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Year: 2020

Clarification

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The list of Bruté Society honorees published in the Nov. 13 issue of The Message included incorrect parish listings for…

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Day of Prayer held for Catholic school administrators

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor The Catholic Education Office celebrated Catholic school administrators in a special way on…

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Two Catholic school teachers named 2020 McDonald’s Outstanding Educators

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Twenty local educators, including two Catholic school teachers from the Diocese of Evansville,…

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First Sunday of Advent, Year B

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By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE First Sunday of Advent, Year B First Reading: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; Response: Psalm…

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Let’s change colors

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By TIM LILLEY JOURNEY OF FAITH You know what Nov. 27, 2020, is, right? I mean, in addition to being…

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Thanks be to God

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By JOEL PADGETT CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE What a year it’s been! And what a year it still promises to…

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Innocence is not ignorance

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By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS I believe we need to recover a healthy hatred of mortal sin. Much of popular…

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‘For all’ or ‘for many’; Meaning of ‘few are chosen’

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By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. Why was the wording of the blessing of the wine at Mass changed…

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On barn building

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By MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY — CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE Anachronism – a person or a thing that is chronologically…

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Keep soldiering, soldiers!

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By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, ‘Whom shall…

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COVID-19 will not keep us from standing up for life

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By Steve Dabrowski, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Special to The Message Several years ago, a future nun…

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General absolution during COVID-19?

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By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. With the COVID-19 restrictions, why doesn’t the bishop of our diocese offer general…

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Youth First Awarded $281K Lilly Endowment Grant

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By The Message staff Youth First, Inc., has received a $281,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Youth Program Resilience Fund.…

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McCarrick report documents repeated lack of serious investigation

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore…

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Christmas during COVID-19

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By KELSEY HAGEMEIER ADVICE FROM YOUTH FIRST We’ve been talking for most of the year now about the impacts COVID-19…

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Giving thanks – even in 2020 – Dando las gracias – aún en 2020

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By MOST REV. JOSEPH M. SIEGEL THE BISHOP’S CORNER Editor’s note: The Spanish translation appears below. On Nov. 6, we…

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COVID-19, fear and the Church

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By DR. PETER ROSARIO CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE Nearly 40 years ago, as a physician early in my profession, I was presented…

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Summary of Nov. 7 Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting

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Special to The Message The Diocesan Pastoral Council met on Nov. 7 at the Catholic Center in Evansville. The DPC…

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Memories make the holidays magical

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By Megan Erbacher Daily Blessings I don’t remember what gifts I received for Christmas when I was 4, 7, or…

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3rd annual Ton of Toys program set to launch

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By The Message staff The Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Evansville District Council is partnering with WIKY 104-…

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Meet seminarian Chase Riecker

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By Chase Riecker Special to The Message Freshman Philosophy, Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Home parish: St. Isidore the Farmer…

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WTJW Catholic radio celebrates 5th anniversary

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By The Message staff The staff of WTJW 93.1 FM, the Catholic radio station in Jasper, had great plans to…

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A ‘Jubilee for the Earth’

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By Deacon Tom Cervone, Ph.D.; Sister Maureen Houlihan, D.C.; and Nicole Cervone-Gish, Ed. M.S. Our Mother Earth  Editor’s note: This…

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Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Schimmell’s poetry a ‘happy accident’

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor About two years ago, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Schimmell was driving in…

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Quilt raffle to benefit Father Effing, Catholic Church in Russia

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Donna Hamilton will never forget the story she heard years ago of the…

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