Parish Archive

‘Popes on a Rope’ Offers Visual Lesson on Church History

By Cindy Black A project that Father Tom Shoemaker calls “low tech” has been making a big impact on his audiences across the diocese for decades. “It’s quite simple – […]

Around the Diocese: May 5, 2024

Catholic ChariTEA Promotes Mental Health for Women The first Catholic ChariTEA was held on Sunday, April 28, at the Fort Wayne Country Club to honor woman and promote Catholic Charities’ […]

Bishop Rhoades Confirms Dozens of Notre Dame Students

Alive with the beauty of blossoming trees and blooming flowers, the campus of the University of Notre Dame displayed the glory of God’s creation on Sunday, April 28. Fittingly, inside […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]