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Today's Features

  • 92-year-old twins have no plans of separating from monastery in Ferdinand nor each other

    By Candy Neal

    (Jasper) Herald

     

    Sister Mary Carmel and Sister Mary Carmen Spayd share more than similar names.

    They share the same DNA.

    “Most people get us mixed up. They’ll think I’m her or that she is me,” Sr. Mary Carmen said of her twin sister, Sr. Mary Carmel.

    The 92-year-old twin nuns are used to the mix-up, especially now, since they are almost always together at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand.

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  • Lenten breakfast series will begin next month

    First Lenten breakfast at Cannelton UMC

     

    PERRY COUNTY – The Men’s Lenten Breakfast Fellowship Group of Perry County has finalized plans for its annual Lenten breakfasts. Cannelton United Church of Christ will host the first breakfast Saturday, Feb. 17.

    The breakfasts will continue each Saturday morning throughout the Lenten season from 7 to 7:50 a.m.

    Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of the food.

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  • Lenten breakfast series will begin next month

    First Lenten breakfast at Cannelton UMC

     

    PERRY COUNTY – The Men’s Lenten Breakfast Fellowship Group of Perry County has finalized plans for its annual Lenten breakfasts. Cannelton United Church of Christ will host the first breakfast Saturday, Feb. 17.

    The breakfasts will continue each Saturday morning throughout the Lenten season from 7 to 7:50 a.m.

    Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of the food.

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  • Monk professes first vows at Saint Meinrad Archabbey

    ST. MEINRAD – Novice Joseph Wagner professed his temporary vows as a Benedictine monk in a ceremony Saturday at Saint Meinrad Archabbey.

    He has completed his novitiate, a year of prayer and study of the Benedictine way of life. As is the custom during the profession of vows, he chose a religious name. Novice Joseph is now Brother Stanley.

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  • Musician Cheri Taylor at Community Christian Church Sunday

    TELL CITY – Community Christian Church, located in the former Newman-May School at 821 10th St. in Tell City, will welcome well-known vocalist Cheri Taylor to the church this Sunday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.

    For the last 40 years, Taylor has faithfully followed the path God has set for her in ministry. Blessed with a dynamic singing voice and an exciting stage presence, she has won three gospel talent searches and had national radio airplay.

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  • Abigail Paige Foley

    Kevin and Lauren (Smith) Foley announce the arrival of a daughter, Abigail Paige Foley, born Sept. 3, 2017, at Indiana University Health North in Carmel. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long.

    Abigail was welcomed home by siblings, Elizabeth Grace, 3, and Gabriel Patrick, 2. The family resides in Whitestown.

    Grandparents are Dean and Theresa Smith of Jasper and Rick and Theresa Foley of Chandler. Great-grandparents are Joe and Judy Hagedorn of Tell City, Charlotte Smith of Bristow and Ellie Foley of Newburgh.

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  • CHAPMAN-CASSIDY

    Ashley Chapman and Stuart Cassidy were united in marriage Oct. 21 in a 3:30 p.m. double-ring ceremony at the Schergens Center. The wedding was officiated by Jim Adams.

    The bride was given in marriage by Brad Henrickson, a long-time family friend.

    Ashley is the daughter of Diane and Travis Hoffman of Ferdinand and the late Jeff Chapman. She is a 2004 Tell High School graduate and 2007 graduate of Daymar College with a degree in criminal justice. She is employed by Heart to Heart Hospice.

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  • Replica of Saint John’s Bible on display at Saint Meinrad

    ST. MEINRAD – Saint Meinrad Archabbey and its Seminary and School of Theology will have on display a replica of The Saint John’s Bible, from Jan. 12 through Feb. 3.

    The Saint John’s Bible was commissioned in 1998 by the Benedictine abbey in Collegeville, Minn., and remains the first handwritten and illuminated Bible created in more than 500 years.

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  • ‘Echoes’ podcast revels monastic faith

    ST. MEINRAD – The monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey continue to maintain a podcast, “Echoes from the Bell Tower.”

    Hosting the audio talk show are two young monks, Br. Kolbe and Br. Joel. The idea behind the podcast is to bring stories from the monastery to the rest of the world, demystifying some of the notions of monastic life and sharing the wit and wisdom found among the monks who have lived in southern Indiana for more than 160 years.

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  • Emery Marie Hoppes

    Landon and Megan (Culbertson) Hoppes of Evansville welcomed home a daughter, Emery Marie Hoppes, born on at 1:08 a.m. Dec. 5, 2017, at Deaconess Women’s Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long.

    Emery has a big brother, Griffin Orlando Hoppes.

    Grandparents are Keith and Cindy Culbertson of Bristow and Roger and Michelle Hoppes of Anderson. Great-grandparents are Shirley Van Winkle of Bristow and Jack and Connie Juday of Anderson.

    Great-great grandmother Betty Hudson of Bristow.

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