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Tamara and Marsha Browne, who earlier led the congregation in reciting "The Memorare," participate in a candlelight vigil for Michael and Pegg Sangerman on Dec. 30 at St. Mary of the Lake in Gary. "It was Pegg's favorite prayer," said Tamara Browne of the shooting victim who succumbed to her injuries on Dec. 18. An estimated 200 community members attended the prayer vigil as Michael Sangerman remained hospitalized. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Prayer vigil brings community together to support family

A view of the ceiling and catwalk shows original features and new enhancements to St. Mary church in Crown Point in 2024. Undergoing more than a year of assessment, reinforcement and construction, the circa 1890 building features a new truss frame, ceiling and roof necessitated by the discovery of compromised timber in Nov. 2023. (St. Mary parish photo)

Unexpected roof abnormality leads to reconstruction at St. Mary

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Training Day kicks off Catholic Services Appeal for 2025

Bishop Robert J. McClory dips his hand in the baptismal font at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary on Dec. 29 during a procession before Mass to celebrate the anticipation of the Jubilee Year 2025, when the Catholic Church recognizes the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of Our Lord. A year of pilgrimages to holy sites, stronger sacramental participation and other evangelistic commitments will be of "great spiritual, ecclesial and social significance in the life of the Church," according to the U

Diocese opens Jubilee Year with message of hope and forgiveness

Father Roque

Make a resolution to grow in holiness this year

Eighth graders Olivia Vega and Lillian Wanek discuss the recent performance of the four stocks their classroom chose to 'buy' at the start of the Stock Market Program at Big Shoulder Schools in Northwest Indiana during a class on Dec. 18. Wanek proposed divesting of the Chase stock and adding a foreign stock to provide more diversification, and the class agreed. The program will extend through April. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Stock market program has students checking their investments

Nation & World

U.S. President Joe Biden talks with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2021. Biden spoke with the pope from the White in Washington Jan. 11, 2025, and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Biden had been scheduled to have an audience with the pope during a Jan. 9-12 trip to Rome but the president canceled the trip amid the California wildfires. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation's highest civilian honor

An undated painting of religious Sister Clare Crockett is seen as the diocesan phase of her sainthood cause was officially opened in Madrid's Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares on Jan. 12, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Facebook Sister Clare Crockett)

Sister Clare Crockett, who lived 'exceptional, holy life,' begins road to sainthood as cause opens

Flames rise from a structure as the Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles Jan. 8, 2025. Firefighters battled early Jan. 9 to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. (OSV News photo/Ringo Chiu, Reuters)

Catholics rally to aid LA wildfire victims