August 21, 2009
Around the Diocese
New property
“The parish of St. John in Loogootee has now purchased the John and Delores Walton house and property at 400 Church St., Loogootee,” reports Father Joseph Erbacher, pastor of the four Martin County parishes.
“I spoke with and showed the bishop the property and he felt it would be a good investment for the parish. In consulting with St. John Parish Council the consensus was that it would be a good purchase for the parish considering further parking needs and whatever would or not happen down the road regarding existence of churches as we now know them today.”
He said the decision was ratified by the parish council, and the purchase was made. “For the present, we will rent the home. No money was borrowed to purchase the home, we withdrew money we had on reserve and deposited at the diocese.”
Happy Birthday!
Father Claude Burns, pastor at Holy Spirit Church, Evansville, celebrates his birthday Aug. 27.
Deacon ordination
Deacon Michael Jones, of St. Peter Church, Montgomery, and All Saints Church, Cannelburg, was ordained Aug. 30, 2003.
Retirement
Teresa Hopf has retired as DRE at St. Raphael Church, Du-bois. The parish council thanked her for her many years of service.
St. Vincent de Paul
Jim Hayden is the president of the St. Vincent de Paul So-ciety at Holy Redeemer Church, Evansville.
Debbie Hayden is vice-president. Sue Gries is secretary, Jim Wathen is treasurer, and Lucie Hayden is spiritual advisor.
Saying thanks
“I want to thank all of you for making me feel welcome here,” writes Father Ron Kreilein to his parishioners at St. Peter Celestine Church, Celestine, and St. Raphael Church, Du-bois. “You have all made such a wonderful impact on my life.
“Since Pope Benedict XVI has dedicated this year as the ‘Year of the Priest,’ I want to encourage you to continue to pray for me and all our priests.”
Changes
“We will have some changes to our religious education team this year,” according to Mary Ann Zenthoefer, DRE at Holy Cross Church, Fort Branch, and Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt.
“Peg Hall announced that she is choosing not to return as CRE for the 2009-2010 religious ed year. We want to say a huge thank you to Peg for all her work, dedication and commitment to the religious ed program and to the parishes of Holy Cross and Sts. Peter and Paul for the past two years.
“Stephanie Stoll will be joining the religious education team as assistant to the DRE.”
Hospitality
Peggy Hardesty is chairing the newly-formed Hospitality Committee at Good Shepherd Church, Evansville.
“They have been working on several areas of hospitality,” said Deacon Ed Wilkerson, pastoral life coordinator, “but I want to call particular attention to the monthly ‘Fellowship Dinners.’
“The second Saturday of every other month has been designated as the time together for an old-fashioned pitch-in dinner.”
Academic All-City
Members of the spring Academic All-City teams at Mater Dei High School, Evansville, include
- Girls tennis: Claire Alvey, Faith Slaton, Jennifer Kelley, Jamalyn Tekoppel;
- Girls track: Denise Blankenberger, Anna Weinzapfel, Kristen Cox, Margaret Hoefling, Alecia Kissel, Andrea Knapp, Leigh Seibert, Emily Jolly, Cara Kuester, Brooke Nurrenbern, Rachel Rexing, Olivia Weinzapfel, Jennifer Cox;
- Boys track: Tyler Schickel, William Weis, Jared Jochem, Ross Rexing;
- Softball: Hannah Daunhauer, Kelsey Reker, Stephanie Bittner;
- Baseball: Seth LaRue, Hank LaRue, Bradley Wannemuehler, Mark Wargel, Andrew Harsh, Joseph Major, Nicholas Mochau;
- Boys golf: Joshua Stauber, Dante Fratturo, Craig Niemeier, Layne Koester.
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.