Parishioners from St. Francis Xavier Parish in Vincennes and St. St. Philip Neri Parish in Bicknell, both in Knox County, have formed a group they are calling “Prayer Warriors.” They are starting 2018 by embarking on a Pilgrimage of Prayer across the Diocese of Evansville.   ...
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The Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ohio Valley recently donated a Happy Wheels Cart to the St. Vincent Hospital for Women and Children. A blessing ceremony was held on January 9 at the pediatric unit of St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. A blessing of the cart, staff and volunteers was led...
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Editor’s note: The Indiana Catholic Conference learned late last week of the introduction of House Bill 1319, which seeks to expand layday-loan products. The ICC will oppose this bill, and will continue to follow its progress and provide updates as appropriate. This new bill is not connected...
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As The Message reported in its Jan. 5 issue, Evansville’s Holy Redeemer Parish recently paid off mortgage debt for its 2003-built, 32,000-square-foot addition to the Mill Street campus on the city’s North Side. On Dec. 21, 2017, Pastor Father Jason Gries and current parish Finance Commi...
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The Diocese of Evansville Catholic schools will join other schools, organizations, and individuals from across the country to celebrate National School Choice Week 2018.  NSCW will be celebrated Jan. 21-27 this year.  The celebration is to raise awareness of K-12 education options for chi...
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General Interest Masses for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 11 a.m., Sundays, St. John the Baptist, Newburgh, ASL interpreter and assisted listening devices available, for information contact Father Henry Kuykendall at 812-490-1000; 5 p.m., Saturdays, St. Ferdinand, Ferdinand, interpreted Mass for the de...
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Happy birthday! Deacon Albert Frabutt, deacon at St. Mary Parish in Sullivan and St. Joan of Arc Parish in Jasonville, celebrates his birthday on January 24. Hank Carley, principal at St. Benedict Cathedral School in Evansville, celebrates his birthday on January 26. Liz Hirsch, parish catechetica...
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Indianapolis – “Fast and furious”— these are the words used by Glenn Tebbe, executive director of the Indiana Catholic Conference, to describe what’s ahead for the less-than-three-month session of the 2018 Indiana General Assembly, which reconvened on Jan. 3 at the Ind...
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On Jan. 4 at the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Center, The Koch Foundation announced the Culture of Excellence Grants program to benefit 15 Catholic parish schools located within southwestern Indiana and the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in Henderson, Ky.  The Culture of Excellence Grant...
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The Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc., has awarded its Healthy Eating Active Living Grant of $125,024 to St. Vincent Evansville. The HEAL Grant will support the St. Vincent “Healthy Harvest” program, a new initiative to help bring healthy food to those who need it in the Evansville commu...
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