Diocese
Red Mass Calls Holy Spirit to Guide Lawyers, Civil Servants
Twice a year in October – once in Fort Wayne and once in South Bend – a special Mass is held to ask for the Holy Spirit to guide in […]
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Small Victories: Black Catholics and St. Augustine Parish
About 96 years ago, Holy Cross Father George O’Connor caught word of the plight of seven or eight families who had migrated north from Pascagoula, Mississippi. While Catholic, they had […]
Diocese
Students Urged to Model the Saints at All-Schools Mass in South Bend
Following the account of Jesus’ thrice-repeated question to St. Peter, heard during the Gospel reading (John 21:15-17), Father Mark Gurtner, Vicar General of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, told […]
Diocese
Diocesan Confirmation Retreat: A Day of Faith and Fellowship
More than 300 area youths participated in the bi-annual Diocesan Confirmation Retreat on Saturday, October 19, at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend. Throughout the day, the students were […]
Diocese
‘Our Local Parish’ Aims to Bring Catholic Communities Closer
For the majority of Catholics, the lived experience of faith is most often shaped by what takes place at their local parish, shaped by the pastor, assistant clergy, and other […]
Diocese
Around the Diocese: October 20, 2024
FORT WAYNE – On Friday, October 11, Nicole Hahn, Director of the Secretariat for Communications of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, was embraced by friends and family as she […]
Diocese
‘Barn Talks’ Help Community Learn, Play, Pray Together
Once a month on a Friday evening from June to October, cars begin pulling into the driveway of the Woodiel family’s home in rural Goshen. When Tom and Amanda Woodiel, […]
Diocese
‘Ador168’ Aims to Increase Devotion to the Eucharist
“Familiarity makes our appreciation of things lessen over time,” Deacon Joe Dietz told Today’s Catholic. “People who work at the Louvre in Paris don’t stare at the ‘Mona Lisa’ every […]
Diocese
Local Pilgrims Walk with the Saints in Rome, Assisi
ROME – If he wasn’t studying for the priesthood in Rome, it’s likely that Nicholas Monnin would have been lying prostrate on the floor of his home parish, St. Matthew […]
Diocese
Sister Genevieve Raupp Begins New Chapter at Motherhouse
Surrounded by vocations to the priesthood and religious life as a child, pursuing life as a religious sister felt like a natural progression to Sister Genevieve Raupp, OSF, who, after […]
Diocese
Friendship with the Saints Celebrated at Annual All-Schools Mass
When attending the All-Schools Mass at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Monday, October 7, fourth-grade students wore different clothing than their regular school outfits or uniforms. Religious habits, […]
Bishop
Holy Orders in a Holy Place
Deacon Nicholas Monnin Ordained to the Diaconate in Rome ROME – From the time he was just a sophomore at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend, Nicholas Monnin imagined […]