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Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Sunday, January 5: 11 a.m. — Mass, St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend Tuesday, January 7: 6:30 p.m. — Meeting with Fraternus and Fidelis groups, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Fort Wayne Wednesday, […]

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Around the Diocese: January 5, 2020

St. Vincent de Paul Society walk nets $25,000 for poor FORT WAYNE — The St. Vincent de Paul Society third annual Friends of the Poor: Walk a Mile in My […]

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Priest appointments

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following appointments: Reverend Michael Osondu Okoro, C.S.Sp., to Priest Chaplain of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus […]

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2019: a time for everything

In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says there is “a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”  The year 2019 […]

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Ancient Epiphany blessing brings peace, evangelizes

The feast of the Epiphany used to be called “Epiphanytide,” and celebrated as an octave, until Pope Pius XII removed the octave in 1955. It’s now celebrated on the Sunday […]

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CCS Baby Bottle Campaign: ‘change-ing’ the lives of children

Large cardboard boxes the size of moving crates line the back wall of the classroom-like space, stacked five to six columns high. All are filled with empty baby bottles. It […]

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Priests spoil seminarian basketball streak

Marian High School, Mishawaka, hosted the sixth annual Cupertino Classic basketball game Friday, Dec. 27. While the seminarians, back-to-back Cupertino champions, were attempting a three-peat, the priests, captained by Father […]

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Varsity Catholic: ‘life-giving’ evangelization

Fellowship of Catholic University Students has a presence on 159 campuses in the U.S., and on five international campuses, for the purpose of evangelizing to college students. An offshoot of […]

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Deny and go forward: an Advent renewal

St. John the Baptist and Holy Family parishes in South Bend were overjoyed to welcome John Beaulieu, director of evangelization and engagement at Franciscan University of Steubenville, for a three-evening […]

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Rest in Peace: December 22, 2019

Bremen Ginette L. Rethlake, 81, St. Dominic Decatur Blas G. Mendez, 94, St. Mary of the Assumption Fort Wayne D. James Kessler, Jr., 67, St. Vincent de Paul Yiordana Quandt, 64, […]

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Around the Diocese: December 22, 2019

Thirty young adults were received into the Catholic Church at a Mass with Confirmation and Rite of Reception into Full Communion Sunday, Dec. 15. The Mass was celebrated by Bishop […]

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Focus on accommodation allows ‘profound’ faith experiences

In the Gospel of Luke, when John the Baptist sent messengers to ask Jesus if He was the long-awaited Messiah, Jesus pointed to works of healing He had performed — […]