Northwest Indiana Catholic | Diocese of Gary

Local Stories

Calumet College of St. Joseph Mural

Mural on Calumet College campus depicts the life of St. Joseph

A Modern Interpretation

Bishop Robert J. McClory greets students and teachers Marquette Catholic High School’s Back to School Mass at St. Mary the Immaculate Conception Church . (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Bishop McClory celebrates back to school with Marquette students and staff

'Show Me What You Believe'

St John Bosco sanctuary

New offering sets to create comfortable space for worship

Sensory-Friendly Mass

Members of the Cursillo friendship group that meets weekly at St. Patrick in Chesterton include: (front row from left) Leti Moreno, Debbie Rose, Josephine Martinez, Joan Baruffi, (back row) Anna Sasin, Sharon Duracz, Cathy Schuster and Debbie Pedzinski. (Provided photo)

Upcoming Women’s Cursillo Weekend promises to be a life-changing experience

A Purposeful Journey

logs

Local programs offer support during life’s more difficult times

GriefShare, DivorceCare

abortion healing and recovery

Parents of aborted children can grieve and find peace confidentially

Healing the Pain

Nation & World

Then-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks inside of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, NY, the day of his installation as the sixth bishop of Rochester Dec. 15, 1966. Catholics in the Diocese of Rochester will soon have a physical link to Venerable Sheen: A first-class relic of the soon-to-be-beatified cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being gifted to the diocese by Archbishop Sheen's native Diocese of Peoria, Ill. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Rochester Archives)

Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori greets people gathered for Mass Aug. 30, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights. Concelebrating was Father Robert Fitzpatrick, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and former pastor of Corpus Christi in Roseville, who has celebrated state fair Masses since 2014. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Archbishop Lori of Baltimore enjoys the 'very wonderful world' of Minnesota State Fair

A man carries the body of of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl during her funeral in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 24, 2026. She was shot in the back while eating inside her family's tent and later died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to medics and relatives. A network of Catholic priests in Africa has become the latest group to declare genocide in Gaza, as the United Nations reports continuing airstrikes, deaths and injuries, amid a shaky ceasefire in the area. (OSV News photo/Ramadan Abed, Reute

Catholic priests network calls out genocide by Israel in Gaza