![]() Peter and Paul in January 1940 to assist Father Forve temporarily during a time of illness for Father Forve. Father Tony is known for his meaningful homilies, his kind heart, and his love for his parishioners and his parishes. Father Tony was instrumental in the discerning and the planning of the addition of classrooms and Family Life Center, the renovation of the remaining old school and parish offices completed in 2012, as well as the addition of a new parish center completed in 2018. He was appointed Dean of the West Deanery, June 2016. Peter and Paul in 1998 and after some time away returned as co-adjutor pastor of Sts. After ordination, he was assigned as the associate pastor at Sts. Peter and Paul as a seminarian where he spent some of his earlier years working with his mentor, Father Francis Schroering. Father Tony Ernst began his religious life journey at Sts. ![]() Father Tony was appointed pastor of Sts. It’s an exceptional occurrence for any priest to receive the opportunity to continue his journey with Christ in the same place on earth he began as a child. Christopher was appointed the Diocesan Director of Ongoing Formation for Priests in the spring of 2019 and later that summer, appointed pastor of Holy Cross, St. Anthony Parishes and merged them into what is now Divine Mercy Parish in 2016. Christopher was then sent to become pastor of Sacred Heart, Schnellville, and St. He was ordained to the priesthood on Jand was assigned as associate pastor of Christ the King and Holy Spirit Parishes in Evansville which became Annunciation Parish a year later. Christopher then attended and graduated from Simon Brute Seminary and St. After a brief time of discernment in Texas, the greater need for priests in the Diocese of Evansville called Fr. In the process of searching to communicate something real-something with authenticity, beauty, and meaning that would move people, a number of providential encounters and events impacted him deeply and reawakened his religious sensitivity, eventually moving him to consider devoting his life completely to God. Not knowing yet what kind of life could fuel his fire and quench his thirst for life, he embarked on a winding road for several years that eventually led him to pursue the craft of songwriting in Austin, TX. These were the early and hidden signs of a religious vocation that would slowly take form and begin to become more visible later in life. James School, he moved on to Mater Dei High School where he spent his formative years wrestling not on the mat, but with his own heart. James Parish as a fifth generation member of that community. Father Christopher Droste began his life in Christ down the road at St. Father Christopher was appointed pastor of Sts. ![]()
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