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Feast of Christ the King Mt 25:31-46 On this weekend the Church concludes its liturgical year of 2011. Next week, a new year will begin with the First Sunday of […]

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Hope for the holidays

I was recently invited to speak at a gathering of the local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a bereavement support group open to parents and grandparents who have lost a child. […]

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One more week

New translation In the last two issues of our newspaper, I have written about the new English translation of the Mass which we will begin to use next weekend, the […]

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USF purchases landmark Scottish Rite for media arts education program

FORT WAYNE — A landmark Fort Wayne historic structure is preserved and a new Media Entrepreneurship Training in the Arts (META) program housed with the University of Saint Francis was […]

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Diocesan seminarians join pilgrimage to France

By Bob Garrow During fall break, many people head home, while others look for a spot to vacation. Two seminarians from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, however, decided to […]

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Holy Cross nursing began with the Civil War

Responding to the needs of a nation at war By Sister Margie Lavonis, CSC NOTRE DAME — “We were not trained as nurses, but our hearts made our hands willing […]

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Thanksgiving dinner at St. Matthew Cathedral conveys God’s graces

SOUTH BEND — “Those who are in a position to help others will realize that in doing so they themselves receive help; being able to help others is no merit […]

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For Mary Thul, life is about dancing in the rain

GOSHEN — She may be past retirement age but when it comes to working and serving her parish, Mary Thul of St. John the Evangelist Church in Goshen is still […]

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Couples renew vows at St. John the Baptist

Recalling the words of Venerable Pope John Paul II that “the family is the church in miniature,” Father Cyril Fernandes, center, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Fort Wayne, […]

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Podcast: November 20, 2011

This week’s newspaper covers the University of Saint Francis’ recent announcement that it purchased the Scottish Rite Center in Fort Wayne and will create a multimedia arts program. Pope Benedict […]

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Podcast: November 13, 2011

The Nov. 13, 2011 newspaper covers the Catechetical Institute Day. Bishop Rhoades visited St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne on Nov. 1, All Saints Day. The Smiths of […]

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In Jesus we are redeemed

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 25:14-30 The Book of Proverbs is the source of this weekend’s first reading. A major figure in the development of Western civilization was Alexander […]