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Diocesan Priests Express the Joys, Challenges of Taking on New Roles in New Communities

‘Christ’s Bride Is Beautiful Wherever You Go’ “I have been telling everyone that being transferred is like being on the show ‘Wife Swap,’” Father Brian Isenbarger recently told Today’s Catholic. “You […]

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Fifty Years of Forever Learning: Classes from Coding to Crafting

When his wife passed away unexpectedly two weeks into his retirement, William Gilroy knew he had to do something to cope with the grief. After seeing a course catalog for […]

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‘Made for the Infinite’: Catholic Educators Gather for Mission Day

By Kasia Balsbaugh and Clare Hildebrandt The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend held its annual Catholic School Mission Day for educators ahead of Labor Day weekend – one session at […]

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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 […]