June 26, 2009
Evansville Serra Club honors 61 students
Sixty-one students from 25 parishes recently were honored by the Serra Club of Evansville with the organization’s annual Youth Service Awards.
The awards were presented to eighth graders in parish schools and religious education classes in the deaneries of Evansville, Newburgh and Princeton.
The honorees were selected by their teachers for outstanding service to their Church and communities.
Those receiving the awards at ceremonies held at their home parishes include
- Christ the King Church, Evansville: Joseph Wright and Joshua Small;
- Corpus Christi Church, Evansville: Tyler Marx and Jackie Reising;
- Good Shepherd Church, Evansville: Daniel Eaton and Kelsey Pence;
- Holy Cross Church, Fort Branch: Jordan Scheller, Nicholas Barrett and Aimee Boyle;
- Holy Redeemer Church, Evansville: Samantha Memmer and Madison Scott;
- Holy Rosary Church, Evansville: Lisa Blubaugh, Jacob Bell, Tim Schaefer and Emily Collins;
- Holy Spirit Church, Evansville: Georgie Davidson and Libby Hedges;
- Holy Trinity Church, Evansville: Dominic Buckmaster, Benjamin Dahlquist and Catherine Mayer;
- Mary, Help of Christians Church, Mariah Hill: Emily Kern, Kandace Buechle;
- Resurrection Church, Evansville: Adam Berendes and Victoria Richmond;
- St. Agnes Church, Evansville: Kate Whitaker;
- St. Anthony Church, Evansville: Kyle Willis;
- St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville: Jessica Voyles, Ryan Ford and Kaylee Alexander;
- St. Bernard Church, Rockport: Samantha Harpenau, Raegan Lopez and Mark Lasher;
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Poseyville: Megan Baehl, Jacob Bender and Abby Bender;
- St. John the Baptist Church, Newburgh: Sarah Williams, Holly Thieman, Carissa Dau and Thomas VanBibber;
- St. John Chrysostom Church, New Boston: Julie Heltzel and Becky Mehling;
- St. John Church, Daylight: Jacob Titzer and Miranda Lantaff;
- St. Joseph Church, Dale: Abby Fischer and Zachary Lubbehusen;
- St. Martin Church, Chrisney: Emily Kramer and Sarah Kramer;
- St. Nicholas Church, Santa Claus: Haley Langen and Nolan Brinkman;
- St. Philip Church, Posey County: Beth Fischer, Jeff Helfrich and Alex Goebel;
- St. Theresa Church, Evansville: Joseph Lutz and Adam Kremer;
- St. Wendel Church, St. Wendel: Megan Durchholz, Zach Scheller and Rachel Rogers;
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt: Emily Wallace, Jason Rhodes and Jacob Kissel.
Serra International is an organization of men and women providing support and encouragement of religious vocations in the church. The Evansville club meets for lunch at noon on the first Friday of each month in Holy Trinity’s parish center on Third Street in downtown Evansville.