Rosary check: Got yours?
Thank you, Knights of Columbus, for the Tweet that inspired this column. @KofC recently Tweeted, “Rosary check. Where did you get yours from?” The rosaries I use daily came from the website catholicprayercards.org. They are listed on the site as Rosary Rings; I’ve always thought o...Read full story »
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
'One giant leap for mankind'
Reliving the Apollo 11 moon landing on its 50th anniversary was amazing. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of software engineer and NASA historian Ben Feist, the “Apollo in Real Time” website live-streamed the entire mission, to the second, from 50 years ago. At a little before 10 p.m. C...Read full story »
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Let's be farmers
Father Tyler Tenbarge inspired this column. A few weeks ago, he served as homilist for a special Mass for farmers at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Daylight. At that time, our entire region was thoroughly waterlogged. It’s getting better as I type this, but our farm families are still feel...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
'… there is freedom'
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17). This column appears in an issue of The Message that is dated July 5 – the day after our country’s celebration of Independence Day – the day upon which the Declaration of...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
'Take care of everything'
“Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything!” – The Surrender NovenaI found a tri-fold holy card with The Surrender Novena recently at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Daylight. Parish staff member Jane Young takes care of the holy cards and medals the parish makes...Read full story »
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The value of Catholic education
Friends, every year around this time we get a subtle-but-significant reminder of Catholic education’s value. It’s subtle because folks don’t really tout or otherwise dwell on it. But if you take the time to do some quick math, you certainly will discover that reminder’s sign...Read full story »
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Complexity hurts
A few weeks ago, Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Steve Dabrowski wrote a column about how complexity ruins things. He’s right. I can think of any number of ways that complexity hurts all of us; but in my opinion, complexity most impairs our ability to learn. The easiest ex...Read full story »
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Spoiler alert – Columnist Kristine Schroeder is going to tell you a lot of wonderful things about the Rosary in her May 17 column. We are, now, almost two weeks into the Marian month of May. This is a wonderful time to contemplate Mary and her “perfect prayer,” the Rosary. I have...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
More on the Holy Veil of Manoppello
There is more to the Holy Veil of Manoppello than Catholic News Service reporter Junno Arocho Esteves included in the CNS feature that appeared in the April 19 issue of The Message. He didn’t have enough space to include everything. Before moving to Evansville, I worked in the Atlanta area fo...Read full story »
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Friends, let's all pay attention
Next Thursday – Holy Thursday – we will commemorate Jesus Christ’s institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. We actually do that at every Mass. “Do this in memory of me,” He said. We have; we will at Holy Thursday Mass; and we will until He returns. The Eucharis...Read full story »
Thursday, April 11, 2019
