Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,     In the Christmas event, the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ, we experience the essence of goodness, beauty and truth.  On behalf of Bishop-emeritus Gerald A. Gettelfinger and myself, I wish all a Christmas Season filled with joy, grac...
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Have you wondered how the custom of setting up a Nativity scene in our Churches and homes started and became a part of our Christmas celebration each year?   This tradition goes back to the year 1223 when Francis of Assisi realized that the spirituality prevalent in the Church at that tim...
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The cold wind couldn’t keep the smiles off the faces of the students helping unload packages from the vehicles at the Catholic Center.  Students from St. Benedict School in Evansville volunteered on Dec. 13 and 14, helping to unload, sort, label and deliver gifts for the Catholic Chariti...
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After more than 125 years of service to Evansville, the Little Sisters of the Poor announced in 2012 that they would be leaving the area and the ministry to the sick and elderly they had maintained in their nursing and rehabilitation home, which is located just across South Harlan Ave. from St. Ben...
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The Message received 1,649 entries for the 2016 The Message coloring contest from students throughout the 12 counties of the Diocese of Evansville. The annual coloring contest is open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Catholic schools, parish religious education programs, home-scho...
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Benedictine Sister Susan Ann Necas wants her students to know their lives are important. As the music teacher for about 500 students at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Jasper, she has the formula to make it happen. “I believe that God gave them all their talents, at different levels,”...
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Ask Benedictine Sister Corda Trouy, in her 56th year of teaching religion education, how long she intends to keep going and she chuckles, “Some people call me the Energizer Bunny. But we stay young here at the monastery, with God’s grace.” She also credits the teaching itself...
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The experience of grief during the holidays can be overwhelming, devastating, paralyzing and isolating for some family members. Facing the holiday without the loved one(s) you have been used to enjoying it with can create a void and possible dread. How will we cope? What traditions do we hold on to...
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We celebrate yet another historic moment in the life of this local Church known as the Diocese of Evansville.  It seems only fitting that the ordination of our first Latino priest should take place on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas.  While this occasion m...
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Celebramos otro momento histórico en la vida de esta iglesia local conocida como la Diócesis de Evansville. Parece apropiado que la ordenación de nuestro primer sacerdote latino tiene lugar en la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Patrona de América. Mientras esta ocasi...
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