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Bishop Luers student grateful for Catholic education

By Jenny Conrad Bishop Luers High School student Gabby Durnell is thankful, and her grateful spirit permeates her commentary on high school life. She recently earned a $1,000 award from […]

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Catholic Charities volunteers provide welcome to Afghan refugees in Fort Wayne

They gave of their time for different reasons. Their work transformed an unused former nursing home into Catholic Charities’ new Cabrini Center, which will offer temporary housing and resettlement services […]

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Oratory an invitation for students to ‘listen to Jesus’

On a frigid January day, a class full of St. Vincent de Paul School students bundled up to cross the street and make their way to the Oratory of St. […]

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Parents, religious and teachers essential for educating children intellectually, spiritually

By Dr. Joseph Brettnacher, Superintendent of Catholic Schools Welcome to the 48th Annual Catholic Schools Week. It provides me with an opportunity to thank all the parents who have chosen […]

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Pro-life advocates demonstrate support at South Bend rally

Every year since 1974, people within the pro-life movement have come together on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that codified abortion through all nine months […]

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South Bend baby box ‘sends a message’

The mission of Safe Haven Baby Boxes is to aid mothers in crisis, and the baby boxes that they have helped install in locations across Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and even […]

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Marches planned in support of life

It has been 49 years since the fateful 1972 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. In the years following that decision, many organizations have held annual […]

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Great-grandmother’s cause lives on in posterity

More than 45 years ago when abortion was made legal in the U.S., a local woman saw the need to support pregnant women and help protect the lives of unborn […]

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Twenty deacon candidates installed as acolytes

The smell of incense wafted through the air at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne on Sunday, Jan. 16 as 20 men took their final liturgical step […]

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Around the Diocese: January 16, 2022

Theology on Tap winter series FORT WAYNE – Theology on Tap will begin a winter series in February titled “Go Forth!” This will be held every Tuesday of the month […]

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ICC views lawful carry handgun legislation through pro-life lens

State lawmakers are again considering a measure that would allow individuals to carry a handgun without a license – a move opposed by the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), many in […]

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Extending welcome key to boosting African American vocations

They are called vocation stories: people’s accounts of how they felt God calling them to use their faith and gifts in service to the Church, their family or to others. […]