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Month: April 2025

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Bishop celebrates Memorial Mass for Pope Francis 

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Members of the diocesan community filled Sacred Heart Church in Evansville Monday night for a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis. …

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Poor and powerful pray for eternal repose of a pope ‘with an open heart’

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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an…

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Death of the Pope

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By Matt Miller, Diocesan Director of Worship When a pope dies, it sets into motion a very specific chain of…

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St. Matthew students ‘pay it forward’

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By Megan Erbacher, The Message editor During Lent, students in third, fourth and fifth grades at St. Matthew School in…

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Katie Hubiak named new principal of Newburgh’s St. John the Baptist School

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The Message Staff Father Claude “Dusty” Burns, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh, recently appointed Katie Hubiak…

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Holy Week @ St. Matthew Parish, Mt. Vernon and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Haubstadt

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Universal school choice crosses finish line in Indiana

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By Victoria Arthur, Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers All Hoosier families will have access to school choice beginning next…

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Traveling mercies: Over the river and through the woods

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By Christina Capecchi Twenty Something The journey from a suburban Home Depot to our new country home spanned 11 miles…

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Third Sunday of Easter, Year C

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By Father Paul Nord, O.S.B. Sunday Scripture First Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Response: Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Second Reading: Revelation…

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The Marian devotion of Pope Francis

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By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Pope Francis must be remembered for his deep Marian piety. In speaking to a group…

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Mother of the Living

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By Brea Cannon Connecting Creed and Life Editor’s note: For 2025, the weekly Connecting Faith and Life column will be…

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Bishop Siegel celebrates Memorial Mass for Pope Francis

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Bishop Joseph M. Siegel celebrated a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis April 28 at Sacred Heart Church in Evansville.

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Memorial Mass for Pope Francis and Holy Hour

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Bishop Joseph M. Siegel celebrated a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis April 28 at Sacred Heart Church in Evansville. Holy…

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2025 Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

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The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Masses were held throughout the Diocese of Evansville April 19. Bishop Joseph M.…

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Front Page (April 25, 2025)

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Statement from Evansville Bishop Joseph M. Siegel on the passing of Pope Francis

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Special to The Message Bishop Joseph M. Siegel of the Diocese of Evansville has provided the following statement on the…

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US cardinal announces pope’s death to the world

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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the “camerlengo” or chamberlain of…

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Second Sunday of Easter, Year C

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By Father Paul Nord, O.S.B. Sunday Scripture First Reading: Acts 5:12-16; Response: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; Second Reading: Revelation 1:9-11a,…

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Why do we need confession if Jesus’ death cleansed us from our sins?

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By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Question Corner Q: How could Jesus’ death “cleanse us from our sins” and “assure…

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Francis, ‘the pope of tenderness,’ had ‘a heart operating’ on God’s frequency

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By OSV News ROME (OSV News) — From the outset of his papacy, a theme that became central to Pope…

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Spotlighting contrasts

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By Maria Sermersheim Meditatione Ignis The past few years, Moreau Seminary here at the University of Notre Dame has produced…

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The journey continues

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By Zoe Cannon Gratitude for the Gift of Faith “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My…

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‘Too good to be true?’

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By Joel Padgett Connecting Creed and Life Editor’s note: For 2025, the weekly Connecting Faith and Life column will be…

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Rosary and novena in honor of Pope Francis

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Father Tyler Underhill, parochial vicar of St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, led a Rosary and novena to honor the memory…

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