February 19, 2010
Worth Mentioning
Habitat project underway
Habitat for Humanity of Evansville has begun demolishing vacant warehouses on Shadewood Avenue in Evansville to make way for a housing development called Shadewood Place that will include 19 Habitat homes and four market-rate homes built by Bussing Construction.
Estimated cost for the demolition, infrastructure, site development and construction, excluding the market-rate homes, is $1.8 million. Funding for this development is being made possible through grants from the City of Evansville and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis and through 15 Habitat house sponsorships. Construction is expected to begin in June.
Shadewood Place is part of a larger effort among many organizations to revitalize the Glenwood neighborhood. For the past two years, Habitat has been working closely with the Glenwood Neighborhood Association and other community partners to revitalize the neighborhood, bordered by U.S. 41, Riverside Drive and Veterans Memorial Parkway.
For more information on this development or to sponsor a Habitat home, please call the Hab-itat office at (812) 423-5623. Visit www.evans-villehabitat.org
CPC Training session rescheduled
The CPC Training Session at St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes on Feb. 16 was postponed because of weather and road conditions It has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (local time) at St. Francis Xavier, Vincennes.
Workshop for parish leaders
Renovating? Expanding? Architectural Issues? This workshop explores the stages of assessment, planning and implementation for a building program and emphasizes the importance of leadership in a building project.
Learn how to evaluate your current facilities and see how those facilities impact the effectiveness of ministry. Find out what to expect when working with architects, engineers, contractors and municipalities.
The workshop is “Effective Leadership for Building Projects” with Keith Crouch and Russell Maddox, from the National Center for Church Architecture, on Wednesday, April 7, in New Albany and on Thursday, April 8, in Evansville
Call (812) 618-2012 for information.
A ‘Parenting Pointer’
Lent is not just about “giving up” but also humbling oneself in the service of others. Even children can serve by cleaning up, letting someone else go first, even smiling instead of smirking. Being a willing servant is different from being a slave. “The last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Mt. 20:16)
Want more pointers? Visit www.Susan-Vogt.net.
For hard of hearing
The Diocesan Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing located at Nativity Church in Evansville is planning to start a support group for Late-Deafened adults.
If anyone in your parish is interested please contact Father Henry Kuykendall (812) 476-7186.
An ASL Interpreter is provided at Nativity every Saturday at the 4:30 p.m. Mass and at St. Ferdinand in Ferdinand at the 5 p.m. Saturday night Mass.
Catholicity is topic of March 9 lecture
Father Robert Schreiter, C.P.P.S., the Vatican Council II Professor of Theology at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, will deliver the annual Thomas Lecture on Philosophy and Theology at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 9, at 7 p.m. CDT in the Newman Conference Center.
His talk is titled “Forms of Catholicity in a Time of Polarization.” According to Father Schreiter, “In a time of polarization both within and outside the Catholic Church, we need to look to resources within our tradition to address issues and create spaces for discussion. One such resource is the concept of Catholicity. This lecture will explore two concepts of Catholicity and how these might be brought to bear on the challenges facing the Church today.”
The lecture is free and open to the public.