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Text messages from priests offered daily through Lent

The Knights of Columbus will once again be sponsoring the Lenten Pastoral Text Messaging program.  The inspirational texts from diocesan priests will be sent out Monday through Friday during the […]

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Lent 2017: Return to God with all your heart

More stories for Lent: Steuben County parishes begin Lenten journey Knights offer text messages from local priests Fasting and Abstinence during Lent Lenten lecture series offered at Notre Dame _______________________________________ […]

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Fort Wayne-area young adult ministry welcomes Jen Kopecky

“I view my role at the diocese as an opportunity to better serve our communities by connecting people, providing resources and establishing touch points to our Catholic faith for those […]

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Our Lady of the Road Drop-In Center oratory blessed

Ten years ago the South Bend Catholic Worker ministry began to care for guests, often homeless, at Our Lady of the Road Drop-In Center, located off of Main Street just […]

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‘The most important thing is … that we pray.’

Suggestions for integrating prayer into daily activities Big things are happening at St. Louis Besancon, a small church nestled in New Haven’s farm country. An adult education series titled “Spark […]

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Public lay association exchanges friendship and affection at South Bend nursing home

On one of the busiest street corners on South Bend, Eddy and LaSalle, stands a building that most speed by as soon as the light turns green. Ironically, many of […]

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Journeying through the mists of memory

When Patti Hagadorn attends Mass at St. Therese Catholic Church, Fort Wayne, she spends the hour not with her family or the other congregants, but seated alone in the confessional […]

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Sister Helen Alford to explore the purpose of business Feb. 28

An international voice for ethics and social justice in the workplace is coming to Fort Wayne as part of the Servus Omnium Lecture series at the University of Saint Francis. […]

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One family, three brides, six weeks

For the Fogarty family, this upcoming summer will play out a bit like “Fiddler on the Roof.” Similar to the musical’s plot, three of the Fort Wayne family’s daughters will […]

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Our Global Family: Embrace our reality

In mid-January, my husband and I attended the New York Encounter sponsored by the lay Catholic movement Communion and Liberation. The theme was “Reality has never betrayed me,” among the […]

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2017 Catholic Wedding Guide

Click here to download the Special Marriage Supplement: Catholic Wedding Guide Preparing for marriage taught us what is most beautiful about the sacrament of matrimony One family, three brides, six […]

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PHJC leadership visits

The Leadership Team of the international congregation of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ recently visited northern Indiana from Dernbach, Germany.  Their purpose was to come to know each sister better […]