The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana January 15, 1988
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Thelate Father Henry Bilz was photographed in his car for a feature story in the Message, Oct. 12,
1973. "It's about 460 square miles the way yodrive it," he had said, referring to his work at St.
Mary Church, Sullivan and two missions in Sullivan County.
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Bishop's Fund g! g 'amazing'
Information gathered about'
last year's Bishop's Fund points
out another success, according
to Development Director Justin
Clements.
The percentage of pledges
contributed during the 1986
diocesan appeal hit an all time
high, according to figures pro-
vided by Clements in an
analysis of the Bishop's Fund
campaigns from 1982 to the
present. Pledges for 1987 are
still being collected; 1986 is the
latest year for which complete
information is available.
"An amazing 95.1 percent"
is how Clements describes it.
During 1986, just over
$1,157,000 was pledged; the
amount actually contributed
during the year totalled
$1,100,768.34, according to
Clements.
Most fund raising campaigns
anticipate what Clements refers
to as "shrinkage" -- as much as
15 percent of what is promised
is never delivered. Clements
says the 1986 percentage col-
lected shows the kind of com-
mitment people have made to
live up to their vohmtary
pledges.
Solicitation weekend for
1988 is scheduled April 16-17.
Much of the work involved
preparing for the weekend has
already begun, according to
Clements. Parish chairpersons
are usually selected in January;
information packets for parish
leaders are sent out in February.
Collections for 1987 are not
complete, but Clements says
the campaign set records for the
amount of money pledged in
the diocese, and for the number
of parishes nearing or achieving
their pledge goals. "This en-
couraging development is due
in large part to increasing local
leadership support," writes
Clements in a newsletter to
Sister Mary Edwin Werner
dies Jan. 7 at age 72
Services for Sister Mary Ed-
win Werner, 72, who died Jan.
7, were held Jan. 12 at St. Mary-
of-the-Woods, with burial in
the convent cemetery.
Sister Werner entered the
Congregation of the Sisters of
Providence in 1940 and made
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a hotline for troubled
youth and families,
open 24-hours a day,
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her final vows in 1948.
She taught in schools staffed
by the Sisters of Providence, in-
cluding St. Simon School,
Washington.
parisla leaders, "and to a grow-
ing realization that the primary
financial beneficiary of the
campaign is your own parish."
Father Bilz, 81,
dies Jan. 10
Funeral services were held
Wed., Jan. 13, for Father Henry
J. Bilz, a retired priest of the
Evansville Diocese. Father Bilz
died Jan. 10, 1988, at Kings
Daughter Hospital, Madison,
Ind., at the age of 81.
Father Bilz had served 33
years at St. Mary Church,
Sullivan, from 1945 until his
retirement in 1978. During his
years in the Sullivan area, he
also served at the mission chur-
ches of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Dugger, and St. Ann,.
Shelburn.
Father Bilz had been ordain-
ed in 1934; lis first assignment
was St. Boniface Church,
Evansville, followed by
assignments to Holy Trinity
Church, Evansville, and St. Cle:
ment Church, Boonville.
After his retirement, he
returned to his birthplace,
Madison, Ind. A funeral Mass
was offered at St. Mary Church,
with burial in St. Joseph
Cemetery, Madison.
Surviving are a sister,
Margaret, and a brother, Fran-
cis, both of Madison.
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