“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”   These words from the second letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, shared only a few hours after the news broke about the passing of Dylan Barnes, succinctly summed up the memory of a beloved teacher and...
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The theme for the Fourth Annual Day of Service organized by St. Meinrad Archabbey came straight from the Rule of St. Benedict: Ora et Labora (Pray and Work). Eighteen volunteers spent several hours on March 11 working at three different locations around Evansville. They did some painting and prep w...
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Diocese of Evansville seminarians Luke Hassler and Andrew Thomas were among 13 priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad who received the ministry of acolyte earlier this month in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of...
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Happy birthday! Father John Brosmer, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dale, celebrates his birthday on March 23. Father John Breidenbach, priest in the diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday on March 25. Glenda Reckelhoff, parish catechetical leader at St. Isidore the Farmer Parish...
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During his homily for the 2016 St. Maria Goretti Youth Distinction Mass, Diocese of Evansville Bishop Charles C. Thompson told the 48 honorees that they “obviously have shown a willingness to step out of your comfort zones; a willingness to risk; a willingness to be Christ-like for the sake o...
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OWENSBORO, Ky. – In his homily for the Feb. 11 Mass concluding the annual Catholic Men’s Conference of Western Kentucky, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York asked the congregation why God gave humanity free will if he knew they would “botch it up.”   “All he wants...
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Bishop Charles C. Thompson urged the 67 Catechumens and 79 Candidates who participated in the March 5 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion to keep the Word of God at the center of their lives. “We need to keep in mind what has to be at the center of our lives,” Bishop Thom...
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The Great Work of our times, to borrow a phrase from cultural historian and environmental thinker Thomas Berry, is to overcome our alienation from the rest of Creation and begin acting as a beneficial species rather than a harmful one.  Kyle Kramer, Executive Director of the Passionist Earth a...
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General Interest Monastery Yard Sale, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., March 30-31; 8 a.m.-3 p.m., April 1; Event Hall, Monastery of Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand; furniture, framed pictures, dishes, lamps and artifacts from various countries.   Rogation Day Mass, 6:30 p.m., March 21, Resurrection Parish,...
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