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Owensboro couple featured in first responder marriage series
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unique demands on married couples everywhere, but for couples who are emergency service workers, it has been particularly challenging.
‘God brings good’
On March 20, 2021, Martin Ma Na Ling, a seminarian of the Diocese of Owensboro, was ordained to the transitional diaconate by Bishop William F. Medley at Holy Spirit Parish in Bowling Green.
‘Seeking help is a sign of being strong’
Iris Gutierrez, a Spanish-speaking Catholic counselor in Lexington, Ky., recently joined the Counseling Assistance Program (CAP) offered by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Owensboro.
Mary Carrico teacher celebrates 25 years: ‘I love what I do’
Many families have contacted Jenny Lashbrook to thank her for the “blessing” of teaching their children over her 25-year career at Mary Carrico Catholic School in Knottsville – but Lashbrook insists it’s the other way around.
Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU
Sr. Dianna Ortiz, 62, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph for 43 years, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C. after a brave battle with cancer. She was raised in Grants, N.M. Sr. Dianna called on God to help her survive a traumatic event in her life to...
Webinar discusses special year, ‘true fatherhood’ of St. Joseph
On Feb. 24, 2021, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, gave a webinar for the Diocese of Owensboro about the Year of St. Joseph, which Pope Francis declared from Dec. 8, 2020, to Dec. 8, 2021.
Catholic Charities continues to press on, engage the community, provide assistance
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Owensboro has as an agency been able to devote $308,600 in services to people hurting across western Kentucky.
Prayers asked for those impacted by Myanmar military coup
Following the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar, (also known as Burma), two Burmese clergy in the Diocese of Owensboro are urging Catholics and all of good will to pray for the suffering country.
April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Every April, Catholic parishes and schools across the United States participate in National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Retiring after 26 years, Weafer hands Preschool Cathedral reins to Pfeifer
Pam Weafer has worked at Cathedral Preschool in Owensboro for 26 years, and served as the preschool’s third director for 16 of those years.
