Located in Evansville, IN, in the Central Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great (pictured left), our chapter currently has approximately 65 members, in various stages of profession.
On August 13, 2023, the Evansville Chapter of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic, “The Woman Clothed With The Sun”, welcomed seven newly-professed members. After discernment and having completed five years of formation, they professed their perpetual promise to live according to the Rule of the Fraternities of Saint Dominic for life.
Newly-professed are pictured in their large scapulars
Following the August 13th profession, the 14 fully-professed members posed for a picture.
FRONT: Mr. Ed Botzum, OP; Mrs. Annlee Botzum, OP; Mr. John Schaefer, OP; Mrs. Melissa Schaefer, OP; Mrs. Mary Jo Rexing, OP; Mrs. Jennifer Rogge, OP and Mrs. Jessica Goebel, OP
BACK ROW; L-R: Deacon Tom Kempf, OP; Mr. Casey Burton, OP; Mrs. Leah Haley, OP; Mr. Kent Haley, OP; Fr. Jim Koressel, OP; Deacon Bob M
LEFT to RIGHT:
Front Row: Karla Solis, Deanna Goossens, Charlene Scheller, Vernon Dilger, Donna Dilger, Shirley Kempf, and Harold Kempf
Second Row: Lori Cassidy, Laura Keele, Sarah Adams, Anne Martin, Tim Rudolphi, Linda and Steve Bilderback, and Andrew Wedge
Top Row: Nick Dewig, Carol Reising, Dr. Peter Rosario, Christina Rosario, Deacon Tom Kempf, OP, Bruce Jackson, Fr. Jim Koressel, OP, Deacon Bob
The Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic Chapter, “The Woman Clothed With the Sun”, welcomed 26 new members into its local Evansville fraternity on April 29th, 2023. The Rite of Reception was celebrated on the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, also a Third Order Dominican.
Brother John Steilberg, OP, Executive Director of Operations and Institutional Effectiveness at Aquinas Institute, was in attendance to welcome the newest novitiates.
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