Thoughts from along the road to conversion
During his homily at the Oct. 12 White Mass for the medical community in our area, Bishop Charles C. Thompson made a statement that inspired this column. “The call to conversion is not an act of meanness, “he said. “Ultimately, it is an act of love.” On the surface, that see...Read full story »
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Visit Mary this month … in her Evansville Grotto
October has five Sundays this year, which means you have four opportunities remaining (Oct. 9, 16, 23 and 30) to visit the Blessed Virgin Mary in her Evansville Grotto. Volunteers from St. Boniface Parish are offering tours of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, located under St. Boniface Church, from 11 a...Read full story »
Thursday, October 06, 2016
When God shines through the eyes of a child
Molly made my eyes well up with tears of joy. Beaming, she processed down the main aisle of one of our churches at the end of a recent weekend Mass, the priest a few steps behind her with a smile almost as large as the young server in front of him. Less than two minutes earlier, just before the f...Read full story »
Friday, September 23, 2016
Contemplating patience and measures
“Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.” –Matthew 18:26 As I listened to those words during the opening prayer service of our diocese’s 2016 Catechists Formation Day, it seems I actually heard them – truly – for the first time. In that moment, I con...Read full story »
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Contemplating the forgiveness we don't realize we need
Walking into church one recent Saturday afternoon for the Sunday Anticipatory Mass, I spied the confessional door open. One of our priests sat inside waiting for someone to enter, close that door and open his or her heart to God’s mercy and forgiveness. In that moment, a thought occurred to...Read full story »
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Heaven rejoices in God's Creation through another voice
Shortly after returning home from the June 18 Memorial Mass at St. Meinrad Archabbey for Benedictine Father Damian Schmelz, who died peacefully June 12 at age 84, I found online the day’s post to Twitter from Pope Francis. I have grabbed a graphic of the post from his Twitter feed. “Mor...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Always moving forward
In his homily during the June 12 Mass of Thanksgiving for newly ordained Father Tyler Tenbarge, Benedictine Father Denis Robinson emphasized the concept of “always moving forward.” Father Robinson very easily could have been referring to our entire diocese with his thoughts during that...Read full story »
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
We are family
When I tuned in to ESPN’s coverage of the St. Louis Cardinals’ June 12 game in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, I was amazed at what I saw. The Pirates – my hometown team – were wearing a modern take on the team’s 1979 uniforms. That season resulted in the Pirates’...Read full story »
Friday, June 17, 2016
'This story needs to be told'
Journey of Faith Deacon Jerry Pratt Jr. validated the idea that popped into my mind about the time the suddenly-black-as-night skies opened up over Evansville the afternoon of Corpus Christi Sunday. “This story needs to be told,” he said, as we stood next to the Holy Door at St. Benedic...Read full story »
Friday, June 10, 2016
Truth: It just is….
“Truth does not happen … it just is.” I first saw that saying many years ago. It is attributed to the Hopi Indians. During her May 22 address at the Mater Dei High School commencement ceremony in Evansville, Valedictorian Abigail Burnett offered another quote – this one attr...Read full story »
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
