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Seeing the Lord: Diocese honors women religious celebrating jubilees in 2025
Eleven of the 14 women religious celebrating jubilees of religious profession in the Diocese of Owensboro in 2025 gathered to celebrate on Oct. 25, as Bishop William F. Medley thanked them for answering the call to serve.
Catholic school students remember the faithful departed
Students at the Owensboro Catholic Schools 4-6 Campus participated in a Eucharistic Procession on November 17th, a November tradition of remembering the faithful departed.
How to support diocesan seminarians during National Vocations Week and beyond
The academic year for the Diocese of Owensboro’s seminarians is in full swing and the Office of Vocations has remained busy with seminary visits and vocations-promoting activities.
Supporting the call for fostering and adopting: Springs of Love launches with picnic
Springs of Love, a national Catholic adoption and foster support ministry, recently expanded to be a new initiative in the Diocese of Owensboro led by Fr. Christopher Kight, parochial vicar at St. Joseph in Bowling Green.
Generous pledges help progress of senior priest apartments initiative
The Diocese of Owensboro’s Faithful Foundations Campaign for the construction of new senior priest retirement apartments continues to move forward with tremendous generosity and gratitude from parishioners across western Kentucky.
New sanctuary floor in Union County
Under advisement of Fr. Brandon Williams, co-coordinator of the Diocese of Owensboro’s Office of Worship, and the support of our new pastor, Fr. Jojy Joseph, the parish communities of St. Francis Borgia in Sturgis and St. Ambrose in Henshaw were overjoyed to announce that St. Francis Borgia’s sanctuary floor is fully refurbished.
‘Joyfully Catholic’ classical academy to open in Bowling Green next fall
Chesterton Academy of Bowling Green, which is set to open in August 2026, seeks to be known for its tagline: “a joyfully Catholic classical high school.”
Ongoing reasons for hope: Mass attendance keeps growing
The theme for the Jubilee Year 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope.” As we near the end of this Jubilee Year, Mass attendance across our diocese in 2025 has risen above 50% for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Nativity on Ninth’ becomes community tradition in Hopkinsville
Parish members of Sts. Peter and Paul in Hopkinsville are making final preparations for their fourth annual “Nativity on Ninth” event which will be held on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. each night.
‘You could feel that hope’
David and Sara Hemingway had visited St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy, before, but volunteering with the Jubilee of Hope 2025 this past September “was a different atmosphere; it was special,” said Sara.
