“The priests and people are enthusiastic about your coming to Owensboro…” This is how Bishop Henry Soenneker, the second bishop of Owensboro, began a letter he was writing on May 4, 1970. The recipient of the letter was none other than Archbishop Fulton Sheen and Bishop Soenneker was not exaggerating about the priest’s and people’s enthusiasm.
The feast of St. Vincent de Paul is celebrated in the Catholic Church on September 27 each year.
Have you ever found yourself wondering, “Where is God?” Perhaps it was during a difficult diagnosis, the loss of someone you love, or a season when prayer seemed to echo back in silence.
We read in the Acts of the Apostles how the followers of Jesus in the First Century gathered to live their newfound faith.
One of the most significant “hand-off” moments in the lives of our young people is the transition from high school to college.
Every one of us believes in something. We believe the sun will rise tomorrow. We believe those we love will keep their promises. We believe the chair beneath us will hold our weight. Yet Christian faith is something far deeper than simply accepting a set of facts as true.
Alpha is a practical tool for evangelization used by thousands of Catholic parishes worldwide to introduce (or reintroduce) people to the core message of the Christian faith, known as the kerygma – the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Few things say Kentucky summer like getting out the fishing poles and heading to the lake. This felt like the perfect summer article to kick off the fall printing season of The Western Kentucky Catholic.
The bishops of the 18 dioceses of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana have been summoned to come to Rome in April of 2027 to fulfill their ad limina apostolorum (to the threshold of the apostles).
In spring 2025, the Office of Communications was invited to speak before the Parish Catechetical Leaders (PCL) during their gathering at the McRaith Catholic Center.