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St. Bavo: faith home of Mishawaka’s Flemish community

St. Bavo Catholic Church is located in downtown Mishawaka. The parish strives to share their commitment to the Catholic faith through liturgical celebrations, prayer, education, service and spiritual growth. This […]

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St. Monica looks to grow in prayer

Often referred to as the parish on the park, St. Monica Catholic Church is situated north of downtown Mishawaka, just across the river. “St. Monica is very much a family,” […]

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Parishes called to learn a new ‘language’ of love

By Allison Sturm “Let us remain with Christ — abiding in Christ — and let us always try to be one with him. Let us follow him; let us imitate […]

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John Ankenbruck: Catholic gentleman, Fort Wayne legend

John Victor Ankenbruck is being remembered as a man who was always thinking, always digging for the deeper truth. Francie Hogan, page designer for Today’s Catholic who worked with Ankenbruck […]

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Change, challenge and commitment: Today’s Catholic 

By its very nature, a great challenge faced by the publishers of print media is to remain viable, meaningful and interesting, yet entertaining, to its readers. In fact, there may be […]

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New director for Office of Catechesis

On Aug. 2, Jonathan Kaltenbach assumed his role as director of the Office of Catechesis for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. His background and familiarity with the diocese are […]

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Pratt to return to home to serve youth

John Pratt recently assumed the role of director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. He formerly served as the youth director, director of religious education and […]

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Trust in God’s mercy, Mary’s intercession key themes at Fatima celebration

Click here for more photos from the event “Amid the chaos of the sea, the storms of life, the Lord says to us as He said to the disciples: Take […]

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Catechetical institute to observe anniversary of Catechism

Matthew Kelly keynote speaker at Zeal Summit in Warsaw Sept. 9 Twenty-five years ago, in October 1992, St. John Paul II promulgated the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It was on […]

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ACE commencement ceremony highlights diocesan achievements

  On July 15, students of the 22nd Alliance for Catholic Education class were awarded master’s degrees and recounted the importance of faith-filled, relational learning and its potential to transform […]

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Formed.org: The Catholic faith, on demand

Living in the 21st century has made Catholics a digital people, whether they embrace and enjoy that truth or not. But instead of viewing technology as the antithesis of faith, […]

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‘Go … and preach the Gospel’ … If necessary, use a device

Today’s Catholic is updating, improving and expanding these communication tools so that we can reach more people of our diocese, especially our young people who are so engaged in the […]