Owensboro Assembly 2074 of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree recently donated $1,000 to the food pantry at Our Lady of the Lourdes Parish in Owensboro.
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St. Mary School System Announces Bryan Krueger as Next System Director
Paducah, KY — St. Mary School System is pleased to announce the appointment of Bryan Krueger as the next System Director of St. Mary School System, effective May 18, 2026.
Three from the Diocese of Owensboro earn master’s degrees from Saint Meinrad
Graduates of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, were awarded master’s degrees at the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
Young parishioner celebrates First Communion with priest-godfather
On Sunday, May 3, 2026, a young member of Precious Blood Parish in Owensboro, Loralei Dickens, received her First Holy Communion from her godfather, Fr. Julio Barrera.
Four Ursuline Sisters celebrating jubilees of religious profession in 2026
Four Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph who have served a combined 240 years in service to God’s people are celebrating jubilees of religious profession in 2026.
‘The difference it makes to us’
Being a foster parent “opens up parts of your heart that you didn’t know were there” according to Misty Haycraft, who encourages other families to consider this calling: “It’s very rewarding.”
Catholic Charities USA’s traveling museum ‘celebrates power of Christian service’
NEW YORK (OSV News) – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York welcomed the mobile People of Hope Museum March 26, near Union Square in Manhattan. The tractor-trailer-sized traveling museum will tour under the sponsorship of Catholic Charities USA.
Space for peace and healing: Diocese hosts Taizé prayer service
On Thursday, April 16, 2026, the community gathered at St. Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro for an ecumenical prayer service dedicated to the protection and healing of victims of sexual abuse.
The Quiet Way
An Owensboro parish music director, commissioned to write a song in honor of the Jubilee of St. Francis, hopes his composition will help the faithful reflect on their own journeys of ongoing conversion.
Sr. Amelia Stenger remembered for her love of God, Catholic education, and her Ursuline Sisters
Sr. Amelia Stenger, OSU, the first woman to serve as the superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Owensboro, “was never not a teacher,” recalled Sr. Sharon Sullivan, OSU, the congregational leader of the Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. “Her teaching was how can you help people discover whatever it was they wanted to discover.”