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Writers across the diocese provided year’s worth of hope-filled jubilee reflections
In early 2025, The Western Kentucky Catholic launched Pilgrims of Hope, a yearlong blog series inspired by Pope Francis’ Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025.
A year-end gift: Lighting the way for our neighbors
As the year draws to a close and the holiday season encourages reflection, many of us turn our thoughts to ways we can make a difference in our community.
Through Disciples Response Fund grant, music director hopes to ‘meet maximum capacity in people’s hearts’
“To provide people an experience of Christ that tends to the soil of their heart,” is what Clint Campbell said they are trying to accomplish with St. Pius X Parish’s praise and worship nights.
Kolbe film inspires Paducah parishioners to grow closer to Our Lady
The Paducah faith community attended a Nov. 4, 2025 showing of “Triumph of the Heart,” a feature film about St. Maximillian Kolbe and his companions’ triumph over the darkness of Auschwitz.
How to ‘deepen’ communion in increasingly polarized world is focus of Indiana conference
Reflecting on the polarization in the United States and even the Catholic Church, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, advised that overcoming divisions requires a nuanced approach.
Pilgrims felt ‘enriched’ while visiting diocese’s Jubilee of Hope pilgrimage sites this year
As the Catholic Church began to prepare for the Jubilee of Hope in 2025, Pope Francis chose as its motto “Pilgrims of Hope.”
God’s presence ‘gently nudged’ young adults on hike retreat
“This was a unique and grounding experience. To see our church family be positive, happy, pray with, and encourage one another through the whole adventure was very moving and spiritually healing…”
Paving the path to a new home
Thanks to successful fundraising through the Diocese of Owensboro’s Faithful Foundations Campaign for the construction of new senior priest retirement apartments, work is moving forward on the future site of the facility.
Brescia University looks forward to bright future at centennial celebration
One hundred years of education was celebrated at Brescia University’s Centennial Gala on Oct. 25, concluding a lively homecoming weekend for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.
Vocation awareness week provided local opportunities to talk about, pray for vocations
As director of vocations I spend the majority of my time each week driving around the diocese to visit, pray, and share about vocations with our people. National Vocation Awareness Week was no different, and my odometer just kept on rolling.
