By JOEL PADGETT CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE Would you use a measuring cup to calculate distance – or a thermometer…
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. I am struggling with obedience. My father was Protestant (Bible Belt southern), and…
By Tim Lilley Journey of Faith “Having God in my life makes me relaxed and motivated.” I copied and pasted…
By Garrett Braun Special to The Message Fourth Theology, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Home parish: St. John…
Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, right, prays over Father . Matthew Hood during his ordination Mass at the Cathedral of…
Let me age myself here. Remember the hit song by The Byrds called “Turn, Turn, Turn?” I do. “To everything,…
In this photo taken shortly after his birth, Meagan Collins holds new son Floyd as his brother Louis, left, looks…
By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS Ezekiel is beautiful. And tragic and heart-wrenching, and so true. The prophets embody God’s message…
“When we reject the deeds of darkness and do everything in the light of day, as light should, we give…
Special to The Message Franciscan Sister Judith Ann Bell, a native of Jasper, is celebrating her 60th Jubilee as a…
By KAREN MUENSTERMAN CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE My father-in-law died a few weeks ago. He had been suffering for a…
By Megan Erbacher Daily Blessings “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good…
By JENNA KRUSE, LCSW ADVICE FROM YOUTHFIRST Being a parent of a teenager is difficult enough; now, let’s add a…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Diocese of Evansville Bishop Joseph M. Siegel called the Chrism Mass a time…
Q. In one of your recent columns — about Our Blessed Mother’s Assumption — you wrote “Some theologians feel that,…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 Jeremiah was…
By ANNIE-ROSE KEITH A PLACE FOR EVERYONE My times of kid-less silence are often filled with podcasts. The latest is…
BY CAROL GLATZ Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Taking time out each day to be thankful for God…
By Tim Lilley Journey of Faith The headline of this column is based on Ephesians 1:10. It also is the…
Special to The Message The Women of the Rule is a lay women’s philanthropic group dedicated to supporting the Sisters…
By STEVE DABROWSKI IT SEEMS TO ME Youth ministers work hard to help all our “kids” get to Heaven, but…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor The Diocese of Evansville Chrism Mass, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak,…
Special to The Message God led the way for Sister Teresa Kang, from Taiwan, to the Sisters of Providence of…
By Father KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. When I was a Protestant, I never heard mention of “original sin.” We…
Special to The Message Two seminarians received the order of deacon from the Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, archbishop of…