By Joel Stepanek OSV News COMMENTARY When you bring young children to Mass, your heart rate goes up; your blood pressure…
By KRISTINE SCHROEDER LESSONS LEARNED My husband Jim was working on a recent AARP survey and asked for my input.…
By Annie-Rose Keith CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE In Andrew Lloyd-Weber’s 1999 hit “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat,” viewers were…
By ANDREA GOEBEL GOD’S WAY “What are you giving up for Lent, Mommy?” my daughter asked, as she sat on…
Special to The Message A brownie attending the Feb, 16 Faith Day at Good Shepherd Parish assists in making unleavened…
By Steve Dabrowski Special to The Message “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly”…
Special to The Message Editor’s note: In an email interview with The Message about the impact of the March 3…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Father Garrett Braun, Parochial Vicar of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Vincennes and St.…
By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers The state budget proposal recently passed by the Indiana House of…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Undamaged trees surround St. Joseph Church in Vanderburgh County, which lost its roof to…
Special to The Message Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has granted a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat on…
Photo by Jerry Blanton, special to The Message Jerry Blanton provided The Message with this photo of the statues of…
By Jenna Marie Cooper Question Corner Q: If someone is dying, can anyone hear their confession and offer absolution? (Fredericksburg,…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Lent, Year A First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7; Response: Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7,…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers: all good giving and…
By Brenda Hopf CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE “Fraternal correction is not the outcome of irritation at another’s faults, or of…
Special to The Message Five Diocese of Evansville seminarians are among a group of 16 seminarians from Saint Meinrad Seminary…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, center, welcomes Catechumens and Candidates to the Rite of Election…
Special to The Message Jasper’s Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center have received permission from Evansville Bishop Joseph M. Siegel…
By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers Members of a growing grassroots movement in Indiana for addressing climate…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Second Sunday of Lent, Year A First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a; Response: Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19,…
By Joel Padgett CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE In my last article, I focused on the first goal of our Eucharistic…
By Jenna Marie Cooper Question Corner Q: Why do Orthodox Christians confirm their infants at baptism and also permit babies…
By John Burger OSV News Reflection There’s lots of time and space in which to ruminate when one is walking…
By J-P Mauro OSV News Reflection Ever since I learned how to drive, one thing has bothered me. Sure, there…