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Nine Brothers of Holy Cross to Celebrate Jubilees at Mass of Thanksgiving

By Mary Anne Decenzo and Nicole Hahn The Midwest Province of the Brothers of Holy Cross will honor nine Brothers celebrating their 75th, 70th, 60th, and 40th jubilees of religious […]

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‘The Eucharist Is Our Participation … in the Glory That Awaits Us’

Bishop Rhoades Reflects on Christ’s Eucharistic Sacrifice at Close of 40 Hours Devotion On Tuesday, April 16, Bishop Rhoades celebrated a special Mass to close the period of 40 Hours […]

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‘Mayor Henry, May God Give You a Safe Home’

Longtime Fort Wayne Mayor Laid to Rest Following Mass of Christian Burial On Friday, April 12, hundreds of people packed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to pay their respects […]

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At St. Mary in Geneva, ‘We Work as a Team’

Among the beautiful and serene landscape of Geneva, on the southeastern edge of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, is St. Mary of the Presentation Catholic Church. Led by pastor […]

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Bishop Rhoades Visits St. Michael School in Plymouth

“Are we here to play basketball?” Bishop Rhoades joked to the kindergarteners and first graders gathered to meet him in the gym at St. Michael Catholic School in Plymouth. After […]

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Bishop Urges Newly Confirmed to Be Strong in Faith

The night of Friday, April 5, will be one to remember for the confirmands of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Decatur and St. Joseph Church in Bluffton. Bishop […]

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Priest Assignments

The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, has made the following assignments: Reverend Peter Puleo, CSC, to Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Parish, South Bend, effective […]

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Eight Holy Cross Priests Ordained at Notre Dame

On Saturday, April 6, Bishop William A. Wack, CSC, of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, ordained eight young men in the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart. He conferred the […]

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‘It Is a True Privilege’ to Walk with Abuse Survivors

Victim Assistance Coordinator Explores 20 Years of Serving the Church Every April, Catholic parishes and schools across the United States participate in National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In 2002, the […]

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Diocese Prepares for Annual Way of St. Joseph Pilgrimage

Not many places have two churches named after the same saint within five miles of each other, separated by a river and enclosed in a county also named after the […]

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Chrism Mass Reminds Us We Are God’s Anointed

By Joshua Schipper and Kasia Balsbaugh On back-to-back nights at the beginning of Holy Week – at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend on Monday, March 25, and at the […]