Joshua Schipper

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As School Year Begins, Superintendent Urges Students to ‘Open Their Hearts’ to Christ

Ahead of the opening of the new academic year, David Maugel, Superintendent for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, sat down with Today’s Catholic to reflect on his first year […]

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Christ Can Heal Us, Too, Bishop Tells Youths at Totus Tuus Mass

Bishop Rhoades celebrated Mass on Monday, July 8, for kids participating in the summer Totus Tuus program as the missionaries began their weeklong stop at St. Jude Parish in Fort […]

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Perpetual Adoration Makes Christ Constantly Available

Even as the moonlight casts shadows of steeples across the parking lots of two parishes in Fort Wayne, Catholics continuously flock to the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the monstrances of […]

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Decatur Community Marks 100 Years of Catholic Education

A century of Catholic education has passed in the St. Joseph School building in Decatur. Bishop Rhoades joined St. Mary of the Assumption Pastor Father Dave Ruppert and Father Stephen […]

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‘Mayor Henry, May God Give You a Safe Home’

Longtime Fort Wayne Mayor Laid to Rest Following Mass of Christian Burial On Friday, April 12, hundreds of people packed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to pay their respects […]

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Bishop Implores Honor to the Risen Christ at Holy Hour

Bishop Rhoades led the monthly Little Flower Holy Hour for Vocations on Tuesday, April 2, at the St. Mother Theodore Guerin Chapel in Fort Wayne. There, he exposed the Blessed […]

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Chrism Mass Reminds Us We Are the God’s Anointed

By Joshua Schipper and Kasia Balsbaugh On back-to-back nights at the beginning of Holy Week – at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend on Monday, March 25, and at the […]

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Volleyball League Serves Up Fellowship to Young Adults

In a recent Meta-Gallup survey, 24 percent of respondents who are 15 and older reported feeling very or fairly lonely, with young adults ages 19 to 29 leading the loneliness […]

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Theology on Tap Winter Series Ends with Mass, Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras parties marked the end of the Theology on Tap Winter Series on both ends of the diocese on Tuesday, February 13. Before the party in Fort Wayne, Bishop […]

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Young Adults Learn How to Cope with Mental Health Struggles

Young adults gathered at 2Toms Brewing Company in Fort Wayne on Tuesday, January 16, for the opening session of the 2024 Theology on Tap winter series to hear from Beth […]

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Diocesan Youths March for Life in Indianapolis

Nearly 200 young people from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend traveled to Indianapolis on Monday, January 22, to join their pro-life peers from across the state at the 2024 […]

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At Dwenger, Bishop Rhoades Urges Students to Carry Christ to Others

During his pastoral visit to Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne on Friday, January 12, Bishop Rhoades encouraged students to be like “Christophers” – bearers of Christ. Hayden Fritz, […]