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Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Sunday, April 22: 2 p.m. — Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Church, Fort Wayne Wednesday, April 25: 12 p.m. — Redeemer Radio Sharathon, Fort Wayne Thursday, April 26: 1 p.m. — Opening Prayer and […]
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Diocese
The role of prayer in vocations
Not surprisingly, the vocations of each of the priests who serve as chaplains in the high schools of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend were born of prayer; their own, […]
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Ann and Paul Coakley: witnesses to love and redemptive suffering
“He shouldn’t have even been alive, the doctors said. His heart was beating like he was constantly running on a treadmill,” Ann Coakley explained of her husband, Paul. She described […]
Schools
Bishop Rhoades visits Luers on feast of the Annunciation
After a snow day postponed his original pastoral visit to Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne, earlier this year, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades made his visit to the school on […]
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Notre Dame to confer honorary degrees
NOTRE DAME — A distinguished group of U.S. and international figures will join the principal speaker, Brazilian Judge Sérgio Fernando Moro, as honorary degree recipients at the University of Notre Dame’s 173rd […]
Bishop
Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Sunday, April 15: 2 p.m. — Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart Church, Warsaw Monday, April 16: 8 a.m. — Meeting of Indiana Bishops and Major Superiors, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, Indianapolis […]
Diocese
Lessons learned: a time for the Church to lead
By Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D. Sexual abuse by those in positions of influence and power continues in this country. While the first light into such terrible acts was shed upon […]
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Indiana parishioner recalls interactions with late civil rights leader
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — It was April 4, 1968. Twenty years old at the time, Charles Guynn and his fiancee, Mary, were at a skating rink in Indianapolis when suddenly the […]
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Around the Diocese: April 15, 2018
Fall pilgrimage with Father Budzinski FORT WAYNE — The Office of Vocations of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and Father Andrew Budzinski of St. John the Baptist Parish invite […]
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Josephine’s Hope battles the scourge of human trafficking
Huge. The numbers are huge. And sad. Fort Wayne, the “City of Churches,” is trying hard to not also be known as a hub of human trafficking. The underworld economy […]
Diocese
Twelve Parishes-in-Need grants approved for upgrades, repairs
The Annual Bishop’s Appeal of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend includes a funding program to assist less affluent parishes. A Parishes-in-Need Fund Committee met recently to review parish requests […]
Parish
Divine Mercy celebration motivated by faithfulness
As Catholics from a wide area gathered at St. Anthony de Padua Church in South Bend on April 8, their special observance of Divine Mercy Sunday evoked memories of trust […]