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Month: April 2022

Divine Mercy Sunday at Divine Mercy Parish

April 29, 2022 wpmessage

Bishop Joseph M. Siegel celebrated the 10 a.m. Mass April 24 – Divine Mercy Sunday – at Divine Mercy Parish’s…

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70 attend retreat for those ministering in Spanish

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Special to The Message Jose Chavez from the Archdiocese of Chicago speaks to a large group during “The Joy of…

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Tim McGuire is going camping!

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By Tim Lilley The Message editor After 14 years’ service to the Diocese of Evansville – first as Chief Operating…

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Bishop announces new clergy assignments

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By The Message staff Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has announced new clergy assignments across the Diocese of Evansville. They will…

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Four Catholic school seniors receive inaugural Father Endress Scholarship

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Four Catholic high school seniors were recently surprised to learn their college tuitions…

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Third Sunday of Easter, Year C

April 27, 2022 wpmessage

By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Easter, Year C First Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Response: Psalm 30:2,…

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Incense every Sunday; The elderly and Mass attendance

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By FR. KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. How often is a priest supposed to use incense at Mass — every…

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Tears at the Triduum

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By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS This year, I was part of Notre Dame’s Campus Ministry RCIA team, so the Triduum…

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Celebrating Divine Mercy

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Jeremy Goebel By JEREMY GOEBEL CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE On April 30, 2000, just five years before he died, St.…

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How to work for mercy at home

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Laura Kelly Fanucci By LAURA KELLY FANUCCI FAITH AT HOME We tend to look outside our walls to ask how…

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Monte Cassino pilgrimages will be held in May

April 21, 2022 wpmessage

Special to The Message Saint Meinrad Archabbey’s pilgrimages to honor the Blessed Mother at the Monte Cassino Shrine have been…

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Reitz Memorial High School names Aaron M. Schmitt Principal

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Special to The Message Reitz Memorial High School has appointed Aaron M. Schmitt as the Evansville school’s next Principal. He…

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Bishop Siegel names Dean Happe diocesan Chancellor/COO

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By Tim Lilley The Message editor Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has appointed Diocesan Finance Officer Dean Happe to replace Tim…

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Second Sunday of Easter, Year C

April 20, 2022 wpmessage

By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Second Sunday of Easter, Year C First Reading: Acts 5:12-16; Response: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15,…

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Purgatory and the good thief

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By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. As I understand purgatory, it is a place where a cleansing is done,…

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Do you love me?

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By PEDRO MENDEZ CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE She was young. Her father had told her many times to avoid drugs,…

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A solemn vow

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By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients,…

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Good people

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By MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY — CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE I would like to wish all of you a very…

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Eighth-graders imagine their futures through ‘Reality Store’

April 13, 2022 wpmessage

By Tim Lilley The Message editor In the early 2000s, St. Benedict Cathedral School teacher Heather Russler had a conversation…

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Too much morphine?

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Father Tad Pacholczyk Making Sense of Bioethics Father Tad Pacholczyk Editor’s note: We welcome Father Tad Pacholczyk to The Message.…

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Update on the bell in the new Catholic Center tower

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The 24-inch bell is shown inside Shucker’s Iron Works in Evansvillen during its cleaning and sealing.Submitted photos courtesy of Andy…

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Leadership Everyone honors three diocesan priests

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By The Message Staff During its 27th Annual Celebration of Leadership event, which was March 30 online, Leadership Everyone recognized…

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Remembering Father Joe

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Submitted photo courtesy of Sabine Wathen This group completed its March 7-17 visit to Egypt, which was scheduled and was…

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The Synod: We are still listening!

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Special to The Message A few months ago, the Diocese of Evansville began a series of listening sessions aimed at…

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Father Joseph Erbacher ‘truly loves his life as a priest’

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By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Father Joseph F. “Effie” Erbacher, second from left, celebrated his 50th Ordination Anniversary…

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