Elizabeth Barnstead

‘Healing and wholeness’

Difficult circumstances, backgrounds, and life experiences impact everyone differently, but when addressing these challenges through counseling, “it frees us to be able to love as God commissions us to love,” according to Ethan Bennett, a Catholic licensed professional clinical counselor in Owensboro.

‘I’m going in after her’

Deerfield Drive is a quiet cul-de-sac in Caldwell County where retirees happily share the road with youngsters on bicycles. It’s a place where neighbors walk across fenceless yards to share garden vegetables and holiday greeting cards.

Alpha: A wonderful evangelization tool

In January my husband, Deacon Randy Potempa and I were privileged to attend the Alpha Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Out of the 1,600 in attendance from all over the United States, 800 attendees were Catholic.

‘In walking, it is solved’

On Friday, March 24, 11 young adults from our diocese gathered at St. Henry Parish in Aurora for the start of The Journey: A Young Adult Hike Retreat, hosted by the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.