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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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Rest in Peace: January 14, 2024

Fort Wayne Barbara A. Dawson, 86, Queen of Angels Dorothy C. Schott, 96, Queen of Angels Kelley Workman, 61, St. Vincent de Paul Huntington* Juan Albizures, 96, St. Mary Ann […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Monday, January 15: 10 a.m. – Meeting of Bishop’s Cabinet, Archbishop Noll Center, Fort Wayne Wednesday, January 17: 9:45 a.m. – Mass and Pastoral Visit, Bishop Luers High School, Fort […]

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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 […]

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For St. Matthew’s Sacristan, Sewing Is in Her DNA

Mending and sewing was embroidered into her framework, and St. Matthew Cathedral Sacristan Anna Stein has spent the last 20-plus years providing clergy and religious with hand-tailored vestments and more. […]