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Luers Knights claim four-peat football championship

By Michelle Castleman FORT WAYNE — The Bishop Luers Knights made history winning their fourth straight Class 2-A Indiana state football championship with a commanding 40-28 victory over Indianapolis Cardinal […]

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Women’s Care Center is winning the battle for life

By Diane Freeby Politicians and legislators come and go, but the staying power of Women’s Care Center with its mission of loving service is truly winning the battle for life. […]

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Cheerleaders sweep state championships

By Michelle Castleman FORT WAYNE — The Bishop Dwenger Saints have done it again. On Nov. 3, the Bishop Dwenger varsity cheer team completed a sweep of the Indiana State […]

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Conference explores virtue of justice in Catholic moral tradition

By Ann Carey NOTRE DAME — The 13th annual Ethics and Culture Conference at the University of Notre examined the virtue of justice in light of the Catholic moral tradition. […]

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Hispanic faithful ‘Arise’

By Jodi Magallanes SOUTH BEND — The Arise Together in Christ parish renewal process is reaching Hispanic Catholics who are both spiritually hungry and open to the Holy Spirit, say […]

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Black Catholic advisory board to share traditions, cultures

By May Lee Johnson SOUTH BEND — The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Black Catholic Advisory Board is determined to make a stronger black presence in the Catholic Church and around the […]

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Conference explores martyrdom of today’s Christians

By Ann Carey NOTRE DAME — People usually think of Christian martyrs as those early Christians who were killed during the first few centuries of the Church. The reality is […]

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Two new campus ministry coordinators provide Catholic presence on campuses

By Tim Johnson FORT WAYNE — Having a Catholic presence on non-Catholic college campuses across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is making an impact these days as Rosie Lahrman […]

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Fertility center offers education, outreach to clients

By Ann Carey MISHAWAKA — The Saint Joseph FertilityCare™ Center here has been open only nine months, but already it is assisting clients in five foreign countries and 10 states […]

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Drought of 2012 affects farmers and consumers

By Michelle Castleman NEW HAVEN — During his 73 years on the farm, Mick Lomont, of rural New Haven, has seen dreadful crop conditions, but never quite like 2012. “It […]

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Papal nuncio urges renewal of faith, evangelization

By Jodi Magallanes SOUTH BEND — Follow the voice of Jesus speaking in His Church, so that the graces of the Year of Faith will increase our motivation to be […]