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Sister Michele Dvorak

Sister Michele Dvorak, PHJC, elected as congregational leader

valedictorians and salutatorians

Diocese of Gary salutes this year's top grads

Congratulations Class of 2025!

Paul Jarzembowski, a Dyer native currently working for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C., offers some ways to reduce stress during the hectic holiday season, straight from his new book, "Hope for the Holidays." He spoke to more than 100 people at a dinner program on Nov. 19, 2023 at Our Lady of Consolation in Merrillville. (Marlene A. Zloza phoio)

Native of Gary diocese to provide understanding of Jubilee Year

Hope Does Not Disappoint

Bishop Robert J. McClory (left) and Father Jeffrey Burton distribute Holy Communion to congregants at the Memorial Day Mass hosted by the Diocese of Gary at St. John-St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Hammond on May 26. A sunny but cool day greeted those remembering loved ones and fallen soldiers at the liturgy. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Fallen soldiers and beloved families honored at Memorial Day Mass

Father Nathaniel Edquist

New priests ready for ministry, seminarians ready for summer

Vocations Office has reasons to celebrate

Listening to prayers for comfort and an end to suffering, mother and daughters (from left) CeCe, Cris and Luna Mundo, of Winfield, participate in a Healing Mass at Holy Spirit in Winfield on May 21. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Healing Mass asks God to provide strength and recovery

Nation & World

A chaplain for the perpetual pilgrims along the St. Katherine Drexel route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage prays before the Eucharist during a Holy Hour May 28, 2025, at St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines, Iowa. (OSV News photo/Anne Marie Cox, Diocese of Des Moines)

National pilgrimage carries the Eucharist to Midwest cathedrals and along cow fields

A Vatican flag is seen on a balcony on the main square outside the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, May 29, 2025, the day Pope Leo XIV visited. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Pope visits papal villa, former summer residence in Castel Gandolfo

A mural dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, alongside a special Pope Leo No. 14 Chicago White Sox jersey, is unveiled in Section 140 of Rate Field, the White Sox's ballpark, in Chicago, May 19, 2025. (OSV News photo / Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

Pope Leo video message to feature at Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox celebration