August 28, 2009
Around the Diocese
Year of the Priest
“On June 19 our Pope Benedict declare this the ‘Year of the Priest’ that we need to pray for priests,” said Father John Boeglin, in the parish newsletter at Holy Family Church in Jasper.
“We need to pray for more men to answer the call of the priesthood. When I was ordained to the priesthood some 31 years ago, I never dreamed that the number of yearly ordinations would dwindle to the present numbers.
“I estimate that we had approximately 27 priestly ordinations in our diocese since my ordination in 1978.
“In our own diocese we have 69 parishes where Mass is celebrated weekly with 50 non-retired priests. Of these active priests, nine of them are from age 70 to 77. Thirteen of these non-retired priests are in their sixties.
“In the last 10 years, many of our rural parishes have begun to share priests for the Eucharist.”
Happy Birthday!
Deacon Vincent Bernardin, diaconal service at Christ the King Church, Evansville, celebrates his birthday Sept. 1.
Father James Koressel, pastor of All Saints Church, Cannelburg, St. Peter Church, Montgomery, and Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Petersburg, celebrates his birthday Sept. 2.
Benedictine Father Mark O’Keefe, pastor at St. Mary Church, Huntingburg, celebrates his birthday Sept. 2.
Deacon Ed Wilkerson, pastoral life coordinator at Good Shepherd Church, Evansville, celebrates his birthday Sept. 2.
Father John Silva, pastor at St. John Church, Daylight, celebrates his birthday Sept. 3.
Msgr. Charles Koch, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday Sept. 4. He resides at 1655 Sweetgum Dr., Greenwood, IN 46143.
Father John Sasse, associate pastor at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt, Holy Cross Church, Fort Branch, and St. Bernard Church, Snake Run, celebrates his birthday Sept. 7.
Deacon Donald Yochum of St. Theresa Church, Evansville, celebrates his birthday Sept. 7.
Anniversaries of ordination
Father Anthony Kissel, teaching at St. Leo College in St. Leo, Fla., was ordained to the priesthood Sept. 1, 1973.
Father John Boeglin, pastor of Holy Family Church, Jasper, was ordained to the priesthood Sept. 1, 1978.
Father David Fleck, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, and St. Vincent de Paul Church, both in Vincennes, was ordained to the priesthood Sept. 5, 1975.
Website
“Our website (www.nativitycatholicchurch.com) has been redesigned,” said Father Henry Kuykendall, pastor at Nativity Church, Evansville.
“The site is now designed with a mirror image in Spanish, reflecting that we are a bilingual community.”
Resignation
“With regret, I would like to inform you of the resignation of Liz Effinger, our parish secretary,” writes Father Phil Kreilein, pastor at Resurrection Church, Evansville.
She has been at Resurrection for 22 years. I want to thank her for all these years of service to Resurrection. She has gone beyond just the duties of a secretary. She helps out in all of our activities. I know that we will truly miss her in our church office.”
New DRE
Lavone Mangin is the new Director of Religious Education at St. Raphael Church, Dubois.
Anniversaries in Dale
Congratulations to couples at St. Joseph Church, Dale, celebrating August wedding anni-versaries: Lloyd and Judy Lib-bert, 42 years; Leander and Edna Temple, 61 years; Diane and David Balbach, 40 years; David and Donna Milner, 46 years; Charles and Helen Luttrell, 50 years.
Happy Birthday!
Mary Ann Zenthoefer, DRE at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt, and Holy Cross Church, Fort Branch, celebrates her birthday Sept. 7.
Providence Sister Betty Koressel, pastoral associate at Precious Blood Church, Jasper, celebrates her birthday Sept. 8.
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.