The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests will present its highest awards to an internationally known Franciscan priest and a longtime parish pastor who helped found the association in 2011. Franciscan Father Richard Rohr of Albuquerque, N.M., and Father John “Jay” Davidson of Evansville...
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The legal system is often at odds with the medical profession. At least, that is the way it seems. Most recently, Alfie Evans, the young English child, became a victim of the courts. A judge declared all life-support devices be removed and Alfie be allowed to die. Alfie’s parents objected. Ma...
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May is a month of commencement, celebrations of students’ progress and their respective classes. It’s a time of anticipation of the next the chapter and a time for goodbyes to what is, holding fast to what growth has occurred in the preceding months. Each year, parents have the joy of s...
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Click here for a pdf listing of Summer Socials and Festivals in the Diocese of Evansville. May 31, June 1 and 2, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Holy Rosary Parish, Evansville, grounds open Thurs. 5-9 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 5-10 p.m.; serving cafeteria-style pork chop or fried chicken dinners with ma...
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The loss of a loved one can be unsurprising or unexpected. It may happen when a person is young or after he or she has lived a long life. But no matter how or when it happens, that loss changes lives. Mater Dei High School senior Nicole Richmond was 13 when her older sister and best friend, Melanie...
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Every spring it’s the same. I head to my berm or bushes and wrestle with those annoying vines that snuck back during the late summer. By fall they made headway while I was distracted raking leaves or preparing plants for the winter. Now those vines are coiled around their defenseless victims,...
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For the first time in its history, Evansville’s East Side Optimist Club named co-winners of its Citizen of the Year Award during the organization’s March 26 Awards Night gathering at the Golden Gorral Buffet on Evansville’s east side. Diocese of Evansville Superintendent of School...
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The excitement is mounting: it’s been almost six months since the last Honor Flight of Southern Indiana took off, and they’re ready to do it again.  Honor Flight of Southern Indiana is ready to take 85 veterans and their guardians to Washington, D.C., on May 6 for Honor Flight EVV...
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Francisco J. “Cisco” Lloveras, 43, of St. Meinrad, passed away April 10 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Evansville.  Lloveras was the Director of Music for St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dale.   He was born June 14, 1974, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Juan R. and Carmen (Ma...
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Each spring, parents and teachers discuss ways that students can avoid the summer slide. This is the idea that students have the potential of “sliding” backward during the summer months when they are not in school and not engaged in the daily routine of learning. This phenomenon of summ...
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