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Faith is center of life for Ruth Beier
By Kay Cozad FORT WAYNE — As the youngest of eight children herself, Ruth Beier knows well what it means to navigate the challenging but joy-filled tides of parenting her […]
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A mother’s courage, faith and love serve as inspiration
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” — 2 Tm 1:7 By Karen Clifford BREMEN — […]
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod offers solidarity in defending religious liberty
FORT WAYNE — Church leaders, students and members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations in Fort Wayne expressed their solidarity with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades and Catholics of the Diocese […]
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Adopt-a-Seminarian program offers prayers, support for vocations
GRANGER — When Deacon Jacob Meyer comes home from Pontifical College Josephinum during school breaks, he often brings fellow students with him. Kurt and Julie Meyer, Deacon Meyer’s parents, observed […]
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Huntington-based Our Sunday Visitor celebrates 100 years
National Catholic company hosts open house May 5, 2012 HUNTINGTON — Our Sunday Visitor is celebrating its centennial in 2012, starting with an open house at its Huntington headquarters 1-3 […]
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Medjugorje Conference held at Notre Dame May 11-13
NOTRE DAME — “To Jesus through Mary” might well be the theme of each annual Medjugorje Conference held at the University of Notre Dame. Beginning with a Eucharistic rosary procession […]
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Former Haitian slave child tells his story at USF
By Vince LaBarbera FORT WAYNE — The University of Saint Francis and its Formula for Life fundraising event brought professional drummer and former Haitian slave child Bill Nathan to campus […]
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Monroeville Elementary School building sold to diocese
By Michelle Castleman NEW HAVEN — The East Allen County Schools (EACS) Board of Trustees at the public meeting on April 17 unanimously voted to approve the sale of Monroeville […]
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Matthew Kuczora ordained Holy Cross priest
NOTRE DAME — Matthew C. Kuczora’s whirlwind month that began with assisting at a papal Mass in Mexico culminated this past Saturday afternoon, April 7, with his ordination to the […]
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Diocese disperses $200,002 to 19 ‘needy’ parish projects
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 […]
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Holy Cross celebrates 175 years of making God known, loved and served
NOTRE DAME — For 175 years, the Congregation of Holy Cross has with missionary zeal met the spiritual and educational needs of people suffering from the upheavals of the French […]
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Victim’s Assistance Ministry offers hope and healing
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). With […]