilley has announced that Sheila Barclay becomes Design Editor of the weekly diocesan newspaper, effective immediately. “When I became director of Communications and editor of The Message last summer, Sheila’s significant contributions to the paper became o...
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  The People of Faith feature is compiled by Steve Halbig, who asks a series of questions of people of the diocese – some who have reached the “age of wisdom” and some who are younger.  All will share stories of faith.   This month’s People of Faith features W...
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