Diocese
Knights Impact Girls’ Lives Half a World Away
How often does a person say that he or she cannot make a difference in the world – that they are too small, too poor, too far away from the […]
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Bishop
Bishop Rhoades Begins Pastoral Visits at St. Charles Borromeo
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades fielded a number of questions from students and taught a few Spanish lessons to young students when he made his first pastoral visit of the 2022-23 […]
National
News Briefs: September 4, 2022
Pope Creates 20 New Cardinals, Including San Diego Bishop VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis encouraged the College of Cardinals to have […]
Bishop
Priest announcement
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following announcement: Reverend Brian Carpenter to Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew Cathedral Parish, South Bend, effective September 1, 2022.
Diocese
‘Until We Reach Our Eternal Home’ – Retired Priest Laid to Rest
The Catholic community of Holy Family Parish in South Bend suffered the unexpected loss of their priest in residence, Father Jan Klimczyk, on Monday, Aug. 22. Father Klimczyk, who retired […]
Bishop
New All Saints Columbarium at Catholic Cemetery Blessed
The sun shone brightly as Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades stood at the microphone on Aug. 23, 2022 at the Catholic Cemetery in Fort Wayne. In front of a crowd of […]
Diocese
Thousands of Students Educated in 100 Years in Wabash
On the feast day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux and coinciding with the beginning of the school year, it was fitting that St. Bernard Parish in Wabash celebrated the 100th […]
Perspective
Humility – one of the most treasured virtues
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:1, 7-14 “In the first reading, Sirach, the name of this book, derives from the name of the author, mentioned in the book. The […]
Bishop
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Statement on Death of Father Jan Klimczyk
We learned on Tuesday of the tragic death of Father Jan Klimczyk in an apparent hit-and-run accident late in the evening on Monday, Aug. 22 in South Bend while he […]
Diocese
75 Years of Loving Christ and Community at St. Dominic
On July, 8 1947, a new chapter began for the Catholics of St. Dominic in Bremen. Father Ralph G. Hoffman was installed as permanent pastor, formally establishing it as a […]
Diocese
Duo from Marian High School Finds Success in Music
Musical duo The Bergamot, composed of husband and wife Nathaniel Hoff and Jillian Speece, took root at Marian High School in the early 2000s. The two met at the Mishawaka […]
National
Indiana woman’s true story ‘reclaims beauty of adoption’
EDINBURGH, Ind. (CNS) – Melissa Coles received a call in the late summer of 2019. She didn’t listen long before she figured it was a prank call and hung up. […]