By The Message staff The staff of WTJW 93.1 FM, the Catholic radio station in Jasper, had great plans to…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor About two years ago, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Schimmell was driving in…
By Father Homero Rodriguez Because I am Catholic! Editor’s note: The Spanish translation appears below. In the Old Testament, when…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Donna Hamilton will never forget the story she heard years ago of the…
BY JIM SCHROEDER REFLECTION Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt “Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in…
Special to The Message In September, the Ladies of Charity visited St. Vincent Early Learning Center to honor their friend,…
By MARY ANN HUGHES GRACE NOTES My friend and I both love to garden. She reads a lot of gardening…
By George Weigel The Catholic Difference From the day it was announced that the Vatican would conduct an investigation into…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, Year A Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; Psalm…
By KRISTINE SCHROEDER LESSONS LEARNED I believe it is safe to say that this had been a difficult year for…
BY DENNIS SADOWSKI Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) – Admitting that people’s faith in God “has been shaken” by the…
By CAROL ANN GADDIS A PLACE FOR ALL I was sitting in church, waiting for Mass to begin, when I…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Proverbs 31:10-13. 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-2, 3,…
By TIM LILLEY JOURNEY OF FAITH You’ll never guess what happened on Nov. 4 – the day after the 2020…
By Clint Johnson Special to The Message Second Philosophy, St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Home parish: Holy Cross…
By MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY — CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE For many years, our diocese has recognized parishioners who exemplify…
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. I am 69 years old and a new Catholic. My wife and I…
By The Message staff On Nov. 10, the Vatican released “the McCarrick report.” Prepared by the Vatican Secretariat of State,…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Editor’s note: The full list of 2020 inductees into The Bruté Society appears on…
By KATHY GALLO CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE During the pandemic, many of us have deeply missed celebrating Mass together. This…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH Our faith is a treasure! The early church in Jerusalem devoted…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Bill Shinn always gets emotional when he hears Johnny Cash’s 1974 song, “Ragged…
By Daughter of Charity Sister Joanne Vasa Special to The Message Children possess an innate, natural response to nature that…
In this January 2009 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI greets his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, during a concert for the…
By Aaron Herrenbruck Special to The Message Second Philosophy, St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Home parish: St. Clement…