By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Mater Dei High School has held the Diocese of Evansville’s first-ever virtual commencement…
Just when I was worried about switching from giving up candy to giving up ice cream or watching television for…
By Megan Erbacher Daily Blessings A year later, and I still don’t know how to say goodbye. I’m having a…
Benedictine Father Godfrey Mullen, rector of St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, begins the 9 a.m. Mass on May 18. Bishop Joseph…
Editor’s note: The Spanish translation of Bishop Siegel’s commentary appears below the English version. As our parishes prepare their people…
In recent ruminations, I have thought a lot about distinctions of space and the permanence of personal reflection. For a…
Editor’s note: The Diocese of Evansville Office of Catechesis has provided the following poem by Sharon Burger of Jasper. To…
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – Poland’s Catholic bishops urged citizens to learn from St. John Paul II in coming to terms…
People pray in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May 18, 2020, after the basilica reopened to the public during…
Catholic military veteran John Beach from Kearney, Nebraska, models one of the dozens of masks he is sewing one of…
By the Diocesan Committee for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities “As it is, there are many parts, yet one…
Glenn Tebbe Glenn Tebbe has always viewed his life as a calling. And most of the time, according to his…
Jim Schroeder There lies a little town just south of the land where Abraham Lincoln once lived and north of…
Dave and Linda Ernst pose with their son, Father Tony, on his ordination day, May 9, 1998. Father Tony Ernst’s…
By Matt Potter Back in the old days, when we could meet as groups and nobody wore a mask, I…
By Zoe Cannon Gratitude for the Gift of Faith “The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican announced that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the…
By Father Donald Dilger Sunday Scripture The Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew…
BY MIKE NELSON COMMENTARY Catholic News Service Editor’s note: Pentecost Sunday is May 31. “Peace be with you,” Jesus says…
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question Corner Q. I have always had great admiration for Mother Angelica. Would it be wrong…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Elizabeth Flatt, principal of St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Newburgh, has…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Resurrection School Principal Theresa Berendes wrapped-up a faculty meeting on May 1, and then…
Special to The Message We’ve all heard the saying “Two heads are better than one.” April’s Youth of the Month…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor This issue of The Message is arriving in mailboxes and email boxes less than…
Bishop Joseph M. Siegel blesses the diamond-shaped 75th Anniversary Wildflower Garden, located on the east side of the Diocese of Evansville…