January 30, 2009
Around the Diocese
Voices in Action
The Guadalupe Center in Huntingburg has received a grant of $7,000 from the Daviess County Community Founda-tion to offer a program for parent leadership for Latinos, ac-cording to Benedictine Sister Karen Durliat, diocesan director of Hispanic ministry.
The goal of the “Voices in Ac-tion” Latino parent initiative of the Indiana Partnerships Center is to better connect Spanish-speaking families to the educational lives of their children for increased student achievement by
- creating roles for parents as advocates;
- building a knowledge base of parent involvement strategies;
- building confidence in parents to act as liaisons for other parents.
Five workshops will be off-ered including: Acculturation; What Are ENL (English As A New Language) Programs in Schools; Asking Questions to Get the Best Education for your Child; the Home as a Class-room, and Celebration of Cul-ture, Family, and the Unity Be-tween School, Community and Families.
Happy Birthday!
Father Eugene Schroeder, pastor at St. Joseph Church, Vanderburgh County, celebrates his birthday Feb. 7.
Father James Sauer, associate pastor at St. Joseph Church, Jasper, celebrates his birthday Feb. 8.
Anniversary of ordination
Father Angelo Quadrini, a Son of Divine Providence and a superior at Providence Home in Jasper, was ordained to the priesthood Feb. 10, 1965.
Deacon anniversaries
Deacon Cyril Will of Good Shepherd Church, Evansville, was ordained Feb. 10, 1990.
Deacon Thomas Holsworth was ordained Feb. 10, 1990. He serves as the master of ceremonies for the bishop’s episcopal liturgies.
Parish Council
Sid Fritch is chairperson of the Parish Council at Precious Blood Church, Jasper. John Hart is vice-chairperson, and Janet Rydberg is secretary. Father John Breidenbach is president.
44 years
Congratulations to Jerry and Louise Branch as they celebrate their forty-forth wedding anni-versary. They are parishioners at St. Philip Neri Church, Bick-nell.
Resolutions
“New Year’s resolutions were the hot topic at religion class this week,” reports Shirley Jef-fers, youth minister at St. John Church, Loogootee.
“The top three among our students: 1) visit the nursing home; 2) attend Mass weekly; 3) Bring a non-Catholic friend to Mass.
“We discussed in depth if the resolutions we chose were ones that would make us better people, and how we might go about keeping those resolutions.”
Youth group
Andrea Schroering is president of the Youth Group at St. Anthony Church, St. Anthony. Amy Wendholt is vice-president, Justin Wendholt is treasurer, and Bryce Nord is secretary.
Anniversaries in Ferdinand
Congratulations to couples at St. Ferdinand Church, Ferdi-nand, celebrating January wedding anniversaries: Norbert and Mary Rita Mathies, 45 years; Michael and Jeanette Russell, 45 years; Norman and Leona Schue, 50 years.
Please send information for AROUND THE DIOCESE to Mary Ann Hughes, The Message, P.O. Box 4169, Evansville, IN 47724. The e-mail address is mhughes@evansville-diocese.org.