August 7, 2009
Around the Diocese
Happy Birthday!
Father John Lefler, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday Aug. 12. He resides at 7788 Taylorville Rd., Tennyson, IN 47637.
Martin County Anniversaries
Congratulations to couples in Martin County parishes celebrating August wedding anniversaries.
- St. Mary, Shoals: Wilmer and Alice Lundy, 50 years; George and Barbara Cropp, 60 years;
- St. Martin, Whitfield: John and Mary Jo Lannan, 49 years;
- St. John, Loogootee: Keith and Mary Louise Yarnell, 56 years; Charles and Anna Fields, 50 years; Jack and Rochelle Lents, 54 years; Dick and Phyllis Lemmon, 46 years; Eugene and Jean Parsons, 63 years; Fred and Francie Doyle, 41 years;
- St. Joseph, Bramble: Bill and Helen Ellis, 53 years; Pete and Mary Holland, 60 years; Lucy and David Harrison, 46 years.
Co-chairs
The co-chairs of the 2010 Summer Social at St. Theresa Church, Evansville, will be Jim and Karen Bengert and Chris and Rebeka Kaufman, according to Deacon David Seibert, pastoral life coordinator.
State wins
Students at St. Theresa School, Evansville, placed third in the state in Social Studies in the Academic Super Bowl and seventh place in the state in Eng-lish, according to Theresa Be-rendes, principal.
Newsletter
Connie Montooth is the editor of the parish newsletter at Nativity Church, Evansville. Miranda Montooth is the copy editor.
Photographers include Linda Austin, Judy Russell and Sister Sharon Haskins, pastoral associates. Reporters include Father Henry Kuykendall, pastor, and Ellen Hedges and Vel Sitzman.
Special anniversaries
“St. Joseph Parish in Evansville has four couples celebrating more than 50 years of marriage in July and August,” said Lisa Foster, office manager.
They are Tom and Mary Lou Kunkel, 55 years; James and Mary Anne Gossman, 55 years; Virgil and Patsy Jost, 51 years, and Donald and Margaret Appler, 63 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.