Diocese
Bishop Blesses Renovated Spaces at St. Gaspar del Bufalo
For more than nine months, the Catholic community in Rome City has been worshipping not at St. Gaspar del Bufalo, their parish church, but half a mile south on Highway […]
Parish Archive
Diocese
Parish in Need Grants Awarded to 9 Diocesan Communities
St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians, “While we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who belong to the family […]
Local
Priest Assignment
The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignment of a priest, effective June 16, 2026: Reverend Robert Krisch, from Parochial Vicar, St. […]
Diocese
Establishing the Vanguard in Child Protection: The Catholic Church Today
The tragedy that is child abuse has been a part of human existence longer than anyone wants to think. It inflicts the deepest of wounds, including the severing of […]
Diocese
Father James Stoyle, Priest Who Answered Late Vocation, Dies at 81
Father James F. Stoyle, a priest of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend who answered a late but enduring call to the priesthood after a successful career in the […]
Diocese
St. Joseph Parish Honors Holy Men of Holy Cross
Relics are pieces of the past that inspire the future. They are the bodies of saints, objects they used during their lifetime or have been touched to their bodies after […]
Bishop
Confirmation Schedule for Spring of 2026
Our Lady of Good Hope Church, Fort Wayne Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. Our Lady of Good Hope Parish, Fort Wayne Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Fort Wayne St. […]
Bishop
Diocese to See Record Number Enter the Church at Easter Vigil
If the numbers in our diocese are any indication, more and more people are knocking on our church doors seeking to become Catholic. A record 787 people took a significant […]
Diocese
Honoring the Patroness of the Americas
On the December 12 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the community from St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Wayne gathered to reenact Our Lady’s appearance to Juan Diego in […]
Diocese
A Joyful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Nearly 500 years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to an Indigenous peasant who was walking to Mass in Tepeyac, Mexico – on the outskirts of what is now Mexico […]
Parish
Father Paul McCarthy Dies at 73
Father Paul McCarthy passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 10, at Covenant Healthcare Cooper in Saginaw, Michigan, at the age of 73. Father McCarthy was born in South Bend on […]
Diocese
Oratory of St. Carlo Acutis Opens in Angola
Years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic changed things, the clergy and parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua in Angola held daily Mass in a small chapel with an entrance at […]