Stephanie served Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades as the Secretariat Director of Communications for the Diocese from 2015-2019. Stephanie and her team published the weekly Today’s Catholic newspaper, managed multiple diocesan websites as well as social media, videography and media relations, produced two weekly televised Masses, the Annual Diocesan Directory and coordinate marketing and branding initiatives for the diocese. Stephanie also made regular appearances on the Kyle Heimann Show on Redeemer Radio. Raised in LaGrange County, Stephanie is Polish to the bone, cherishing and observing family customs, particularly at Christmas and Easter. In 2016 she thought she’d had a peek at Paradise when her job took her to Kraków, Poland for World Youth Day. Stephanie finds mini miracles of Creation in a plethora of plants at home, chases stress at an old upright piano and steps outside of herself performing improv comedy.
Today, the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades visited several Burmese refugee families in solidarity of Pope Francis’ call to “Share the Journey” with migrants and refugees. The Holy Father’s worldwide […]
Today’s Catholic is updating, improving and expanding these communication tools so that we can reach more people of our diocese, especially our young people who are so engaged in the […]
Holy Thursday is the feast that marks the end of Lent and the beginning of the Holy Triduum, which also includes Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday. At this […]
By Stephanie A. Patka More photos from the event can be found here. Standing at the registration table of the second annual Rejoice! Women’s Retreat seemed more like a family […]
By Stephanie A. Patka On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Culver — usually a quiet time around the parish of St. Mary of the Lake — dozens of people gathered, […]
By Stephanie A. Patka MISHAWAKA — On the feast day of St. Clare, two Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration made their final vows at a Mass celebrated by […]
By Stephanie A. Patka Visit the photo gallery for more photos from the World Youth Day pilgrimage. Traveling to Poland for the 31st World Youth Day with Pope Francis were […]
By Stephanie A. Patka 2016 marks the 30 year anniversary of the local TV Mass that is broadcast in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The ministry of the TV […]
By Stephanie A. Patka Look for more photos from this event in the photo gallery. Following a Mass in the Archbishop Noll Chapel in Huntington, Our Lady of Victory Missionary […]
By Stephanie A. Patka For more photos visit the photo gallery. FORT WAYNE — Diocesan seminarians, Eric Burgener of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Fort Wayne and Dennis Di Benedetto […]
By Stephanie A. Patka For Catholic radio station Redeemer Radio, 2016 is a special year because it marks the 10th anniversary of the audio ministry. Through the work of its […]
By Stephanie A. Patka ROME CITY — North of Sylvan Lake on State Road 9, sits the small parish of St. Gaspar del Bufalo. Built in 1957, the quiet brick […]
