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Franciscan Farewell

Hope is the legacy gifted to the Gary faith community by the Franciscans

Faithful Servants Feted

Andrean recovery

Andrean family shows solidarity after tornado strikes school

Campus Recovery

Marquette Catholic High School valedictorian Anthony Pecoski gives an emotional speech during commencement ceremony in the Scholl Center on June 10. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Marquette valedictorian leaves classmates and audience silenced and teary-eyed

Take Nothing For Granted

Sister Solana Voegsel, OSF, chats with Andrea Fortier, of Merrillville, before the Sister of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration presented a talk on the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 10 at Fortier’s parish, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs South Campus in Merrillville. She urged the young people to find time for Eucharistic Adoration to grow closer to Jesus. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Eucharistic Adoration encouraged as a way to receive the Sacred Heart

Devoted to Jesus

Laura Roeske (left with back to camera) leads a discussion on the first few chapters of “The Art of Living” by Edward Sri at the first night of Summer Gazebo Reflections at St. Helen in Hebron on June 8. The 6:30 p.m. study sessions continue biweekly through Aug. 31, rain or shine. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Book explains how the four cardinal virtues can lead to ‘The Art of Living’

Summer Gazebo Reflections

Priests retiring

Priests to retire from active ministry, but not from priesthood

Granted Senior Priest Status

Nation & World

Sts. Marie-Azélie Guérin and Louis Martin, the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, are depicted with their daughter in a stained-glass window at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Montauk, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

For Father's Day, 7 saints who were fathers

Volunteers help load a pallet with boxes of packaged dried food June 13, 2026, during the Million Meal Event at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego. Over the course of two days, approximately 5,100 people, mostly from San Diego-area Catholic parishes, assembled 2 million packages of red lentils, rice, dried vegetables and vitamins to be distributed to needy communities within the San Diego Diocese as well as in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico. (OSV News photo/David Maung)

'Faith in action': Over 5,000 volunteers in San Diego pack 2 million meals for those in need

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 17, 2026. A day earlier, outside the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo spoke with journalists about the Society of St. Pius X, or SSPX, the U.S.-Iran deal, Spain and future travels.(CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope says Church 'must move forward' if SSPX proceeds with illicit ordinations