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Transforming Lives, Transforming the Campus at Saint Francis’ Opening Mass

A new school year provides a new opportunity to expand one’s horizons intellectually, physically, and spiritually. At the Founder’s Day Mass at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne […]

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Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Sunday, Sept. 4: 10 a.m. – Mass, St. Aloysius Church, Yoder Wednesday, Sept. 7: 10:30 a.m. – Presbyterate Meeting, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Warsaw Thursday, Sept. 8 through Saturday, Sept. […]

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Bishop Rhoades Begins Pastoral Visits at St. Charles Borromeo

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades fielded a number of questions from students and taught a few Spanish lessons to young students when he made his first pastoral visit of the 2022-23 […]

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Priest announcement

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following announcement: Reverend Brian Carpenter to Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew Cathedral Parish, South Bend, effective September 1, 2022.

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New All Saints Columbarium at Catholic Cemetery Blessed

The sun shone brightly as Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades stood at the microphone on Aug. 23, 2022 at the Catholic Cemetery in Fort Wayne. In front of a crowd of […]

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Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Statement on Death of Father Jan Klimczyk

We learned on Tuesday of the tragic death of Father Jan Klimczyk in an apparent hit-and-run accident late in the evening on Monday, Aug. 22 in South Bend while he […]

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Public Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Tuesday, Aug. 23: 11 a.m. – Blessing of “All Saints” Columbarium, Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne             Thursday, Aug. 25: noon – Saint Anne Communities Board of Directors Meeting, St. Anne […]

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Chapel in Rome City Designated an Oratory

God makes all things new, yet sometimes that renewal can take longer than expected. For years, the Marian shrine in Rome City dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin, Patroness of America, […]

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Milestones Celebrated at Mishawaka Convent

The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration celebrated on Monday, Aug. 1, as two of their members professed their first vows at the convent’s chapel in Mishawaka. Sister Emmanuel […]

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From Humble Wooden Church to Cathedral – St. Matthew Celebrates 100 Years

Honoring a century of Catholic history in South Bend, St. Matthew Cathedral Parish celebrated its 100th anniversary as a parish at a Mass with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades on Aug. […]

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Priest announcements

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following announcements: Reverend Arthur Joseph Ssembajja, from Administrator, St. Anthony de Padua Parish, South Bend to […]

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“I Get to Live Eternity Now” – Sisters Profess Final Vows of Love

Discernment is a long road, as the two newest fully professed Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration know well. Sister M. Mercy Briola, OSF, and Sister Mary Augustine Warrell, […]