Diocese
Father Meyer prepares for ‘call within a call’
“A call within a call” was how St. Mother Teresa described God’s request of her to establish a new religious community in service to the poorest of the poor. A similar […]
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Diocese
Memories bittersweet as Franciscan friars recall 91 years in Steuben County
The friars soon will be gone, but the men’s caring spirit will live on at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Angola. The Conventual Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of […]
Diocese
Residents participate in city-wide church tour
Residents of Fort Wayne participated in the First Annual Sanctuaries and Stained Glass Tour on Sunday, May 15. Participants had the opportunity to explore a number of churches and Christian […]
Diocese
‘O Beautiful Mother’ honors Mary, all mothers
The sun was shining high in the sky and drying the wetness off the grass on Saturday, May 7. Purple henbits and yellow dandelions popped up bright in the green […]
Diocese
We introduce the Class of 2022
All students work hard to finish their high school careers with high marks. Some however rise to the top of their classes and become valedictorians and salutatorians. Here are those […]
Local
Montessori style of catechizing Catholic youth
“Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” – Matthew 19:13-15 Many Catholics began their faith education […]
Diocese
Motorcycle event supports service, community outreach
Hogs, choppers, supersport motor bikes, or whatever other names they may be called, dozens of these motorcycles filled the parking lot of St. Patrick Church in Arcola on April 30. […]
Diocese
Father Jewel Aytona, CPM, ‘refocuses’ members on God at parish mission
In 1922, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in New Carlisle had a parish mission focusing on the crucifix. The theme of that mission was “Save Our Souls.” One hundred years later, […]
Diocese
“Your prayers are everything to us” – teen battles aggressive cancer
If there ever was a top ten list of the worst things a parent or child could hear, the word “glioblastoma” would be at the apex of it. It is […]
Diocese
Pysanky egg-making a mother-daughter tradition
During her childhood, Karen Eckrich remembers dying eggs at Easter time, but not in the way that most American children did. “Growing up, we made Ukrainian eggs around Easter most […]
Bishop
From Palm Sunday to Alleluia!
“The Eucharist is the wondrous sacrament that makes manifest that ‘greater love’ which led Jesus to ‘lay down his life for his friends.’ Jesus did indeed love us to the […]
Diocese
A Holy Thursday pilgrimage with Jesus
“I remember looking up and seeing the moon – just to the right of the ever-photographical St. Peter’s – and knowing this night was going to be blessed,” Dave Bergeron said […]