BY BERNIE NIEHAUS Special to The Message Our faith helps us understand the real meaning of Christmas. The season starts…
Editor’s note: The Spanish version of Bishop Siegel’s Christmas message appears below. This file photo shows the stained-glass depiction of…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Ascension St. Vincent Evansville employees push boxes filled with Christmas donations to the…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Bishop Joseph M. Siegel censes a framed painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe at…
By Victoria Arthur Special to The Message In this season of prayerful preparation, the Indiana Catholic Conference is making plans…
Father John H. Schipp, 83, senior priest of the Diocese of Evansville, died Dec. 10 at Monastery Immaculate Conception’s Scenic…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, center, celebrates Mass Dec. 1 at St. Benedict Cathedral in…
By Father KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. I’m looking for some direction on an old Catholic tradition — the nativity…
BY FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Sunday of Advent, Year C First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Response: Psalm (Isaiah 12:2-3, 4,…
BY MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE Recently, a question came up in polite conversation, posing a query…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or…
Trappist Father Thomas Merton, one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century, is shown in this undated…
John Garvey By JOHN GARVEY INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Any Christian who goes to Jerusalem will come away inspired by the…
Pope Francis uses incense to venerate a Marian image as he celebrates Mass in the Megaron Concert Hall, in Athens,…
Katie Prejean McGrady By KATIE PREJEAN MCGRADY WINDOW SEAT WISDOM I ordered our matching Christmas pajamas in early October. Worried…
By Maria Sermersheim Mediatione Ignis The Lord prepares our hearts well. I exclaim with the psalmist, “How precious to me…
By Zoe Cannon Gratitude for the Gift of Faith “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will…
By Matt Potter Radical Joy Catholic Stewardship and Abundance There are things that happen in life that defy explanation. Sometimes,…
By Father Eugene Hemrick Catholic News Service The Human Side Do you feel like the world is coming apart –…
By Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) – U.S. bishops spotlighted two major initiatives focused on the central role of the…
Submitted photo Four priests and two permanent deacons of the Diocese of Evansville recently finished a year-long novitiate-formation program and…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor New St. Theresa Place homeowner Bianca thanks everyone involved in her family’s journey…
By Denise Seibert Townsend Catholic Charities Each of the services offered by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Evansville provides…
By Victoria Arthur Indiana Catholic Conference Correspondent Across Indiana, educators and school-choice advocates are spreading the word: A Catholic or…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Indiana Republican State Sen. Jim Tomes was the keynote speaker for Mater Dei…