February 26, 2010
Worth Mentioning
‘Search for Love and Truth’
A Convocation on Marriage and Family Life is planned Saturday, April 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Good Shepherd Church, Evansville.
The convocation, entitled “Search for Love and Truth,” is sponsored by the Diocese of Evansville, with collaboration from the Diocese of Owensboro and support from the Diocese of Belleville.
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, nationally prominent in promoting the U.S. bishops’ initiative to improve and energize marriage and family life, will speak on Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan.
Dr. Jim Healy, nationally acknowledged author, speaker and family life minister, will speak on Catholic Marriage: The Way Forward.
CRS Theme: Giving Hope to Jesus in Disguise
Haiti was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere when the devasting earthquake struck in January. The programs supported by The Catholic Relief Services Collection have been hard at work providing for the enormous humanitarian and pastoral needs of the victims, giving hope to Jesus in disguise.
The national date for the 2010 Catholic Relief Services Collection is March 14.
Additional information
Three names were omitted from information provided to the Message for an article Feb. 19 about the Memorial High School academic decathalon state championship.
Medal winners for the Superquiz include Jillian Belmonte, Gold; Tom DeCastra, Silver, and Katlynn Loschen, Silver.
St. Vincent de Paul Lenten Day of Recollection
Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society cordially invite interested persons to attend their Annual Lenten Day of Recollection on March 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Seton Residence west of Evansville.
The spiritual director will be Father Philip Kreilein. A fee of $10 will be payable at the time of registration. The fee includes breakfast and dinner.
Call for reservations to the SVDP Coord-inator’s Office at (812) 423-7842 by March 15.
A Parenting Pointer
Even though it’s hard economic times, I’m quitting my job — as “Reminder-In-Chief.” As our children grow older they should take more responsibility for remembering their homework, the time to get up, their chores. Teach them ways to remind themselves. Don’t stunt their growth by doing it for them.
Parenting Pointers, © 2010 Susan Vogt, are available at www.SusanVogt.net.
A Marriage Moment
What is your marriage founded on? When George Washington became the first president of the USA he had little idea how this fledgling country would evolve. So too, most of us are relatively naïve on our wedding day. Let a penny be a reminder of your wedding vows, “In God we trust.”
Marriage Moments, © 2010 Susan Vogt, are available at www.SusanVogt.net.
Archabbey exhibit features Santa Fe artist
The Archabbey Library Gallery at St. Meinrad is presenting an art exhibit by Santa Fe, N.M., artist Gabriel Vigil, who specializes in artwork of saints. The exhibit will be on display March 1 through April 10.
Vigil’s two-dimensional art is called retablos, and the three-dimensional sculptural pieces are known as bultos. This traditional art form originated centuries ago in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. He has been producing his creations since he was a teenager.
A native of New Mexico, Vigil has completed numerous commissions for private collections, including the Denver Folk Art Museum and the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art in Santa Fe. In 1998, he and his brother Gilbert Vigil were commissioned by The City of Santa Fe for a retablo of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, which was presented to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The retablo is now part of the Smithsonian Collection.
Other commissioned works by Vigil include life-size paintings of The Stations of The Cross and murals for St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Phoenix, Ariz., as well as various churches throughout the Southwest. Galleries where he has exhibited his art are: El Potrero Trading Post in Chimayo, N.M.; Good Hands Gallery, Montez Gallery, Gallery 10 and Rancho de las Golondrinas in Santa Fe; John Isaac’s Gallery in Albuquerque, N.M.; and Blue Sage Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.