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pastoral planning

After prayerful reflection, recommendations released to strengthen diocese’s future

Shared Vision Supports Spiritual Needs

Superintendent Colleen Brewer

Endowment supporting teacher salaries receives boost in funding

Striving to Be a Model for Others

Romaine Ostrowski (second from left), a group leader at Phil’s Friends, directs volunteers (from left) Reny Pearman, Donna Kuhlmann, Donna Parker and Connie Jasik, all parishioners at St. John the Evangelist in St. John, as they fill care boxes for cancer patients during a Feb. 20 service project at the Christ-centered nonprofit agency’s Hope Center in Crown Point. The care packages are sent at no charge to cancer patients of all ages throughout the U.S., offering support and comfort. (Marlene A. Zloza phot

SJE volunteers offer care and comfort to cancer patients

Helping Phil's Friends

Father Sammie Maletta

Pastor shares behind-the-scenes story of parish renewal

How Do We Make Disciples?

Ethics of AI presentation

Formation session discusses the role of technology within evangelization

The Ethics of AI

My Mental Wellness Toolbox

Online meeting offers tools for walking with others experiencing emotional distress

Staying Healthy In Mind, Body and Spirit

Nation & World

Pope Leo XIV greets Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim after the bishop led the final day of the Roman Curia's annual Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 27, 2026. The Norwegian bishop was chosen by Pope Leo to preach at the Feb. 22-27 Lenten retreat, which reflected on the theme, "Illuminated by a Hidden Glory." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV concludes retreat urging Church to live the Gospel worthily

An explosion caused by a projectile impact after Iran launched missiles into Israel following Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gideon Markowicz, Reuters)

Catholic clergy call for prayer, peace after US-Israel attacks on Iran, retaliatory strikes

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is pictured in an undated portrait. Archbishop Coakley echoed Pope Leo XIV's call for deescalation and dialogue in the Middle East March 1, 2026, following the joint Feb. 28 attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran killing that nation's longtime supreme leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)

USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert 'tragedy of immense proportions'