Bishop Charles C. Thompson, fifth from left, celebrated Mass on March 22 and installed Father Kenneth Walker as pastor at St. John Parish in Loogootee.   Submitted photo courtesy of St. John Parish, Loogootee....
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  If you read the book, “Left to Tell,” by Immaculée Ilibagiza, survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, you read about her daily struggles with anger, resentment and hatred as she hid with seven women and children in a tiny bathroom for 91 days. It outlined her amazing journey...
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  Corpus Christi Church was filled last Sunday afternoon as people from across the Evansville area gathered for Divine Mercy Sunday. Father Claude Burns reminded those in attendance that Pope John Paul II, now St. John Paul II, declared 15 years ago that the first Sunday after Easter would bec...
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Getting through to a special needs student often takes a special teacher, and that’s surely what Ferdinand Benedictine Sister Mary George Kissel is. And the pairing is even more extraordinary than that – the special needs student, Russian-born Katya Kelly, is all of 16, and her teacher,...
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  Questions answered Father Eugene Schmitt, pastor at St. Raphael Parish in Dubois and St. Peter Celestine Parish in Celestine, answers a couple of questions in a recent parish bulletin: He writes, “Here are a couple of things you may have wondered about: “Are there ever grounds fo...
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  General Interest Divine Mercy Sunday, 2:30 p.m., April 12, Corpus Christi, Evansville; service includes exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, reflection on Divine Mercy, Chaplet of Divine Mercy in song, Holy Rosary/Glorious Mysteries, Divine Mercy Litany, Benediction and Reposition of Blessed...
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The University of Evansville and the Evansville Courier & Press have named Reitz Memorial High School art teacher Mark Schoenbaum Vanderburgh County’s 2015 High School Teacher of the Year.   Officials and Schoenbaum’s family surprised him with the award at the high school. He w...
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  St. Raphael Parish members Kelli Reutman, left, Calvin Sander, Sara Mehringer, Greg Vonderheide, Travis Reuber and Takumi Mundy show the Paschal Candle they and other members of the parish’s Junior-Senior Religious Education Class made for Easter. Other class members not available for...
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Catechumens and candidates received the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion on Holy Saturday in parishes across the Diocese of Evansville. This list was provided by the diocesan Office of Catechesis.   EVANSVILLE EAST DEANERY St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville Catechumens: J...
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  Participants in the Women’s Cursillo Weekend 88 include, front row, Brenda Meredith, Brenda Martin, Robin Dugan, Carol Smith, Allyson Goth, Norma Folz, Peg Hardesty, Cindy Smith, second row, Charlene Urbancic, Laurel Castilla, Kathy Fulkerson, Jenny Barry, Sister Beata Mehling, Father...
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