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Mass Marks New Year at Saint Francis
“Don’t wait to love beauty,” Bishop Rhoades implored students, staff, faculty, and administrators during a Mass marking the opening of the academic year at the University of Saint Francis. Held […]
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Neighboring Parishes Merge to Form St. Patrick-St. Hedwig Parish
On Thursday, August 22, Bishop Rhoades officially merged two historic South Bend parishes into one to create the new St. Patrick-St. Hedwig Parish, according to an official decree. “The pastor […]
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Bishop Blesses ‘the Beating Heart’ of New ND Residence Hall
“This chapel should be the beating heart of this residence hall,” Bishop Rhoades told those gathered in the St. Augustine Chapel on Friday evening, August 30, in Notre Dame’s newly […]
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Bishop Rhoades Shares Synod Experiences with Seminarians, MDivs
The University of Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity students (also known as “MDivs”) and the Holy Cross seminarians began their academic year with Mass and dinner with Bishop Rhoades on […]
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Theology on Tap Series Teaches Importance of Storytelling
“How would you go from sitting here right now to two weeks from now being able to sit down at a bar … next to somebody, start up a conversation, […]
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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Wednesday, August 28: 11 a.m. – Opening Mass of New Academic Year, University of Saint Francis North Campus Auditorium, Fort Wayne Thursday, August 29: 10:30 a.m. – Mass at Catholic […]
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Bishop Decrees Merger of St. Patrick, St. Hedwig Parishes in South Bend
SINGULAR DECREE CONSOLIDATION OF ST. PATRICK PARISH AND ST. HEDWIG PARISH, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA According to CJC/83 canon 515 §2 of the Code of Canon Law, “The diocesan bishop alone […]
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Deacon Assignment
The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignment, effective August 26, 2024: Deacon Joseph Cochran, from Deacon, St. Paul of the Cross […]
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Athletes Dedicate Year to Christ at ‘Walk of the Knights’
At the beginning of the 2023 school year, Bishop Luers High School Chaplain Father Paolo Degasperi felt inspired to inaugurate the “Walk of the Knights,” a more than three-mile pilgrimage […]
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St. Robert Bellarmine Parish Breaks Ground on New Rectory
On Sunday, August 18, Bishop Kevin Rhoades visited St. Robert Bellarmine parish in North Manchester to celebrate Mass and bless the grounds where construction will soon begin on a new […]
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Back-To-School Throughout the Diocese
All photos provided via Facebook. New Year Takes Flight at St. Vincent
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Donors Help Realize Dream of Stained-Glass Windows
When the current St. Pius X Church building was designed, former Pastor Monsignor William Schooler remembers that the parish had to make a $1 million budget cut before construction. “So, […]