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Rest in Peace: March 17, 2024

Fort Wayne Tom Devine, 89, St. Peter Alice Retz, 76, St. Peter Carl Kolb, 68, St. Vincent de Paul Granger David Keith Bullard, 80, St. Pius X Robert Fearing, 99, […]

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Discipleship Means Complete Obedience to the Will of God

Fifth Sunday of Lent The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A common theme runs through all the written prophecies of ancient Israel – namely, that despite human […]

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Diocese

Students Bolster Faith, Fellowship at Confirmation Retreat

On Saturday, March 9, more than 150 confirmands from across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend gathered for the annual confirmation retreat at Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne. […]

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Senate Resolution Condemns Physician-Assisted Suicide

After the latest effort to push for physician-assisted suicide in Indiana failed at the Statehouse, some lawmakers took the extra step of issuing a resolution condemning the practice to help […]

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News Briefs: March 17, 2024

On Good Friday, Catholics Urged to Support Middle East Christians VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis plans to launch a humanitarian project in Gaza or the West Bank with the […]

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Local Author Shares Wisdom into Marian Apparitions

Recently, Our Sunday Visitor released a revised and expanded fourth edition of “Those Who Saw Her: Apparitions of Mary” by local author Catherine M. Odell. Catherine and her husband, Bill, are active […]

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Countdown to the Congress

Headed to Indianapolis This Summer for the National Eucharistic Congress? Here’s What to Expect (OSV News) – The tens of thousands of Catholics planning to attend the five-day 10th National […]

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A Theology of the Body for Lent

In a recent column, I mentioned that the idea of sacrificial fasting – in particular, giving something up for Lent – has fallen out of favor among many Catholics in recent […]

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Cleaning Up for a Special Guest

Kids’ toys were scattered around on the floor. Dog hair had blown into corners (we had shedders). Books were stacked in almost every room in the house, and baskets of […]

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How a Lenten Climb Up Tepayac Hill Leads to Christ

I should have been more prepared for the altitude. I knew Mexico City’s elevation had been a concern during the organization of Pope Benedict’s 2012 trip to the country. (Many […]

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Diocese

First Knights of Peter Claver Court Established in Diocese

By Today’s Catholic and Kimmi Troy On Saturday, March 2, history was made in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend with the establishment of a Ladies Auxiliary Chapter of the […]

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The Mission of Lent: Running Toward Love Himself

“By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God, may we walk eagerly in that same charity with which, out of love for the world, Your Son handed Himself over […]