That night I met our history in Vincennes
This issue of The Message includes a special section that serves as a tribute to Archbishop-elect Charles C. Thompson as he prepares for installation, on July 28, as the seventh Archbishop of Indianapolis. In it, you will find a variety of photos, columns, homilies and stories that have appeared in...Read full story »
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Are you getting your rest?
Across the world, people use the summer months for R&R. Rest and relaxation seem to go hand-in-hand with this time of year – although I suspect that our brothers and sisters in the Southern Hemisphere might view things differently. For them, the longest, warmest and brightest days of the...Read full story »
Thursday, July 06, 2017
An exhilarating gut punch of a day
My cell phone’s incoming-email tone sounded just after sunrise on June 13. Diocese of Evansville Chancellor Tim McGuire and I were somewhere along I-69, headed for Indianapolis and the press conference introducing Archbishop-designate Charles C. Thompson to the archdiocese he will shepherd be...Read full story »
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Attention: Scott Whitehouse loved us all
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knew him that Scott Whitehouse wrote his own obituary. I met Scott Whitehouse less than four years ago, but quickly began feeling like I’d known him my whole life. He embodied an undeniable spirit of love – God’s love – for everyo...Read full story »
Thursday, June 08, 2017
'God fills daybreak with Himself'
God does, indeed, fill daybreak with Himself. I learned that over Memorial Day weekend of 1997 – 20 years ago this weekend. Working in the secular world back then, I found myself representing my employer – Tracker Marine (the boat company founded by Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops) at...Read full story »
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
'Pray the Rosary every day….'
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mary’s visits to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, in Fatima Portugal, I can’t help but be a bit unnerved by our Blessed Mother’s final statement to the children during her May 13, 1917, apparition: “Pray...Read full story »
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Have mercy on us and on the whole world
The digital edition of this column comes out four days after Divine Mercy Sunday; the print edition arrives in mailboxes a day later. I chose the headline above for that reason, but I really was thinking about something far different from Divine Mercy Sunday. I was thinking about a study published...Read full story »
Thursday, April 27, 2017
'The great family of God's children'
Recently, a student at Mater Dei High School in Evansville contacted the communications office with some questions for Bishop Charles C. Thompson. He requested the email interview for use as part of a report he was preparing on our Church and the struggles it faces. One of his questions was, “...Read full story »
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
'Educate, Inspire and Proclaim' meet real life
Our Catholic schools rock! Over the past month or two, we have been consistently reminded of how successful our 26 diocesan schools are at achieving the goals stated in this year’s Catholic Schools Office theme: “Educate. Inspire. Proclaim.” Here are some highlights – not al...Read full story »
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Seeing blue on the greenest of days
I believe I’ll be wearing blue the day this column arrives to print subscribers. Wait … what?! Wearing blue?! But … it’s March 17; St. Patrick’s Day, man! Even the Chicago River goes green on March 17. Green is what you wear; green it must be. Actually, not so much, I...Read full story »
Thursday, March 16, 2017
