October 23, 2009
Worth Mentioning
Strategic Planning in diocese — a reminder
Town hall meetings start next week.
They are scheduled on Monday, Oct. 26 at Mater Dei High School in Evansville; on Thurs-day, Oct. 29 at St. Joseph Church in Jasper; Monday, Nov. 2 at the Old Cathedral in Vin-cennes, and on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Daylight.
Everyone is invited. All meetings are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. local time.
Participants will be asked to describe a situation in their lives where the Church has been most meaningful, and then to discuss their hopes, dreams and vision for their parishes in particular and the diocese as a whole.
Book features work of 93-year-old poet
A Benedictine oblate and a Benedictine monk have teamed up to write and illustrate “The Number Touched Untold,” a book of poems on topics of faith and everyday life.
Dorothy M. Colgan of St. Meinrad is a 93-year-old poet who has been writing and publishing poetry for more than 30 years. Her work appears frequently in The Criterion, the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Many of her poems are inspired by Scripture stories, but others touch on themes of nature, nostalgia and daily life. Colgan has been a resident of St. Meinrad since 1972. She is a Benedictine oblate affiliated with the nearby Saint Meinrad Archabbey.
The images in the book are the work of liturgical artist, Benedictine Brother Martin Erspamer of St. Meinrad Archabbey. For decades, Brother Martin has worked in a variety of media and as an illustrator.
The book, published by St. Walburga Press, is available for $19.95 from the Scholar Shop and the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Gift Shop, both located on the Archabbey campus.
St. Meinrad seminary numbers up
Enrollment for the seminary formation year is the highest since 1988, according to Bene-dictine Father Denis Robinson, president-rector.
For the current year, 121 students from 27 dioceses and five religious communities are represented among the seminarians.
Six of the seminarians are from the Diocese of Evansville: Bill Dunn and Michael Loner are in their second year of philosophy studies; Nick Seib and Chris Droste are in first year theology studies, and Brian Emmick and Jeff Read are in second year theology studies.
For Knights of Columbus, Memorial service scheduled
The annual Memorial Mass for deceased members of the Washington Council 630 Knights of Columbus will be on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. E.D.T. at Our Lady of Hope Church in Washington. The public is invited to attend this Solemn Mass and Memorial Service.
Especially remembered will be the Council members who died this past year: Patrick Clauss, Donald Craney, Gerald Evans, Joseph O’Brian, Father Raymond Schroering, E. Brayton Smoot, Robert Stanton, and Gerald Waltz.
Father James Koressel, pastor of the parishes in Montgomery, Petersburg and Cannelburg, will be the celebrant. The K of C Men’s Choir and the Father Lawrence A. Vieck Fourth De-gree Assembly Honor Guard will participate.
Alumni director named at Marian University
Marian University’s alumni organization — with more than 10,000 members — recently named Barbara Stuckwisch the director of alumni affairs.
Stuckwisch is a former assistant state’s at-torney in Lee County, Ill., who most recently served as the executive director of Community Montessori School in Fishers, Ind.. She is also the former national executive director of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity and Foundation in Indi-anapolis.
‘Families are struggling — Faith is calling’
“Families are struggling. Faith is calling” is the theme of the 2009 Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which will be held in most Catholic parishes the weekend of Nov. 21-22.
“The mission of CCHD is crucial in 2009: To uplift and embolden all who are one layoff or one medical scare away from the poverty line — and all who are already there,” said Bishop Roger Morin of Biloxi, Miss., chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Subcommittee on CCHD.