Kasia Balsbaugh

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Caring for Our Common Home: Notre Dame, Diocese Host Lectures on Laudato Si’

After instructing the audience to close their eyes for a minute, Christina Bagaglio Slentz asked them “to think about a place in nature in your lifetime where you have profoundly […]

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Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine Dedicated at Holy Cross College

A Holy Cross College student’s vision for an outdoor sacred space became reality this semester with the new Our Lady of Holy Cross Shrine, dedicated on Wednesday, September 4. With […]

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Prayer Service Being Held Ahead of Synod on Synodality

Before Bishop Rhoades travels back to Rome for the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, members of the diocese want to see him off properly: with prayer. […]

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Fifty Years of Forever Learning: Classes from Coding to Crafting

When his wife passed away unexpectedly two weeks into his retirement, William Gilroy knew he had to do something to cope with the grief. After seeing a course catalog for […]

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Bishop Rhoades Shares Synod Experiences with Seminarians, MDivs

The University of Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity students (also known as “MDivs”) and the Holy Cross seminarians began their academic year with Mass and dinner with Bishop Rhoades on […]

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Donors Help Realize Dream of Stained-Glass Windows

When the current St. Pius X Church building was designed, former Pastor Monsignor William Schooler remembers that the parish had to make a $1 million budget cut before construction. “So, […]

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Two Daughters of the Diocese Profess Final Vows as Franciscan Sisters

On Friday, August 2 – the feast of Our Lady of the Angels, which is of special significance to the Franciscan order – two women professed their perpetual vows to […]

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Local Family’s Story Featured at Women’s Care Center Bingo

As announced during St. Joseph County’s 10th annual Luxury Bingo Night, Women’s Care Center plays a part in the lives of one out of every two babies born in the […]

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Caleb Kruse, Oscar Duarte Say ‘Yes’ to the Priesthood

On Saturday, June 1, Bishop Rhoades ordained two men – Father Oscar Duarte and Father Caleb Kruse – to the priesthood for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. More photos […]

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Marian, Saint Joseph Graduates Mark ‘Last Mass Together’

As the month of May came to a close, so, too, did the high school careers for the graduating seniors at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend and Marian […]

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‘The Heart of a Servant Leader’: Monsignor Schooler Marks Golden Jubilee

Some of his fellow priests call him “Monsignor,” his proper title, just to get a reaction out of him. They know that’s not really his style. Really, everyone from parishioner […]

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St. Thérèse, Little Flower Parish Praises Holy Spirit with Pentecost Festivities

The staff at St. Thérèse, Little Flower Catholic Church in South Bend consider one of their “anchors as a parish” to be “reliance on the Holy Spirit,” according to Abby […]