General Interest Engaged Encounter Weekend, Feb. 15-16, Sarto Retreat Center, Evansville; weekend retreat with other engaged couples that affords time alone together to plan for sacramental marriage; trained facilitators; call Dominic Faraone at 812-423-5456 at Catholic Charities for more in...
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  Bishop Charles C. Thompson is joined by members of The Message staff: Steve Halbig, subscriptions, Mary Ann Hughes, managing editor, Sheila Barclay, production technician, Diane Csukas, advertising coordinator, and Tim Lilley, editor. The bishop is the publisher of the weekly Catholic newspa...
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  General Interest Christmas Schedule at Monastery Immaculate Conception, 9:30 p.m., carol service, 10 p.m. Mass, Dec. 24, refreshments served in monastery dining room after Mass; 10:30 a.m., Dec. 25, Mass in monastery church; Grotto Hill light display at night through Jan. 6; for information...
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  The Catholic Center on Evansville’s north side practically overflowed with giving the week of Dec. 9 – all thanks to Catholic Charities’ 2013 Christmas Giving program.   “We had 72 donor groups adopt a total of 147 families this year,” said Laura Chandley,...
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  Preschool students at Westside Catholic School created their own candy cottages for Christmas in class. Teachers and staff provided The Message with a look “behind the scenes” at the construction work!...
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Nativity Parish chose to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe beginning on Thanksgiving Day. In most Mexican homes and throughout Latin American, the “Morenita” (brunette), as Our Lady affectionately is called, occupies a very important place in the family. Every year, her feast is celebrated st...
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  Meet Rob Montepare … aka Buddy the Bear of the Fur Circus. He and his fellow “enfurtainers” – Myles the monkey, Splash the elephant and Rizzo the ringmaster – work almost year-round at professional baseball and hockey events across North America.   They wil...
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  Continuing the discussion on the Catechism Deacon Dave Seibert, pastoral life coordinator at St. Theresa Parish in Evansville, continues his series on the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” with a discussion on part three. “This part begins with a discussion of the dignity...
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Cesilie Cordovilla, multicultural liaison for Catholic Charities, and Catholic Charities Community outreach coordinator Laura Chandley organize hundreds of donated gifts at The Catholic Center on Dec. 10.Seventy-two donors adopted 147 families in the area during Catholic Charities’ 2013 Chri...
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General Interest Das Nikolausfest, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Dec. 14, St. Nicholas corner lot, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Dec. 15, lower level of St. Nicholas Church, Santa Claus; food and drink available; music by Indy Polkamotion, 6-8 p.m., Dec. 14; entertainment by Heritage Hills High School choir on Saturday, Herit...
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