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Enjoying his final event at Holy Spirit in Winfield, Bob Gorski (center) is joined by his son-in-law and daughter, Josh and Carla Pearson, as he bid farewell to fellow parishioners and prepared to join his family in Colorado. Raised in Dolton, Ill., Gorski spent the first 70 years of his life in Chicagoland before moving to Winfield with his late wife 20 years ago and continuing to serve as an active Catholic. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Faithful parish volunteer recalls decades of service with ministries

Salute To Service

: Representatives from the five Dioceses in Indiana preparing to receive their first-class relic.

Relics of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin offer connection to her legacy

Third Canonization Celebration

Religious education students, staff and families joined members of the Altar and Rosary Society at the grotto at the front of St. Mary church in Otis to pray the Rosary on Oct. 4. During this Month of the Holy Rosary, they will gather again at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 to pray the Rosary before the 4 p.m. Mass, followed by a reception with appetizers. (Provided photo)

St. Mary community prays the World Mission Rosary during month of Mary

Gathering in Prayer

Franciscan Health Munster and Dyer COO Sean Leahy, Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Vice President of Development and Communications Dr. Natalie Krivas, Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Emerging Technologies Coordinator Julie Anderson, Franciscan Health Dyer, Crown Point and Munster President and CEO Raymond Grady and Director of Community Health Improvement for Franciscan Health Danielle Crowder in front of the new OrderAhead food locker at Franciscan Health Dyer.

Franciscan Health Dyer adds OrderAhead food locker in partnership with Food Bank of NWI

Fighting Region Food Insecurity

The Men's Cursillo Team closes every meeting by sharing a moment of praise and thanksgiving to God with each other. Forming a chapel circle in front of the altar at Nativity of Our Savior on Oct. 11 are (from left) Jon McGinty, Darren Farha, John Stahura, John Cox, Rob Pastore, Louie Gonzalez, Phil Page, Jose Flores (obscured) and Father Thomas Mischler. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Men have chance to know and share Christ more deeply at Cursillo Weekend

Spiritual Revitalization

Red Mass 2026

Red Mass event invites professionals to learn about ethical issues surrounding AI

Artificial Intelligence and the Law

Nation & World

The congregation gathers at a memorial Mass for Redemptorist Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari Oct. 18, 2026, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A day earlier he was fatally injured when a large crucifix tipped forward and fell, striking the priest directly on the head while he was celebrating Mass at the church. (OSV News photo/courtesy Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Guayaquil)

Priest in Ecuador, 53, struck and killed by falling crucifix during Mass

Flames and smoke rise in Paris Oct. 18, 2026, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices. (OSV News photo/Abdul Saboor, Reuters)

French bishops condemn 'unacceptable violence' as riots sweep nation

Pope Leo XIV speaks with his brother Louis Prevost and sister-in-law Deborah Prevost in the papal library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2025. Louis Prevost, a current cancer patient, spoke with OSV News Oct. 16, 2026, about his own experience battling cancer strengthened by faith and prayer following the news his brother, Pope Leo, has lung cancer. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV's brother shares his own cancer battle, the role of faith and his 1 request