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Following Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Guardian Angels, members of the diocese marked the feast day on Oct. 2, 2022 with a picnic set up between the rectory and school on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary. (NWIC file photo/Erin Ciszczon)

Diocesan event to provide meal and friendship for neighbors in Gary

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Diocesan cemetery receives assistance in caring for the dead ahead of Memorial Day

Fifty-five years after they were married on May 16, 1970 at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, Alejandro and Maria Corazon Manahan returned on May 18 for the annual Anniversary Mass hosted by the Diocese of Gary. As newlyweds, “we lived just across the street from the cathedral,” said the bride, “and worked at St. Mary Hospital down the street,” added the groom. The couple now lives in Schererville and attends St. Michael church. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Couples mark milestone wedding anniversaries at annual Mass

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The value of the Holy Rosary

Meditating on the Mysteries

Dr. Claudia Sadowski, intercultural ministry coordinator for the Diocese of Gary, speaks to young adults at Our Lady of Consolation in Merrillville during the 2024 Young Adult Summer Speaker Series. This year’s series begins on Wednesday, May 28 at St. John the Evangelist, with Adam Ayers, pastoral associate of Youth and Worship at the St. John parish. (Provided photo)

Young adults offered five faith enrichment sessions to share

Collaborating on a craft project at the Sacred Heart Family Fellowship session on May 13 at Holy Name of Jesus in Cedar Lake are (from left) Mary Herbert, 7, and Clare Herbert, 12, siblings from Schererville, and Charlotte Maruszczak, 11, from St. John. “I like being able to spend time with my friends and doing crafts,” said Maruszczak of the Tuesday afternoon program held twice a month. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Family Fellowship brings together parents and their homeschooled children

Nation & World

Young adults serving as "perpetual pilgrims" on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kneel on May 18, 2025, on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis while the Eucharist is placed in the pilgrimage van. The pilgrimage, which started in Indianapolis, will cross 10 states, 20 dioceses and four Eastern Catholic eparchies before concluding June 22, the feast of Corpus Christi, in Los Angeles. (OSV News photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)

'Perpetual pilgrims' start out across US, walking 'with love and truth' to share the Gospel

Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, a Redemptorist, accepts the gifts during his installation Mass at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence, R.I., May 20, 2025. He became the 10th bishop of Providence. (OSV News photo/Laura Kilgus, Rhode Island Catholic)

Baptism calls faithful to 'knock on doors of people's hearts,' says Providence's new bishop

Kimberly Hess, an organist at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, poses for a photo in October 2024 in Sacred Heart of Mary Chapel at Marymount University in Arlington. (OSV News file photo/Ann M. Augherton, The Arlington Catholic Herald)

Memorial Day strikes a chord for organist at Arlington National Cemetery