By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor On Aug. 11, two days before the new school year started, Rivet Middle/High…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your…
Special to The Message Joe Cook has been named Executive Director of the Evansville District of the St. Vincent de…
By Phillip Rogier Special to The Message Pastoral Year at Sts. Peter & Paul, St. James and Holy Cross parishes …
Jim Schroeder BY JIM SCHROEDER REFLECTION St. Mary Church, Sullivan We rolled into Sullivan County. The Walmart was hopping on…
Submitted photo As a step in their journey toward Holy Orders (priestly ordination), each seminarian presents himself for ‘Candidacy’ to…
By Father KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. A few years back. Pope Francis set up a commission to study the feasibility…
By Father Donald Dilger Sunday Scripture Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Romans…
By KAITLIN KLEIN WONDERFUL ADVENTURE Margo lives in a time when believing in God is illegal and following any religion…
Submitted photo By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI 20-SOMETHING The color-coded books first caught my eye. It’s become one of my favorite flourishes…
In this Aug. 27 photo, a man in Sulphur, Louisiana, walks past fallen electrical lines to get to his residence…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Editor’s note: The Spanish version of this story appears below this English version. Evansville…
By ERIC GIRTEN THE CATHOLIC KITCHEN My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, As we face the many challenges of…
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…