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Mishawaka pharmacy upholds Catholic teachings
By Mariam Schmitz MISHAWAKA — Gazing upon a Norman Rockwell painting can evoke feelings of nostalgia. The images harken back to a simpler time in American culture, before the advent […]
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ICC planted seeds for school choice, continues fight for life issues
By Victoria Arthur Bill Wood was a busy attorney and father of eight when he added another role in 1970: legal counsel for the relatively new Indiana Catholic Conference. The […]
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Devotion to the Memory of the Dead
The following is the text of the homily delivered by Bishop Rhoades at Mass on All Souls’ Day, November 2, 2016, at the Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne: Pope Saint John […]
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For Carolyn Woo, the next step is ‘refirement,’ not retirement
By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — Many mornings Carolyn Y. Woo has arrived to the relative solitude of a chapel at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, and as […]
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YOM: Don’t forget to show your work
By Mike Nelson Recently, I did a quick Internet search of the spiritual work of mercy that tells us to “comfort the sorrowful.” This search yielded several Scripture references and […]
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Between the lines
By Mark Weber One of my tasks at Today’s Catholic aligns me with gravediggers, morticians, doctors, nurses, lawyers and others who are the last to sign off on a person […]
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Around the Diocese: November 6, 2016
Mass for Secular Order MISHAWAKA — The Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, will preside at a Mass with special connections to followers of St. Francis, […]
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ICC celebrates 50 years as public policy voice of the Church in Indiana
By Victoria Arthur The Second Vatican Council, with its profound and sweeping changes for the Catholic Church, had concluded less than a year before the Indiana Catholic Conference’s founding. The […]
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Afternoon of Prayer and Remembrance for the Effects of Abortion
By Jennifer Miller In God’s great love and mercy, a respectful and gentle group gathered for three hours at St. Therese, Little Flower Church, South Bend, on Sunday, Oct. 23, […]
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St. Bavo parishioners hope to ease grief though portraiture during interfaith pilgrimage
By Jeannie Ewing When sudden death occurs, many people collapse under the weight of grief. Some never recover, or at least recover slowly. A few, however, discover their mission in […]
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Finding joy in sorrow: One family’s journey with child loss and infertility
“They gave me the worse news I could imagine: my child was not alive.” These are the words of Ashley Kreager, a South Bend resident, as she sat with […]
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YOM: Admonish the sinner, but show love, too
By Daniel S. Mulhall, CNS When one thinks about the spiritual work of mercy “admonish the sinner,” the picture of John the Baptist in the desert — the fiery prophet […]