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Learning from St Monica: Father Freiburger, Leaders Share about Parish Life

St Monica’s Parish in Mishawaka celebrated their patroness’s feast day through the end of August with an evening novena, concluding in a festival on the last Saturday of the month. […]

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September is Suicide Prevention Month: St. Dymphna’s Refuge Fills Need in Church for Mental Health Support

In the fall of 2021, St. Therese Parish in Fort Wayne hosted a presentation by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. As attendees mingled together afterwards, the conversation took […]

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Transforming Lives, Transforming the Campus at Saint Francis’ Opening Mass

A new school year provides a new opportunity to expand one’s horizons intellectually, physically, and spiritually. At the Founder’s Day Mass at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne […]

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Four Holy Cross Men Profess Final Vows

With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the final profession of vows of four men in formation on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Basilica of the Sacred […]

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Called by Christ and a Pope to 40-year Priesthood

Father Eloy Jiménez’s call to the priesthood did not begin in a dramatic and life-altering way like his spiritual hero St. Paul. It began at his home in Mexico, surrounded […]

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Knights Impact Girls’ Lives Half a World Away

How often does a person say that he or she cannot make a difference in the world – that they are too small, too poor, too far away from the […]

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Bishop Rhoades Begins Pastoral Visits at St. Charles Borromeo

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades fielded a number of questions from students and taught a few Spanish lessons to young students when he made his first pastoral visit of the 2022-23 […]

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‘Until We Reach Our Eternal Home’ – Retired Priest Laid to Rest

The Catholic community of Holy Family Parish in South Bend suffered the unexpected loss of their priest in residence, Father Jan Klimczyk, on Monday, Aug. 22.  Father Klimczyk, who retired […]

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Thousands of Students Educated in 100 Years in Wabash

On the feast day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux and coinciding with the beginning of the school year, it was fitting that St. Bernard Parish in Wabash celebrated the 100th […]

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75 Years of Loving Christ and Community at St. Dominic

On July, 8 1947, a new chapter began for the Catholics of St. Dominic in Bremen. Father Ralph G. Hoffman was installed as permanent pastor, formally establishing it as a […]

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Warsaw Pilgrimage Site Receives Hundreds Under Our Lady’s Mantle

Marian pilgrimage sites around the world draw large crowds of the faithful, and on Aug. 13 the one in Warsaw swelled with a similar presence. For the 12th year, hundreds […]

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Mural Dedication Part of Blessed Father Solanus Casey Celebration

The Blessed Father Solanus Casey 5th Annual Feast Day Celebration was held on Saturday, July 30, at the St. Felix Catholic Center in Huntington. Nearly 100 people participated in a […]