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Young Adults Learn How to Cope with Mental Health Struggles

Young adults gathered at 2Toms Brewing Company in Fort Wayne on Tuesday, January 16, for the opening session of the 2024 Theology on Tap winter series to hear from Beth […]

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Diocesan Youths March for Life in Indianapolis

Nearly 200 young people from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend traveled to Indianapolis on Monday, January 22, to join their pro-life peers from across the state at the 2024 […]

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Thousands to March for the Unborn in Indianapolis

On Monday, January 22, thousands of pro-life supporters from across the state are expected to gather in Indianapolis to give witness to the sanctity of all human life – particularly […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, January 22: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Right to Life Events: Youth Rally and Mass, Indiana Convention Center, followed by March for Life and Rally at Statehouse, Indianapolis […]

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‘I AM HERE’: Personal Testimonies Share the Power of the Eucharist

In June of 2022, the Archdiocese of Detroit launched a project in conjunction with the National Eucharistic Revival that aimed to foster in the faithful a deeper sense of devotion […]

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Father Bob Keeps Praying as He Waits for a Kidney

Father Robert Van Kempen (known to all as “Father Bob”), Pastor of St. Mary of the Annunciation Church in Bristol, has been waiting for a kidney for a couple of […]

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At Dwenger, Bishop Rhoades Urges Students to Carry Christ to Others

During his pastoral visit to Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne on Friday, January 12, Bishop Rhoades encouraged students to be like “Christophers” – bearers of Christ. Hayden Fritz, […]

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Notre Dame Choir Takes Center Stage at Fort Wayne Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne welcomed special guests on Sunday, January 14, as the University of Notre Dame’s distinguished folk choir performed during Mass on the […]

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Priest Assignment

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignment. Reverend Lee Allen Fortin, from Parochial Vicar at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, […]

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Eucharistic Small Groups Successful in Diocese

“Jesus and the Eucharist,” a video and small-group study created for the National Eucharistic Revival, has gotten rave reviews from parishioners across the diocese since it was made available last […]

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‘Love Them Like God Loves Them’

St. Henry Parish Partners with M.I.S.F.I.T.S. Ministry to Serve the Homeless in Fort Wayne The sun had just gone down on this particularly cold and blustery first Sunday in January […]

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Around the Diocese: January 14, 2024

St. Pius X Students Sing in Rome Spanning late December and into the new year, members of the St. Pius X Parish community in Granger traveled to Rome to participate […]