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Around the diocese: March 26, 2017

Film features friars who serve society’s outcasts  NOTRE DAME — An eye-opening documentary featuring society’s forgotten poor and the Franciscan friars who live and work beside them in some of […]

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Campus minister and school work together to foster faith, identity

If St. Matthew Cathedral School Principal Sister Gianna Marie Webber needed any confirmation that adding a campus minister to the staff this year was a good move, she got it […]

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Notre Dame Trail: Following the footsteps of the past to the future

This year marks 175 years since the founding of the University of Notre Dame. The main event of the anniversary celebration will occur at the start of the semester in […]

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Stories of Service: How dedicating a year or more of service after college can have a lasting impact

“Every project I do, every report I write and every call I make has to have a real benefit to the world around me, or it isn’t worth doing.” These […]

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Poverty and ‘signs of death’; priest recounts CRS trip

When Father Neil Kookoothe went to a small war-torn country in the Horn of Africa, he expected to encounter poverty. “What I saw opened my eyes,” he told students at […]

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To sanctify the home look to the Beatitudes, says Bishop

When one prays in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, “we are accepting the Lord’s invitation,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades said to about 60 people at the Sancta Familia Holy Hour […]

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Former principal, athletic director passes away

John F. Gaughan passed away Thursday, March 16, at the age of 89. He lived a lifetime of commitment to education and to Catholic Schools, including serving as a teacher […]

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Bishop speaks on ‘Truth in Charity’ at Christ the King

“It doesn’t take much effort to see division, empty promises, fear and anger in our society. However, as a church, we know that a deep and personal relationship with Jesus, […]

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Chalices sent from South Bend around the world

Richard “Dick” Dornbos is on a mission to evangelize the world one chalice at a time. Since 2012 he has overseen the delivery of 25 chalices to seven countries across […]

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Annual collection for Catholic Relief Services

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Next weekend, March 25 and 26, our diocese will be taking up The Catholic Relief Services Collection (CRSC). By participating in this collection, you […]

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Latin Masses embraced at Sacred Heart Parish

The rich history behind Fort Wayne’s Sacred Heart parish illustrates the economic ebb and flow of the city’s southeast side. The parish was founded in 1947 as the result of […]

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In MY diocese: St. Henry and Sacred Heart Parishes

The small but mighty parish of St. Henry A measurement of the strength of St. Henry Parish, Fort Wayne, should not be based solely on an evaluation of its physical […]