April 16, 2010
Worth Mentioning
Message subscribers are winners
Gift cards valued at $20 at area restaurants are being awarded by the Message to subscribers chosen at random.
- Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Knust, Ferdi-nand, Edgewater Grill.
- Ms. Bernice Rehrman, Evansville, Cross-Eyed Cricket
- Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gries, Evansville, Cross-Eyed Cricket
- Mr. Clarence Winiger, Evansville, Cross-Eyed Cricket
Gift cards are awarded as part of a promotion to emphasize the reality that all Message readers are winners.
Deacons ordained
Two seminarians studying at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology received the order of deacon from the Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis at the Archabbey Church on April 10.
The newly ordained deacons are Dustin Boehm, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and Noah Diehm, Archdiocese of Dubuque.
St. Mary’s honored for organ donors
The Department of Health Resources and Service Administration presented awards to 428 hospitals in the United States for their success in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation.
St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville received the Department’s “Medal of Honor for Organ Donation” for achieving and sustaining national goals for donation, including a donation rate of 75 percent or more of eligible donors at its facility.
St. Mary’s and Donate Life Indiana are joining forces in April to celebrate National Donate Life Month — a time to recognize and honor those whose organ, tissue and eye donations have saved and enhanced lives, as well as raise public awareness about the need for more do-nors through various events and celebrations.
Family retreat at the Snows
“Maturing and Growing as a Family” is the theme of a spring family retreat being presented by the National Shrine of Our Lady of Snows Hispanic Ministry, Saturday, May 1, begininng at 7:45 a.m.
The presenter will be Oblate Father Nino Lajo, associate director for Hispanic Minsitry at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto of the Southwest in San Antonio.
Registration is required. Visit www.snows.org or call (618) 397-6700.
‘Living in the present moment’
Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand are offering a program, “Living in the Present Mo-ment,” that will explain some simple ways to be more present in your daily life.
The program will be held Saturday, April 24, at Kordes Center in Ferdinand. After a breakfast snack at 9 a.m. EDT, the program begins at 9:15 a.m. EDT and concludes with lunch at 12:15 p.m. EDT. It will be presented by Benedictine Sister Anita Louise Lowe.
Spiritual masters have long praised the value of living in the present moment in order to have a balanced, healthy life. However, many people spend so much time reliving the past or anticipating the future that they miss the gift God gives in the present. The program will enable a better appreciation of the wonders of God’s world.
Program cost is $40. Registration is due April 21. For more information, or to register, call (800) 880-2777, or (812) 367-1411, ext. 2915, or visit www.thedome.org/programs.
St. Meinrad names college interns for ‘One Bread, One Cup’ summer conferences
Margaret Hurlbut of Jasper has been selected as one of the 21 participants in the six-week College Ministerial Internship Program at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology this summer.
Hurlbut attends the University of Notre Dame.
The College Ministerial Internship Program is a six-week internship for college-age students. Interns come from throughout the Uni-ted States to be formed in Benedictine spirituality for ministry in the Catholic Church and taught by monks and faculty of St Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.
They also serve as staff, catechists and theological reflection group leaders for the “One Bread, One Cup” summer liturgical leadership conferences for high school youth and campus and youth ministers. Three of these five-day conferences are held during the internship program.