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Belt of Truth Podcast Arms Laity to be Informed Spiritual Leaders

It’s tackled topics such as the intersection of faith and politics, the impact of spiritual wounds, and the fight to defend life. It’s featured guests such as Bishop Rhoades and […]

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South Bend Neighborhood Hosts Annual Stations of the Cross

When everything was shut down for Covid in 2020, many Catholics were left wondering how best to celebrate their faith during Holy Week. One South Bend neighborhood, Sunnymede, decided to […]

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Help Your Child Grow in Faith this Summer

When you hear the words “summer camp,” what comes to mind? Tents or cabins, s’mores over bonfires, mess halls, swimming holes, boating, archery, skits, silly songs? How about growing faith […]

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‘God Has Designs of Mercy on You,’ But Denial of Sin Has Consequences, Says World Apostolate of Fatima Speaker

An engaged audience reflected on the urgency of the message of Fatima during a Lenten mission offered by the World Apostolate of Fatima U.S.A. Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocesan Division on […]

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Catholic Charities Century Club Supporters Gather for Mass and Honored for Giving

As part of the celebration of 100-years in existence, officials with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend asked donors to become members of the Century Club by […]

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Celebration of 150 Years for Historic Irish Church in Lagro

When local employers rejected Irish laborers in the mid-1800s, many earned their wage by constructing the Wabash-Erie Canal which once cut through part of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. […]

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CONFIRMATION MASSES SPRING 2023

St. Dominic Church, Bremen – March 19: 10:30 a.m. St. Dominic Parish, Bremen St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fort Wayne – March 24: 7 p.m. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, […]

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St. Patrick and St. Joseph Very Well Represented Throughout Diocese

With five diocesan parishes (South Bend, Fort Wayne, Ligonier, Arcola, Walkerton) and two chapels (Lagro and Notre Dame’s Dillon Hall) named in honor of St. Patrick, it is clear that […]

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Pueri Cantores Mass Brings Young Voices Together in Sacred Song

More than 280 students from 22 diocesan schools in grades 4 through 12, along with Catholic Homeschoolers, came together to share their talents through their voices in a Pueri Cantores […]

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On March 14, The Light is ON for you

Going to confession intimidates most, if not all, of us at some point or another. There’s something truly painful about confronting ourselves and our sins honestly, and the sacrament of […]

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Bishop Robert Barron Visits Notre Dame: What Makes a University Catholic?

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Jesus’ well-known invocation to his disciples inviting them […]

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Forty Hours Devotion Scheduled Across Diocese as Part of Eucharistic Revival

Beginning in June, focus of the National Eucharistic Revival will shift from the diocesan level to individual parishes. One of the initiatives Bishop Rhoades has requested during this time is […]