Obituaries
Rest in Peace: February 17, 2019
Arcola Robert Schortgen, 91, St. Patrick Decatur Thomas F. Braun, 67, St. Mary of the Assumption Esther M. Eguia, 67, St. Mary of the Assumption Elkhart Dorothy Borger, 94, St. […]
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The Sunday Gospel
The blessed are those who trust on the Lord
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 6:17, 20-26 For its first reading, this weekend’s liturgy presents a selection from the Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah must have been intense in his […]
Perspective
Sudden cardiac death in the young
I was once called, “stat,” to the emergency room to see a 17-year-old young man who collapsed while playing a pickup football game with friends at a local high school. […]
Diocese
Around the Diocese: February 17, 2019
Celebrating Black History Month McGrath Institute for Church Life to be honored at NCEA NOTRE DAME — The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame will receive a 2019 […]
Diocese
Senate bill aims to modernize program for families in poverty
The year was 1988. In world news, the Iron Curtain was on the verge of collapsing. The World Wide Web was first discussed as a concept. “Rain Man” topped the […]
Perspective
Encountering the gaze of the Father
Like too many people in a post-fall world, I am someone with a deep father wound that, despite the immense love I have been surrounded with throughout my life, results […]
Perspective
What everybody didn’t know
When the Pennsylvania grand jury issued its report last August chronicling the sexual abuse cases in six Pennsylvania dioceses, everybody thought they knew the whole story. After all, this was […]
Local
Put marriage back on a lampstand, retreat presenters encourage
In celebration of National Marriage Week, Feb. 7-14, and Worldwide Marriage Sunday, celebrated Feb. 10, the diocesan office of Marriage and Family Ministry and the Black Catholic Advisory Board collaborated […]
National
Child sex abuse called ‘a serious and pervasive’ issue in U.S. society
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Child sexual abuse in the United States is at epidemic levels. More than 60,000 children are reported to have been abused every year, outnumbering those killed by […]
Bishop
Pastoral visit coincides with patroness’ feast day
There were multiple reasons to celebrate as Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades visited Marian High School in Mishawaka on Monday. His visit coincided with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, […]
Bishop
Bishop prays Luers students will ‘live in faith and love’
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades visited Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne on Friday, Feb. 8. While it was a cold and blustery winter day, nothing but respect and a […]
Bishop
Bishop outlines past, present and future of sexual abuse crisis
A series of informal conversations about Catholicism among young adults took a somber, though energetic and ultimately hopeful turn Feb. 5 when Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades attended Theology on Tap […]