INDIANAPOLIS—A measure to expand payday lending, a plan the Indiana Catholic Conference opposes due to its exploitative nature of low income persons, is expected to be heard before a Senate panel by mid-February.     The proposal, Senate Bill 245, called the Long Term Small Loa...
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  Editor’s note – Lifelong Vincennes resident Bernie Niehaus is an alumnus of St. Meinrad Seminary and Chairman of the Board of the Niehaus Companies. He has published a collection of columns he wrote for the Niehaus Companies newsletter over the years, and many of them relate to h...
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NOTE from Sister Helena – HEAR YE! HEAR YE! CAVEAT! CAVEAT! For whatever effusive praise you may hear from me below about HBO's series "The Young Pope," be it known that it is FILLED with nudity and sex scenes in almost every episode. I have watched the entire first season. Genitals are never...
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INDIANAPOLIS—A proposal to enhance state-funded prekindergarten for at-risk children also expands school-choice access. The Indiana Catholic Conference supports the legislation.     The preschool expansion bill, authored by Rep. Bob Behning, R-Indianapolis, builds upon the sta...
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The St. Maria Goretti Youth Distinction website has been updated for 2017, and the nomination forms are available.  Parishes should send all applicable paperwork to the Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry by Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, to ensure that a plaque, letters and...
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Bishop Charles C. Thompson will lead a 12-day pilgrimage to Italy next fall. Co-hosted by Father Joseph Ziliak, retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville and the first editor of The Message, the group will depart the U.S. on Oct. 23 and return Nov. 3.   Pilgrims will begin and end their Ital...
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The diaconate is one of the earliest expressions of the apostolic Church.  In Acts 6, we hear its establishment by the Apostles’ ordination of “seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom,” to serve the practical, charitable needs of the Christian community....
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The fiscal year of the Diocese of Evansville ended on June 30, 2016.  The operating results for the 12 months ended June 30, 2016, had many positive components during the course of the year.  In addition, there were some factors that continued to weigh on the operating results.  I wo...
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“I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion” (From the original Hippocratic Oath).   “I solemnly promise to defend and protect human life from conception to its natural end, believing that human life, transmitted by parents, is created by God and has an eternal de...
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As 2017 begins, we as parents have the opportunity to re-set the stage for success for our kids and families. Routines provide a strong collective backdrop for everyone and a powerful stress-reduction tool as life activities can accumulate. Evening routines in particular can provide a buffer and a...
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