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Book chronicles St. Bernard Parish history

History, once lost, cannot be rediscovered; it can only be speculated upon. So Wabash County Associate Historian Michael Thompson and St. Bernard Parish secretary Ann Unger have been working hard […]

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Make time for the Lord during Lent

The Lenten season is a time of fasting and almsgiving in repentance and preparation for the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Most Catholics are asked to fast from eating […]

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Superstars of service — Lindsay Klinker

Growing up active at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Fort Wayne, was an intricate part of Lindsay Klinker’s faith formation.  “My parents took me and my three siblings to church […]

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Jesus gives suffering a purpose, bishop tells Marian students

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Marian High School students had to forego celebrating Mass in person with their bishop or having him visit their classrooms during a pastoral visit […]

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Blessed palms become ashes, symbol of repentance

A dark smudge of ashes on the forehead sets Christians apart on Ash Wednesday. Even celebrities have been seen on television marked with this visible sign of repentance. Catholics tend to […]

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Around the Diocese: February 14, 2021

OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation launched HUNTINGTON – In an ongoing effort to answer St. Pope John Paul II’s call for a New Evangelization that is new in its ardor, […]

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Enter intentionally into Lent: three guides

Three new books published by Our Sunday Visitor offer distinct ways to turn away from the busyness and challenges of daily life and enter into the penitential season of Lent […]

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Celebrating the feast of St. Katharina Kasper, PHJC foundress

Beatified in 1978 and canonized in 2018, St. Katharina Kasper’s life mission was joyful, loving service to God’s children, especially the poor and the underserved.  The Poor Handmaids of Jesus […]

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Parish music minister to compose melodic retirement

The soundtrack of Jim Didier’s life is liturgical.  For six decades, worshippers at two Fort Wayne parishes have drawn closer to the Lord through the vocation of the musician, vocalist […]

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Beyond ‘I do’: helping couples plan for a lifetime of marriage

St. John Chrysostom once wrote about society that “there is nothing which so welds our life together as the love of man and wife.” Throughout the ages following the life […]

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Tips to improve marriages center on prayer

Keeping God at the center of a couple’s marriage is a tip agreed on by local Catholic marriage experts. In honor of National Marriage Week Feb. 7-14, Today’s Catholic asked […]

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Weekly schedule for Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Sunday, February 7: 10 a.m. — Mass, St. Aloysius Church, Yoder Monday, February 8: 10 a.m. — Meeting of the Bishop’s Cabinet, Archbishop Noll Center, Fort Wayne Monday, February 8: 12 p.m. — Virtual […]