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‘Meeting my brothers in Christ’: prison ministry in St. Joseph County

  Meet Keith. Age: 35. Average build. Average height. Average weight. What is not average about Keith? His place of residence. For nearly half of his 35 years, Keith has […]

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Most Precious Blood School welcomes Bishop Rhoades

For more photos visit the photo gallery. Most Precious Blood School welcomed Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades to the Catholic elementary school last Friday. Bishop was celebrant, and pastor Father Joseph […]

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Diocese prepares for Fatima centennial

For more photos visit the photo gallery. On Saturday, Oct 1, nearly 400 members and supporters of the World Apostolate of Fatima attended an annual breakfast meeting at the Grand […]

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Bishop blesses new chapel, dedicates altar at Bishop Dwenger High School

FORT WAYNE — Since the Fort Wayne high school’s founding in 1963, the Bishop Dwenger Saints have been striving to become “Citizens of Two Worlds.” One of the many ways […]

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Medical community formally opposes physician-assisted suicide

By Stephanie A. Patka During its yearly convention in Indianapolis on Sept. 25, the Indiana State Medical Association voted to formalize its opposition to physician-assisted suicide The annual convention of […]

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White Mass, conference uplift Catholic medical community

By Jodi Marlin In a world where inconvenient children — whether by virtue of undesirable genes, or the timing of their conception — are considered unworthy of life, the work […]

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Rally to prepare confirmandi for sacramental greatness

Young people from around the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will gather at Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne on Saturday, Oct. 8, to finalize preparations for the sacrament […]

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St. Pius X Church blesses new bells

GRANGER — Ringing ten minutes prior to each Mass at St. Pius X Church, the existing “bells” that toll are actually an electronic recording soon to be replaced by four […]

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Bishop Rhoades, Woo offer hope through mercy to Catholic teachers

By Jennifer Miller More photos available here. “You have a noble and holy vocation to form our children and young people in the way of Jesus, the way of the […]

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Harry Verhiley accepts post at Marian University

By Jill A. Boughton Some time ago, Harry Verhiley told a coworker he felt that Sept. 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, would be a special day […]

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St. John’s hits the airwaves to bridge gaps, evangelize

By Denise Fedorow A  group of parishioners from St. John the Evangelist parish, Goshen, joined together this summer to bring a bilingual radio station to the city. Radio Horizonte — […]

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Physically, intellectually challenged come together to celebrate differences, grow in faith

By Jill A. Boughton When Peggy Go learned about a retreat in the Fort Wayne area for people with disabilities, she wondered: Why not also have one at the South […]