By The Message staff Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has announced new clergy assignments across the Diocese of Evansville. They will…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Four Catholic high school seniors were recently surprised to learn their college tuitions…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Easter, Year C First Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Response: Psalm 30:2,…
By FR. KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. How often is a priest supposed to use incense at Mass — every…
By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS This year, I was part of Notre Dame’s Campus Ministry RCIA team, so the Triduum…
Jeremy Goebel By JEREMY GOEBEL CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE On April 30, 2000, just five years before he died, St.…
Laura Kelly Fanucci By LAURA KELLY FANUCCI FAITH AT HOME We tend to look outside our walls to ask how…
Special to The Message Saint Meinrad Archabbey’s pilgrimages to honor the Blessed Mother at the Monte Cassino Shrine have been…
Special to The Message Reitz Memorial High School has appointed Aaron M. Schmitt as the Evansville school’s next Principal. He…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has appointed Diocesan Finance Officer Dean Happe to replace Tim…
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,…
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. As I understand purgatory, it is a place where a cleansing is done,…
By PEDRO MENDEZ CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE She was young. Her father had told her many times to avoid drugs,…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients,…
By MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY — CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE I would like to wish all of you a very…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor In the early 2000s, St. Benedict Cathedral School teacher Heather Russler had a conversation…
Father Tad Pacholczyk Making Sense of Bioethics Father Tad Pacholczyk Editor’s note: We welcome Father Tad Pacholczyk to The Message.…
The 24-inch bell is shown inside Shucker’s Iron Works in Evansvillen during its cleaning and sealing.Submitted photos courtesy of Andy…
By The Message Staff During its 27th Annual Celebration of Leadership event, which was March 30 online, Leadership Everyone recognized…
Submitted photo courtesy of Sabine Wathen This group completed its March 7-17 visit to Egypt, which was scheduled and was…
Special to The Message A few months ago, the Diocese of Evansville began a series of listening sessions aimed at…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Father Joseph F. “Effie” Erbacher, second from left, celebrated his 50th Ordination Anniversary…
Editor’s note: The Spanish translation appears below the English. Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Each year, the glorious feast…
By STEVE DABROWSKI IT SEEMS TO ME In this technological age, I am often drawn to amazing inventions, testaments to…
By KRISTINE SCHROEDER LESSONS LEARNED Listening to the readings during Lent, I noticed that most of them focus on repentance…