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Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration members take time to speak with women during Franciscan Health-Michigan City’s Beloved Brunch on March 3. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Brunch allows women opportunity for spiritual growth and a glimpse at religious life

Jennifer Gwiazda, who teaches both art and science classes at Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, measures some materials for ceramics class students last month. She will be taking a ceramics retreat in Sicily, Italy in 2026 and also spend a week absorbing the art and culture of Rome thanks to a Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship she recently received. (Provided photo)

Noll teacher to broaden horizons with art fellowship

After Sunday Mass, longtime Ss. Monica and Luke parishioners Minnie Durosseaux (front, left), 95, James Henley (front, center), 90, and Anne Thompson (front, right), 95, stand in their pews in Gary on Feb. 23. A combined church since 1982, Ss. Monica and Luke brought together a parish with a long history of being home to many of Gary's black Catholics who not only serve among their fellow parishioners in word and sacrament, but also offer charitable initiatives such as a food pantry and soup kitchen for th

Ss. Monica and Luke elders offer inspiring stories of parish roots

Speaker Father Jerry Schweitzer had the perfect one-liner for a clever listener who asked him, "What is the meaning of life?" during a Pre-Lenten Retreat on Feb. 22 at Holy Spirit in Winfield. His answer likely resulted in a smile from God above. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Pre-Lenten Retreat: Faithful urged to make a personal commitment to reconciliation

Father Gregory Bim-Merle, pastor of St. James the Less church, raises a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament during a benediction at the weekly Eucharistic Adoration on the evening of Feb. 17 in Highland. At churches and chapels throughout the diocese, opportunities for the worship of the Eucharisitc Lord have been increasing as a response to expressed interest of the faithful and the efforts of local clergymen. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)

New Eucharist Adoration opportunities warm the hearts of faithful

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Noll senior visits nation’s capital for education in government

Nation & World

Parishioners participate in a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross at St. John of God Church in Central Islip, N.Y., on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. Most members of the parish trace their ancestral roots to Central America, where the living Way of the Cross is a solemn Holy Week tradition. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

The Way of the Cross: Not only for Lent

Elizabeth Hauger, left, Kathryn Marszalek and Carrie Pfeiffer give the peace sign during the Warriors for Kathryn event Feb. 3, 2023. (OSV News photo/Handout)

Daughter's rare disorder leads Indiana family on faith journey with 'divine connections'

The monstrance is pictured during Eucharistic adoration at the July 18, 2024, second revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle involving an allegedly "bleeding host" at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Morris, Ind., that took place in February. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Indianapolis Archdiocese probes parish's alleged Eucharistic miracle