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Around the Diocese: May 28, 2023

Foundation announces scholarships HUNTINGTON — The Community Foundation of Huntington County announces Audrie Bowman, Blaise Rupley, Lindsay Godfroy, and Samson Vickrey as the 2023 recipients of the Donald E. & […]

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Students Take Final Step in Christian Initiation

After years of preparation, prayer, and deep spiritual reflection, 23 youth from St. Paul Chapel and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Angola, took their final step in Christian initiation […]

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New Chapter of Benedictine Oblates Fulfills Need for Those Seeking God in Everyday Life 

At a young age, Patty Opaczewski felt called by God to live a life of faith. Her time being educated in the Catholic schools left a lasting impression on her […]

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Cross-Diocesan Eucharistic Pilgrimage to Go from Fort Wayne to South Bend

About a hundred miles walked in Indiana in early June will pave the road to bring Jesus to the streets of the entire country next July.  From Sunday, June 4, […]

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Deacon Assignments

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignments of deacons for the summer of 2023: Deacon Oscar Duarte to St. Michael Parish, […]

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Funding Seminarian Education Focus of ‘Our Shepherds – Our Future’

“Whoever opens his heart to Christ will not only understand the mystery of his own existence, but also that of his own vocation; he will bear the abundant fruit of […]

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Caleb Kruse and Oscar Duarte Ordained as Deacons

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades ordained two men to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne on Saturday, May 20. Caleb Kruse […]

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God’s Plan A for Sweet Little Ones

“I didn’t want to feel like adoption was our Plan B because we couldn’t get pregnant. I wanted to see it as God’s Plan A for us,” Jessica B. wrote […]

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Vocation Journey for Retiring St. Michael the Archangel Priest Inspired at Young Age

Father Vincent Joseph Rathappillil was brought up in a traditional Catholic home in Kerala, South India. The family was part of the St. Thomas Christians, and he was very involved […]

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Refreshed to Bring Glad Tidings

Adam Jenke of St. Paul Street Evangelization presented a refreshing and invigorating synopsis of the basics of our Catholic vocation and core of our Church’s existence, which is the essential […]

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Congratulations to the Top Graduates of Our Diocesan High Schools

BISHOP LUERS For the Class of 2023, Bishop Luers High School has two Valedictorians and no Salutatorians. Full Name: Genevieve Rose Cicchiello Religion: Catholic Church/Parish: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Elementary […]

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Father Terry Fisher Spends 30 Years Beating the Odds

Saying the words “not for you” to Father Terry Fisher doesn’t discourage him but inspires him to do something and do it well. Naysayers led him to graduate college, teach, […]