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ND Museum Hosts Photos Made by Renowned Irish Priest

In late August, the University of Notre Dame’s Raclin Murphy Museum of Art premiered the first exhibition of photography by Jesuit Father Francis Browne in the United States. Featuring 100 […]

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Father Dowd Inaugurated as New President of Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND (OSV News) – When Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh became president of the University of Notre Dame in 1952, there was no search committee or formal inauguration ceremony. […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, September 16: 6:30 p.m. – White Mass, St. Mother Theodore Guérin Chapel, Fort Wayne Tuesday, September 17: 11 a.m. – Blessing of New Gymnasium, Our Lady of Good Hope […]

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Teams of Our Lady Helps Couples Put God at the Center of Their Marriages

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “By reason of their state in life and of their order, [Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of […]

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How to Unlock the Eucharistic Revival in Catholic Education

By Tim O’Malley This summer, tens of thousands of Catholics gathered for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. Participants heard talks from speakers intending to foster an encounter with the […]

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Queen of Angels Students Delighted by Bishop’s Visit

At the beginning of the year, Queen of Angels Catholic School in Fort Wayne marked Thursday, September 5, as a special day. The faculty and students were anticipating the arrival […]

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Christ Child Society Members Renew Spirit of Mission

When the founder of the Christ Child Society, Mary Virginia Merrick, suffered a debilitating fall that confined her to a wheelchair, she could have indulged in self-pity. Instead, she went […]

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Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine Dedicated at Holy Cross College

A Holy Cross College student’s vision for an outdoor sacred space became reality this semester with the new Our Lady of Holy Cross Shrine, dedicated on Wednesday, September 4. With […]

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Prayer Service Being Held Ahead of Synod on Synodality

Before Bishop Rhoades travels back to Rome for the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, members of the diocese want to see him off properly: with prayer. […]

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Exploring the ‘Theology of Migration’

Notre Dame Theologian Urges Catholics to See the Face of Christ in Migrants and Refugees (OSV News) – The first thing Holy Cross Father Daniel G. Groody, a theologian, had […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, September 9: 9 a.m. – Mass and Symposium hosted by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Religious Liberty, St. John Paul II National Shrine, Washington, D.C. […]

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Parishioners in Avilla Donate Solar Energy System to School

A Gift that Will Keep Giving St. Mary Catholic School in Avilla will save more than an estimated $300,000 in electric utility costs during the next three decades thanks to […]