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Podcast: August 30, 2009
This week, the diocese welcomed Mark Myers as the new superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Bishop John D’Arcy has contributed a pastoral reflection to […]
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Mark Myers named superintendent of Catholic schools
The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has named a new superintendent of Catholic schools. Mark Myers assumed the post of superintendent, vacated by Holy Cross Father Steve Kempinger, on Aug. 24 and joined the staff of the Catholic Schools Office in the Archbishop Noll Catholic Center. He brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the job.
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Holy Cross seminarians profess final vows
NOTRE DAME — Kevin G. Grove, CSC, and Gerard J. Olinger, Jr., CSC, will make their final profession of vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross at a Mass on […]
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Vatican official downplays report of planned liturgical reform
By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican spokesman downplayed a report that major liturgical reforms are being considered by Pope Benedict XVI. “At the moment, there are no […]
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USCCB launches Web site to educate Catholics about missal translation
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new Web site launched Aug. 21 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was produced to educate Catholics about the forthcoming English translation of the new […]
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Bishops' new Web site offers background on health reform views
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a Web site that seeks to clarify its position on the health care reform debate […]
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Catholic News Around Indiana
Compiled by Brandon A. Evans Diocese of Evansville New deacons commit to ‘the totality of it all’ By Paul Leingang (Message editor) As 12 men and their families waited in […]
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Ted Kennedy, longtime senator, patriarch of famous family, dies at 77
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who died late Aug. 25 at the age of 77, stood firmly on the side of the Catholic Church […]
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Catholic school students help create new bullying-prevention website
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — “Guess who just signed on?” a teenage girl says to a couple of her friends huddled around a computer monitor. “Sarah. You know, Sarah — sits in the back of science (class), never talks to anybody. You know, Miss Science Fair.”
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God-dreams at my time of life
Does God have a dream for me now? Absolutely! Forever! Sounds strange that I say “forever,” but St. Therese said that she would spend her heaven doing good on earth. That’s a dynamic God-dream.
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Passing the torch of faith: It’s a family thing
Many families hold family reunions in the approaching weeks of summer. We have a “sort of joke” at Today’s Catholic that we work in a Catholic bubble, that we can […]
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Knights pass resolutions on pro-life issue, marriage, pornography
PHOENIX (CNS) — The Knights of Columbus passed a number of resolutions touching on right-to-life issues, marriage, violence and pornography, among others, during the final business session of the fraternal organization’s 127th supreme convention.