INDIANA ABOLITION COALITION
Building consensus to end the death penalty in Indiana
through education, collaboration, and activism

Evansville area meeting: Saturday, 8^th. June, 2013
10 a.m.- noon, in the Parish Hall
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
1301 South Green River Road
Evansville, IN 47715

Further information from Sister Mary Mundy at Holy Rosary: 812-477-8923 or from Sarah Grey, interim board IAC: sarahgrey@att.net

With the upcoming warmer weather, it's a great time to have a new car for cruising the town.
A $20 raffle ticket (or 3 for $50) could make you the lucky winner of a new Toyota Prius.
Or apply the value of the Prius to a different Toyota or opt for the $15,000 cash prize.
St. Benedict Cathedral will conduct the drawing on May 19 at 11:45 am but you don't need to be present to win.
For more information about purchasing tickets, go to www.saintbenedictcathedral.org.
Indiana gaming raffle license #130242.

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Evansville West

The Saint Wendel Men's Club will be hosting their annual 'Party Under the Stars', Cruise-in and 5K Run on Saturday, June 1.
The 5K Run and Leisure Walk will begin at 8:00 am with a FREE happy hour planned after the event! The cruise-in is open to all makes and models of cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
Registration for the cruise-in is free and will be from 3:00 to 7:00 pm. Awards for the Cruise-in will be given away at 7:30 pm.
Mass will be celebrated at 4:00 pm with the “Live Music” will begin at 8:00 pm.
Your favorite beverages along with German bologna, smoked chicken, bratwurst, burgers, homemade German potato salad, and ice cream will be available, as well as a family dining area.
Please contact Chris Herr at 455-0844 for more information. Come and enjoy all the fun activities!

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1st Annual Rummage Sale – to be held in the Saint Wendel School Gymnasium on
Friday, May 17, from 4-7 p.m. (Friday Shoppers Pay Double) and Saturday, May 18, from 7 a.m. to Noon. ($3 Bag Sale Starts at 10 a.m.)
Come and see all the wonderful treasures we have on hand such as home goods, books, clothing, etc.
Delicious Homemade Kuchens will be available for purchase each day of the sale. Donations for the sale are being accepted and can be dropped off
at Saint Wendel Parish Center on Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14, from 5-7 p.m.;
Wednesday, May 15, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.; and Thursday, May 16, and Friday, May 17 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Cash only accepted. For more information please call the Saint Wendel Parish Center at 963-3733.

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The Saint Anthony Parish Widow/Widower Sharing Group meets the first Tuesday of every month
at 1:00 pm in the Fr. Niehaus Room in the former school at St. Anthony Parish, Evansville.
For more information, please call Lisa at the parish Office 423-5209.

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First Saturday Devotions as requested by Our Blessed Mother at Fatima have been started
at the Lourdes Grotto at St. Boniface Church on Wabash Avenue.
These devotions include the Rosary, Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, meditation and scripture.
Our Blessed Mother asked that these devotions be made in reparation against the Immaculate Heart of
Mary and for world peace. The time is 8 to 9 am. The next First Saturday devotion is June 1.

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Jasper Deanery

A Healing Mass will be celebrated on June 2^nd. 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church Ireland, IN.
Worship 3:30 P.M., Mass 4:00 E.D.T. Fast, (Jasper Time). Fr. Noel Mueller Celebrant.
For info call John Bennett 812-544-2239 or Charles Mendel 812-482-7502 Website http://www.psci.net/blitzen/

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St Ferdinand Ultreya

St. Ferdinand Parish is hosting a regional ultreya on the third Thursdays of the month
at 7:30 pm Eastern time in the Spiritual Life Center.
Ultreyas are monthly reunions for people who made a Cursillo weekend, a way to reclaim the joy
of the weekend, and a way to encourage each other on our faith journeys.

All Cursillistas, and participants of Walk to Emmaus or Tres Dias are welcome to attend.
Please contact St. Ferdinand Church with any questions.

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Newburgh Deanery

On September 12, 2013, St. John Catholic Parish in Newburgh will host Matt Maher, one of the most popular and critically-acclaimed Catholic artists in the country.
Matt has received numerous awards including Best New Artist of the Year in 2003, a Unity Award for Praise & Worship Song of the year in 2004,
and another Unity Award for Artist of the Year in 2008. He has become a popular performer at Youth Conferences throughout the country,
and has recorded and produced 6 albums to date. Four of his songs have reached Billboard's Top 25 for Chirstian Songs.

USCCB is calling for another nationwide Fortnight for Freedom, from June 21 to July 4.
Bishop Charles Thompson will kick off this special time of prayer and focus in the Diocese of Evansville on
Thursday evening, June 20, with a 6:00 PM (CDT) Mass at St. Benedict Cathedral.
All are welcome--clergy, religious, laity, Catholic and non-Catholic.
The intended focus for the Fortnight is on prayer and defense of Life, Religious Liberty, and Marriage & Family.

This year we are beginning with Eucharistic Adoration at Noon at Christ the King Parish. We will begin our Eucharistic Procession at 2pm.
We will process through the streets of Evansville singing, praying and adoring the Lord. We will have 4 brief stops along the procession route for a reading and benediction.
We will end the procession at Saint Benedict Cathedral around 4pm. Once we arrive at the Cathedral we will have Adoration, Confessions, Silent Prayer and Public Prayer
until we have a Closing Benediction Ceremony at 5pm.

We are inviting ALL First Communicants to process in their Communion outfits!!

We ask everyone to park at Christ the King Parish before the procession.
Buses will be provided at St. Benedict Cathedral to take you back to your vehicles from 3:30 – 4:30pm.

The procession will begin at Christ the King Church, processing from Bayard Park Drive to Boeke Road,
Boeke Road to Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Avenue to the back of Little Sisters of the Poor and then into Saint Benedict Cathedral.
Water tables will be available along the route.

If you are unable to walk you are encouraged to stand on the sidewalk along any of these roads and give Adoration and Glory to God as he passes by!!!

It can be difficult to hear God’s voice speaking to us today.
Let’s help each other by pointing out how God might be calling our friends, family members and fellow parishioners
to consider a call to the priesthood or religious life. Go online and submit the name of an individual between the ages of 15 & 45 whom you think
would make a good priest or religious brother or sister. Check out the website: www.StationForVocations.org.
Follow the ‘Called by Name’ link to make your submission and to tell us why you think that individual would make a good priest or religious.
This program is sponsored by the Diocese of Evansville Vocation Office.

Do you think that you’re alone in considering a call to priesthood, religious life or lay church ministry?
Join others for a relaxing evening with Bishop Thompson on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 4:30 pm at St. John Parish, Daylight.
Anyone in high school or older is welcome to attend. We’ll have Mass, presentations by priests, religious brothers and sisters and lay church ministers,
followed by supper and some time to have fun. Contact your parish office if you are interested or you can email us at vocations@evdio.org or call 424-5536 to make reservations.

Catholic Charities will sponsor a Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend in 2013
on SEPTEMBER 21-22 at Sarto Retreat Center.
Engaged Encounter is a weekend retreat with other engaged couples that affords time alone together to plan for sacramental marriage.
Trained facilitators lead the program. For more information or to register, please call or email Dominic Faraone at 812-423-5456 or dfaraone@evdio.org.