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Educational excellence with Christ at the center

By Marsha Jordan, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend I began my career in 1973 as a Catholic school teacher in the diocese — and in […]

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University of Saint Francis science complex expansion blessed

FORT WAYNE – After stressing the relationship between faith and science, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades blessed the Achatz Phase 1 Expansion on the morning of Jan. 16 at the University […]

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Schools

Jan. 21 Featured Light of Learning Award Winners!

Each week, Today’s Catholic will be featuring some of our amazing 2019 Light of Learning award winners! To meet other winners, click here.  Matthew VanRyn, St. Vincent de Paul, Fort […]

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World Youth Day pilgrims journey through Panama

For the entire photo gallery click here. More photos added daily. January 20, 2019 While temperatures in Northern Indiana reached single digits, pilgrims from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend […]

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Senate bill would place limits on predatory lending

For someone in desperate financial straits, the colorful signs and billboards entice and offer hope: Need cash now? Loans in minutes. No credit check. The storefront operations that promise relief […]

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Rest in Peace: January 20, 2019

Fort Wayne Father Laurence Eugene Tippmann, 85, St. Charles Borromeo Thomas LeRoy Rowland, 85, St. Elizabetn Ann Seton Christopher Eckert, 50, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton J. Michael O’Hara, 90, St. […]

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Diocese

Heart of St. John Vianney coming to diocese for veneration

Coming Jan. 27 to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is a gift: the opportunity to be prayerfully present with a relic of St. John Vianney. The incorrupt heart of […]

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Jan. 14 Featured Light of Learning Award Winners!

Each week, Today’s Catholic will be featuring some of our amazing 2019 Light of Learning award winners! To meet other winners, click here.  William Bailey Combs, St. Michael, Plymouth School […]

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Diocese

Local retreat to mirror World Youth Day gathering

Ninth- through 12th-grade students are invited to a stateside, diocesan version of World Youth Day Feb. 8-10 at Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne. Topically mirroring World Youth Day in […]

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Catholic schools: The choice that builds a legacy of faith

“Is it in a good school district?” The question was among those that used to be standard for young couples looking to buy a home in a new neighborhood. Even […]

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Bishop to students: ‘Believe in His love’

On Thursday, Jan. 10, the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, celebrated Mass at Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne — the first of his pastoral […]