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SPARC ready to burst into fire for Christ
By Vince LaBarbera CHURUBUSCO — Sixteen men sat around four, eight-foot tables arranged in a U-shape in the basement of St. John Bosco Church in Churubusco on a Lenten Wednesday […]
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Early childhood programs to assist low income families advance
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier lawmakers passed a pilot program initiative to grant 1,000 low income children access to a high-quality prekindergarten education. The proposal, HB 1004, which passed the Indiana House […]
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Today’s Catholic Life Spring issue now available
The “Spring” issue of Today’s Catholic Life is available at parishes across the diocese. Pick up your copy and see what springtime has to offer — rebirth and renewal with […]
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Pope Benedict’s pontificate marked by teaching, call to return to faith
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During his almost eight-year pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI impressed the world as a teacher, guiding Catholics to the sources of the faith and urging modern society […]
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A bill to regulate chemical abortion, improve informed consent advances
By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to regulate chemical abortion in Indiana and another to improve informed consent law for abortion cleared its first hurdle Feb. 20, when […]
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Series of talks, Mass, enshrinement honors St. Gianna Beretta Molla
By Ann Carey MISHAWAKA — Most Catholics can relate to St. Gianna Beretta Molla, for she lived the ordinary kind of life many Catholics live: She had a spouse and […]
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Marian welcomes Bishop Rhoades for pastoral visit
By Jodi Magallanes MISHAWAKA — Six days before the top leadership position in the Catholic Church becomes vacant, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades spoke about the unusual situation with students at […]
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Bishop Rhoades celebrates Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at cathedrals
SOUTH BEND — The first weekend of Lent marks a pivotal moment for those seeking to fully enter the Roman Catholic Church at Easter. In the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South […]
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Quilt covers eight generations of family history
HOAGLAND — It’s not Tweet, Facebook, blog or any other nanosecond image transmission. It’s “Q-U-I-L-T” … a soft, fluffy medium, loaded with color, done one stitch at a time, thoughtfully, […]
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St. Pius X group brings meals and spiritual nourishment to the homeless
GRANGER — For the past 15 years, St. Pius X parishioner Jon Housand has led a volunteer group that prepares and delivers casserole dishes to the South Bend Center for […]
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Low income, state economy to benefit from health coverage expansion, Church supports
By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — Improved access to healthcare coverage for low income Hoosiers is not only the right thing to do morally, but a new study shows could […]
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Speakers encourage men to ‘put out into the deep’ at diocesan men’s conference
SOUTH BEND — “Duc in Altum” may not be the most popular Latin phrase in today’s culture. However, that expression, which means “put out into the deep,” was the message […]