Denise Fedorow

Freelance Writer

Denise (Garza) Fedorow was raised in Yonkers, N.Y., and moved to the Midwest after graduating high school. She currently lives in New Paris, Indiana, and attends St. John the Evangelist Church in Goshen. Denise has been writing professionally since 2000 and was first published in School Library Journal, several Catholic periodicals and in children's magazines, including Scholastic. She began writing for The Goshen News in 2001 as a correspondent and columnist. She also began writing for Today's Catholic in 2001. She has two grown sons and daughters-in-law and five grandchildren, all who live out West. Denise said God opened the window for her professional writing career after a disabling accident caused her to prematurely retire. She considers it a blessing to be able to share the Catholic faith and others’ faith journeys through her writing.

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St. John Youth Persevered, Served Through Cancer Battle

About a year ago, the Woodiel family of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Goshen received the devastating and completely unexpected news that their firstborn son Jack had a rare […]

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Blessing of the Blossoms

Parochial Vicar of St. John the Evangelist parish in Goshen, Father Logan Parrish, gave a blessing of the blossoms at Kercher’s Sunrise Orchards on Sunday, May 7. The orchard is […]

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Doormaker of Notre Dame Gained Appreciation for Catholic Faith

The University of Notre Dame has dubbed Verlin Miller, the now retired Bristol woodworker ‘The Doormaker of Notre Dame’ and created a YouTube video with that title featuring Miller. It’s […]

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Marian High School’s Award-Winning Art Programming Blossoming

Marian High School art teachers Gina Bonewitz and Elaine Desmarais are elated about the news that their students received 222 awards at the Scholastic Regional Art Competition this year. “We […]

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Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe Celebrated Across the Diocese to Honor Patroness of the Americas

Feast of Our Lady Of Guadalupe Celebrated At St. John’s, Goshen The Hispanic community of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Goshen celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of […]

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Elkhart Police Chaplains Provide Vital Ministry

Few can imagine the horrors that police officers deal with on a daily basis. Most first responders experience tragedy and trauma multiple times on a shift. That was the reality […]

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Love of God, Faith, Church Led Candidates to Large Deacon Class

Eighteen men are set to be ordained as deacons on Jan. 7, 2023, and according to Director of Diaconate Formation Deacon Stan LeMieux, it’s the largest class since the 1980s. […]

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Bristol Parishioner Turns Grief into Mission to Help Others

Tom Rose lost his beloved wife of 58 years, Joyce, when she died from breast cancer on Aug. 5, 2019, and through his personal battle with grief said he’s “learned […]

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Notre Dame Campus Goes Cashless

If you have plans to visit Notre Dame Campus, you can leave your cash at home as the campus transitioned to a “cashless retail environment” as of Aug. 1.  According […]

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Sister Colleen Bauer, SSND, celebrates golden jubilee

Sister Colleen Bauer, SSND, just celebrated two milestones — retiring from teaching after 49 years — 35 of which were spent at St. John the Evangelist Catholic School — and […]

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Father John Eze called from a very young age

Queen of Peace Pastor Father John Eze has one defining statement: “It is all by grace and mercy.” That statement is on a sign on the wall in his office.  […]

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Sacred Heart parishioners brew up ways to give back 

It didn’t take long for Craig and Abby McLaren to join Sacred Heart Parish when they moved to the Warsaw area and to start giving back with their new business […]