Father Mullen greets students, invites them to thank Father Gregory
The final all-school Mass of the year for St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville, students, which was held May 17, served as an opportunity for students to meet Father Godfrey Mullen, pastor of St. Mary Church in Huntingburg. Father Mul...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Bulletin Board for May 24
General Interest Driving and Dementia, May 28, 10 a.m.-noon, Alzheimer’s Assoc. Office, 101 NW First St., Evansville; topics covered include warning signs for when to restrict driving and tips for doing so, driving assessments and how to handle insistent drivers; $5 donation suggested; for mo...Read full story »
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Around the Diocese for May 24
Bishop Thompson’s Anniversary of Ordination Bishop Charles C. Thompson, fifth bishop of the Diocese of Evansville, was ordained to the priesthood May 30, 1987. Happy Birthday! Father Gordon Mann, pastor at Our Lady of Hope Parish, Washington, celebrates his birthday May 30. Fath...Read full story »
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Despite health issues, Benedictine sister lifts others up
Sister Michelle Willett of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand has been thrown one cancer after another, then a stroke, then some more cancer. But you would never know it by her disposition. Even though she is wheelchair-bound and paralyzed on her right side, she is funny, engaging, energetic...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Holocaust survivor brings message of hope to Evansville students
Despite being a young child, Alisa Palmeri remembers the night she and some members of her family fled their home in Yugoslavia to escape the pending arrival of Nazi soldiers. It began a weeks-long journey — by foot through the Dinaric Alps, by taxis through Albania and by boat across the Adr...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Around the Diocese for May 17
Congratulations Cesilie Cordovilla, Catholic Charities' multicultural liaison, has received a $4,000 grant from the Vectren Foundation for the Hands UP GED Program, according to Sharon Burns, Catholic Charities director. “The program is designed to pay for a client to take the GED exam (the p...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Mother Teresa Award winners honored at Catholic Charities event
At the May 8 Catholic Charities of Evansville annual dinner, where 39 parishioners from the Diocese of Evansville were honored as 2013 Mother Teresa Award recipients, Bishop Charles C. Thompson recalled a brief encounter he had with Mother Teresa of Calcutta when he was a student assistant at Bella...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Bulletin Board for May 17
Adventures of Prince Caspian, May 19, 3 p.m., Kundek Hall, St. Joseph, Jasper; youth from Jasper parishes will present play that is a compilation and adaptation of the book and movie Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis from the Chronicles of Narnia; free and open to the public. Sixth Annual Grillin...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Bulletin Board for May 10
General Interest Adventures of Prince Caspian, May 19, 3 p.m., Kundek Hall, St. Joseph, Jasper; youth from Jasper parishes will present play that is a compilation and adaptation of the book and movie Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis from the Chronicles of Narnia; free and open to the publi...Read full story »
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Heading to New York to help out Hurricane Sandy victims
Benedictine Sister Teresa Gunter doesn’t think in terms of days or weeks in her work as a youth minister. She looks 25 years in the future. She’s currently organizing a six-day trip to New York so that about 50 people from Good Shepherd and St. Anthony parishes in Evansville can...Read full story »
Monday, May 06, 2013
