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Project Lead the Way

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a learning initiative that offers students of all ages the opportunity to develop the skills needed for college and real-world careers. Saint Joseph High […]

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Artist Finds Inspiration in ‘Holy Men and Women’

Through his current art exhibit at Holy Cross College’s St. Joseph Gallery, “Holy Men and Women,” sacred artist Zack Okello reminds us that we are not alone. We exist within […]

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Celebrating Mary’s Immaculate Conception

The following homily was given by Bishop Rhoades on Monday, December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ege. Today we celebrate one of […]

Diocese

ND President Celebrates Mass for Immigrants, Reform

On the evening of Monday, December 1, Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd, president of the University of Notre Dame, presided and preached at a Mass for immigrants and immigration […]

Diocese

New Film Explores the Life, Legacy of Holy Cross Brother Columba O’Neill

“He was living what Jesus said in the Gospel: ‘Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart,’” Bishop Rhoades said in the new documentary, “In Kind Love: […]

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Witnessing to the Works of Christ this Advent

“Go and tell John what you hear and see.” – Matthew 11:4 On the Third Sunday of Advent, the Church invites us to continue pondering the figure of St. John […]

Diocese

A Call to Educate All

Teacher Erin Warden uses every minute when students enter her English Language Learner (ELL) classroom at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Fort Wayne. On a recent day, several […]

Diocese

Financial Report 2025

Dear friends in Christ: Once again, we are publishing an accounting of the financial operations of the diocese for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2025. As we […]

Bishop

General Decree Establishing the Seventh Edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services as Particular Law in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

Mindful of my responsibility as diocesan bishop to safeguard the integrity and unity of the truths of the faith, moral principles, and ecclesiastical discipline in the works of the apostolate […]