Parish
Family, homelike feel found at St. Anthony de Padua
The stained-glass windows inside St. Anthony de Padua Church, South Bend, are more than just decoration. As is often the case in Catholic churches, the colorful glass fragments that line […]
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St. Mary of the Annunciation remembers souls, saints
A remembrance chapel. Even the name evokes warmth for the soul. The Remembrance Chapel at St. Mary of the Annunciation in Bristol is erected each year as a place to […]
Parish
Immaculate Conception Parish marks 150-year anniversary
Immaculate Conception Parish in Kendallville celebrated its 150-year anniversary most appropriately on Friday, Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. As the pastor, Father James Stoyle, had predicted, the […]
Diocese
Men’s Schola Cantorum prays through chant
To walk into a darkened church and hear the harmony of voices united in medieval chant enhances the sacredness of the house of God. Preserving that sacredness is one reason […]
Parish
Community, service and prayer: the foundations of St. Jude Parish
St. Jude Parish is lovingly referred to by parishioners as “one of the best kept secrets on the south side of South Bend.” Although the parish has faced challenges and […]
Parish
St. Patrick Parish, Walkerton, is excited about growth
St. Patrick Parish in Walkerton has the distinction of being in a town that sits in four counties and two different time zones — but that’s not the only thing […]
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St. Vincent food pantry seeks to serve the needy in Elkhart
The Vincentian society in Elkhart is making an effort to bring awareness to the food pantry at St. Vincent de Paul Church in that city. The pantry — a collaboration […]
Local
The tradition of blessing the Thanksgiving Day food
Many parishes in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend offer a blessing of Easter baskets at that time of year, but St. Vincent de Paul Parish is among those that […]
Diocese
Former Italian mission embraces the Hispanic faithful
On the corner of Brooklyn and Hale avenues in Fort Wayne sits a church whose colorful history has gone from “Arrevederci” to “¡Hola!” over a period of more than 100 […]
Diocese
St. John the Baptist pledges to ‘Rebuild My Church’
When Jesus spoke the words, “rebuild my Church” to St. Francis of Assisi, He was speaking both figuratively and literally. The church structure at San Damiano was dilapidated and in […]
Bishop
Frassati group participates in Holy Hour, meditation with Bishop Rhoades
Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church, Fort Wayne, was dimly lit, the soft lighting conducive to prayerful meditation, when Frassati members met Nov. 8 for their monthly Holy Hour. […]
Parish
A senior’s ‘wonderful cane legacy’
By Nick Kenkel Thomas Grzesiak, a longtime member of Sacred Heart Parish near Lakeville, is retired. Lakeville is Grzesiak’s hometown, and it’s there he has exercised his woodcarving hobby for […]