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Financial Report 2023

Dear friends in Christ: Once again, we are publishing an accounting of the financial operations of the diocese for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023. As we have […]

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White Mass Offers Encouragement to Medical Professionals

The Gospel reading on the feast of St. Luke included Jesus’ instructions to His disciples: “Cure the sick … and say to them, ‘the Kingdom of God is at hand […]

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St. Mary Celebrates 175th Jubilee with Renewed Commitment to Serve the Community

In a heartfelt celebration of St. Mary Mother of God Church’s 175th jubilee in Fort Wayne, parishioners, clergy, and special guests came together to reflect on its remarkable history and […]

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Red Masses Offer Prayers for Legal Professionals

By Kasia Balsbaugh and Bethany Beebe During the first week of October, Father Mark Gurnter, Vicar General of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, celebrated two Red Masses – at […]

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St. Therese Celebrates 75 Years of Following the ‘Little Way’

On an October day in 1948, Bishop John F. Noll dedicated a new Catholic church in Waynedale, on the southside of Fort Wayne, named after the French Carmelite nun, St. […]

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Investiture Participants learn about Eucharist, Holy Land

Bishop Rhoades kicked off the Investiture weekend at the Grand Wayne Center on Saturday, September 16, with a talk on the Eucharist as sacrifice, presence, and communion, and started by […]

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Fort Wayne Hosts Investiture for Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Scores of people processed under sunny skies through downtown Fort Wayne to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, September 17, as the North Central Lieutenancy of the Equestrian […]

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Exciting Innovations ‘Bearing Fruit’ in the Natural Family Planning World

Complicated. Unrealistic. Ineffective. These are words sometimes used to describe natural family planning (NFP). Or, at least, they used to be. Now more than ever, NFP is effective, accessible, and […]

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Couples Mark Special Jubilee Anniversaries

With joyful enthusiasm, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades celebrated a special Wedding Anniversary Mass honoring dozens of married couples at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne on Sunday, […]

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Today’s Catholic, Secretariat for Communications Earn Outstanding Achievement Awards

Each year, the Catholic Media Association (CMA) invites members of the Catholic media to enter submissions for consideration in the Catholic Press Awards. The awards honor the outstanding work of […]

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World Youth Day 2023

The journey of nearly 300 pilgrims from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend was an experience of a lifetime. Photos by Nicole Hahn and Joshua Schipper Day One Pilgrims gathered […]

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The ‘Religion’ of Football: Searching for the Rightly Ordered Soul

By Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D. During my doctoral studies in Boston, my wife was a youth minister. Because she was supporting me in the lifestyle to which I had grown […]