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Crown Point parishes invite all to pause and prepare

Advent Retreat

Andrean High School juniors Bruce Moorhouse (third from left), Brady Quinn (second from right) and Mitchell Myers (right) wave to fans at the conclusion of the Class 2A state football championship game where the 59ers defeated the Braves 7-0 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Nov. 29. Local fans traversed snowy conditions to see the 59ers earn their fourth state championship and first since 2021, thereby getting bumped up from Class 2A to Class 3A for future football scheduling by the Indiana High Scho

Andrean stops top offense, claims fourth state football title

59ers Earn Crown

The Holy Spirit Youth Choir participates in the Eucharistic Procession at the Winfield church on the final day of the 40 Hours of Devotion hosted by the One Catholic Family parishes on the weekend of Nov. 21-23. The services began on Friday at St. Helen in Hebron, continued on Saturday at St. Mary in Kouts, and concluded on Sunday at Holy Spirit. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Three parishes host 40 Hours of Devotion to prepare for Advent

Adoring the Eucharist

Volunteers at St. Maria Goretti in Dyer collect the angel tree information, help make the tags, distribute the tags, and collect and distribute the gifts. (Provided photo)

Parishes continue to help families through holiday project

Angel Tree Tradition

Parishioners from St. John the Evangelist and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs proportion meals for delivery Nov. 26. (Provided photo)

St. John the Evangelist and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs partner for Thanksgiving meal deliveries

New Joint Ministry

Deacon Bucheit

LaPorte clergyman had passion for serving God’s people

Deacon Robert Bucheit (1934–2025)

Nation & World

A file photo shows an activist against the death penalty protesting along a road outside the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 12, 2021. On Dec. 3, 2025, a coalition of more than 50 organizations from across the country announced the formation of a new alliance called the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty to unite behind a national strategy to end capital punishment in the United States. (OSV News photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

New coalition aims to end capital punishment as executions increase but public support wanes

Joel Edgerton portrays Robert Grainier in the Netflix movie "Train Dreams." The movie tells the story of Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America. The PG-13 film is available for streaming on Netflix. (OSV News photo/courtesy Netflix)

Netflix's 'Train Dreams' captures the beauty of an ordinary life

Pope Leo XIV prays in silence before the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo is first pontiff to go to St. Charbel's tomb; visit is source of 'great joy' for Lebanon