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Conferencia sobre discipulado misionero ofrece a la comunidad hispana ponentes poderosos

Emmaus Conference

Eucharistic adoration is the act of praying before the very presence of the Lord, exposed in the monstrance, a specially crafted stand designed to hold a consecrated host. Many parishes within the Diocese of Gary have adoration hours and most have designated adoration spaces or chapels. Faithful in Northwest Indiana continue to have a variety of opportunities to pray alone in silence or join others during special adoration nights hosted by parishes throughout the diocese. St. Paul in Valparaiso will ha

Eucharistic adoration opportunities plentiful throughout the summer

In the Presence of Jesus

Meeting under the watchful eye of a statue of the Blessed Mother on the church campus, Father Ian Williams (standing), priest-in-residence at St. Helen in Hebron guides the Gazebo Reflections group in a discussion of inspirational saints on June 30. The group is meeting biweekly on Mondays through Aug. 25 to share their thoughts about the book “33 Days to Eucharistic Glory” by Matthew Kelly, with the next session set for July 14 at 6 p.m. book “33 Days to Eucharistic Glory” by Matthew Kelly,

Gazebo Reflections provide chance to find Eucharistic glory

Saints at Your Side

Bishop emeritus Carl F. Mengeling of Lansing, Mich. greets the faithful at the conclusion of the 150th anniversary Mass of the founding of the parish school at St. Thomas the Apostle in Ann Arbor, on Sept. 8. Bishop Mengeling was part of the Diocese of Gary inaugural ordination class and served as a high school and college instructor and pastor at parishes including St. Mark, All Saints in Hammond, Holy Name, Nativity of Our Savior, and St. Thomas More, before being ordained as a bishop in Jan. 1996. (Antho

Bishop Mengeling remembered as happy warrior for God before Lansing requiem

Native Son's Memorial

A team of Diocese of Gary seminarians (front row), gather near Bishop Robert J. McClory (center) and diocesan priests (back row) after earning a victory over the ordained in the second annual Collars vs. Scholars Classic event hosted by the Office of Vocations at the Andrean High School softball diamond in Merrillville on June 27. In the event to promote vocations and summer fun, the discerners flipped the script from last year's game in which the priests doubled the seminarians’ score. (Anthony D. Alonzo p

Softball diamond hosts priests and seminarians for game

Collars vs. Scholars Classic

ar Lake Summerfest over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in 2022. Among the volunteers were Lucy Silerio, Eddie Garcia, Olivia Garcia and Alvero Garcia. (Provided photo)

Parishes join in Fourth of July festivities within the community

Building Relationships

Nation & World

Blessed Solanus Casey is pictured taking a note from a woman who visited him at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit in 1941. The Capuchin Franciscan friar kept dozens of notebooks filled with prayer requests and favors from the thousands who visited him each year. (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Detroit)

Lessons from Blessed Solanus Casey, 'God's doorkeeper'

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass "for the care of creation" on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si' ecology center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 9, 2025. The vestments Pope Leo is wearing were new and made by Chicago-based House of Hansen. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, pool)

Pope Leo wears Chicago-made vestments to July 9 'care of creation' Mass

Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, is seen Dec. 28, 2024, in the Franciscan Curia in Jerusalem. After nine years of service as custos, Father Patton has been succeeded in the role by Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, whose election was approved by Pope Leo XIV June 24, 2025. (OSV News photo/Matthew Lomanno)

Outgoing custos leaves with gratitude but a bittersweet longing for peace in Holy Land