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Sacred Spaces Project Celebrates Beauty on ND Campus

“I would actually credit my time here in undergrad as the first major domino on my pathway to becoming Catholic,” Noah Bradon told Today’s Catholic, calling his time at the […]

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Healing Hands Blessed at Saint Mary’s College

As Bishop Rhoades celebrated Mass in the Holy Spirit Chapel at Saint Mary’s College on Friday, January 23, more than 70 nursing and health care students sat in attendance. The […]

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Theology on Tap Opens with Discussion of Mental Health

The Public House in Mishawaka could barely fit all the 20- and 30-somethings who came out to the first winter session of Theology on Tap in South Bend on Thursday, […]

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St. Pius X Pastor Receives Biblical Scholar Award

When Monsignor Michael Heintz was sent to continue his scholarly studies as a younger priest, he remembers then-Bishop John M. D’Arcy telling him, “It’s not for you, it’s for the […]

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High School Students Serve with Purpose

On a weekday morning at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend, students form a human chain stretching down Notre Dame Avenue, passing boxes of donated diapers hand to hand […]

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From Classrooms to Communities

As Catholic Schools Week is celebrated across the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend, students in Catholic elementary schools are learning an essential lesson that extends far beyond the classroom: faith […]

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Bishop Luers Principal, Students Receive Sacraments

Silence filled the gymnasium as Bishop Rhoades spoke the words over Bishop Luers Principal Seth Coffing: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and […]

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Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox Gather for Ecumenical Prayer Service in Fort Wayne

Despite the freezing temperatures outside, hundreds of Christians of various denominations flocked to St. Jude Catholic Church in Fort Wayne on Sunday, January 18, to participate in an ecumenical prayer […]

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‘We Should Strive to Embody the Grace We Have Received’

Diocesan Seminarian Stanley Amuchaka shares the fruits of his time spent at the SEEK Conference At the beginning of the new year, my brother seminarians and I attended the SEEK […]

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Documenting ‘the Miracle Man’ of Notre Dame

The cause for sainthood for Holy Cross Brother Columba O’Neill is the result of years of research, interviews, and study by Holy Cross Brother Philip Smith, the archivist for the […]

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‘Reborn as Sons and Daughters of God’

The Cathedral of St. Matthew in South Bend concluded the Christmas season with a special Mass and visit by Bishop Rhoades to mark the feast of the Baptism of the […]

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Bishop: Christian Unity ‘Is a Divine Mandate’

Before the sun had risen over Fort Wayne on the morning of Wednesday, January 7, dozens of Christians of various denominations gathered on the city’s north side to worship together […]