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Fair board member’s dream turns 25

On a beautiful Sunday morning, July 23, as the 8 a.m. outdoor Mass at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair began, hot air balloons rose over the infield behind the congregation. […]

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Christ Child Society embarks on second year of successful preschool program

“The Little Engine that Could,” “Good Night Moon,” “The Cat in the Hat;” bedtime stories that many people either grew up reading or read to their own children. The stories […]

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2016 financial audit report

Dear Friends in Christ: Click here for the entire 2016 financial report in PDF form. Once again, we are publishing an accounting of the financial operations of the diocese for […]

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Braxton: Justice, love must be ‘written in our hearts’ and actions

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — In 1955 in Mississippi, a white woman lied and told her husband that Emmett Till, a black teen, flirted with her in the grocery story. In […]

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‘What a Catholic university is all about’

University of Saint Francis projects will promote the ‘dual Catholic priorities of faith and reason’ Click here for more photos. The University of Saint Francis took a powerful step toward […]

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Saint Anne Victory Noll assisted living center open for business

The newest Saint Anne Communities facility drew over 200 people from Huntington and many other surrounding areas for its grand opening July 20. Tours of the new building were available, […]

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Around the Diocese: July 16, 2017

NAMI receives Health Foundation grant FORT WAYNE — NAMI Fort Wayne (National Alliance on Mental Illness) has been awarded a grant from the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation in the […]

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Living the Camino de Santiago experience

Tom Labuzienski teaches a Camino de Santiago course at Forever Learning Institute, which is a 10-week class held at Little Flower Catholic Church in South Bend. Bishop Kevin Rhoades will […]

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Campers praise God with soul

Fifty-nine young people from 18 parishes grew in their Catholic faith, and had the usual kinds of summer camp fun, at this year’s Catholic Youth Summer Camp June 25-30. Click […]

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Sisters of the Holy Cross celebrate jubilees

Fourteen Sisters of the Holy Cross will celebrate their jubilee years of consecrated life on July 16, in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Notre Dame. Five sisters are […]

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Youth rooted in service at Catholic Heart work camp

The youth participating in this year’s Catholic Heart work camp in the Mishawaka area were not deterred by the heat and humidity as they lived out their Christian faith in […]

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Brothers of Holy Cross celebrate jubilees at Basilica of the Sacred Heart

60-year jubilees Brother Michael Becker was born in Huntington on March 22, 1937, graduated from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis and entered the juniorate on Sept. 10, 1955. Following his […]