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Fifty years of joyful service
After her freshman year of high school at St. Augustine in Chicago, the teaching sisters of the school invited Marie Heppeler and some friends to work in a migrant camp […]
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Youths speak out against assisted suicide
St. Joseph County Right to Life essay winners: SOUTH BEND — At a prayer dinner in the spring, St. Joseph County Right to Life honored two high school students and […]
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Election 2018: How should Catholics prepare to vote?
INDIANAPOLIS — The 2018 election in Indiana does not have the high-profile offices of president or governor on the ballot. But as is evident in media ads, there is one […]
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Ava’s Grace, a new ministry for grieving parents
What happens when one’s personal life and professional life suddenly collide? Often, the movement of the Holy Spirit may be found. Lisa Everett, director for Marriage, Family and Pro-Life Ministry […]
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Red Mass draws legal professionals
A Red Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne, Tuesday evening, Oct. 2, and many practitioners of legal professions attended. Vested in the red robes […]
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Around the Diocese: October 14, 2018
‘The Christian in the Public Square’ FORT WAYNE — In anticipation of midterm elections, Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne will present an evening of talks from three denominational perspectives […]
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‘God is the author of marriage’: Anniversary Mass celebrated
On Respect Life Sunday, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades celebrated a Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral recognizing couples on the South Bend side of the diocese who had observed their 25th, […]
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Seven Sisters Apostolate offers prayers for priests, bishops
Every Friday afternoon, Tammie Schenkel enters the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Fort Wayne’s St. Vincent de Paul Church. While her 11-month-old daughter naps in the stroller, Schenkel spends an hour […]
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Day of Prayer and Penance unites diocese with the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Throughout the Old Testament, the chosen people of God repeatedly turned away from His love and fell into sin. In order to return to right relationship with the Lord and […]