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Notre Dame Choir Takes Center Stage at Fort Wayne Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne welcomed special guests on Sunday, January 14, as the University of Notre Dame’s distinguished folk choir performed during Mass on the […]

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Priest Assignment

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignment. Reverend Lee Allen Fortin, from Parochial Vicar at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, January 15: 10 a.m. – Meeting of Bishop’s Cabinet, Archbishop Noll Center, Fort Wayne Wednesday, January 17: 9:45 a.m. – Mass and Pastoral Visit, Bishop Luers High School, Fort […]

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Young People Gather in St. Louis at SEEK Conference

The week of New Years – from Monday, January 1, to Friday, January 5 – I was in St. Louis with 24,000 of my closest friends at the annual SEEK […]

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Priest Assigment

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignment. Reverend Bartholomew Okorie, as Parochial Vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Elkhart, effective […]

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Bishop Celebrates Epiphany at St. Matthew Cathedral

On the solemnity of Epiphany, a day in which the Church remembers the Magi’s visit to the infant Jesus, Bishop Rhoades celebrated Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend. […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, January 8: 11 a.m. – Mass with Fertility Care Practitioner Interns, St. Felix Catholic Center, Huntington Friday, January 12: 9:30 a.m. – Mass and Pastoral Visit, Bishop Dwenger High […]

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Bishop to Vincentians: Serve the Poor like the Saints Did

On December 16, the Saturday of the Second Week of Advent, Queen of Angels Parish in Fort Wayne hosted a special Mass for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, where […]

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Around the Diocese: January 7, 2024

On Thursday, December 21, employees who work in the Curia of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and the offices of Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend gathered in Warsaw […]

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Priest Assignments

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignments. Reverend Jose Arroyo, from Pastor at St. Paul of the Cross Parish, Columbia City, […]

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Keep the Nativity at the Forefront of Christmas

On Christmas Eve of 2022, the streets of Fort Wayne were a slick sheet of ice, and the temperature was frigid. This past Christmas Eve could not have been more […]

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Honored Across the Diocese

To mark the feast of Our Lady of Gauadlupe, St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend hosted a two-day celebration in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which concluded with a […]