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Totus Tuus at Camp Lawrence

Missionaries are prepped and ready to spread faith this summer

Totus Tuus

Nick Emsing

Meet the newest deacon-elect of the Diocese of Gary

Andrean Commencement 2026

Andrean graduates encouraged to make the world a better place after graduation

Commencement Exercises 2026

St. Mary Catholic Community School eighth graders in Deborah Shea’s class in Crown Point, top investors in the Big Shoulders Fund Stock Market Program that involved 63 schools in the Diocese of Gary and Archdiocese of Chicago, await the start of a capstone award ceremony last month at Harris Theater in Chicago. (Provided photo)

Investments in classroom program earn cash and experience for students

Playing the Stock Market

With fellow “defense attorneys” and the real attorneys who mentored students watching, seventh-grader Annabella Chase of Brittany LaMere’s class at St. Mary School, Crown Point, cross examines the victim in a mock trial held in Judge Julie N. Cantrell’s Lake Superior Court on May 20 at the Lake County Courthouse in Crown Point. The trial was the culmination of a year-long program teaching junior high students about the legal system, sponsored at St. Paul School in Valparaiso and St. Mary School by Big Shou

Catholic students stage mock trials after studying court system

Their Day in Court

Deacon Will O'Donnell

Deacon looks forward to priesthood, continuing ministry in his home diocese

Being An Example of Christ to Others

Nation & World

Members of Spain's Congress of Deputies applaud Pope Leo XIV at the conclusion of his visit to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid June 8, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV calls defense of life the measure of a nation’s moral greatness in landmark parliament speech

Sister Cecilia Nguyen, seen in an undated photo, is a member of the Sisters, Community of Charity and Social Services and lives in Biloxi, Miss. She has spent decades working in catechetical formation of children and teens, and now as she faces kidney failure and a long wait for a transplant, she leans on her own faith to sustain her. She said her best hope is a living kidney donor. (OSV News photo/courtesy Gulf Pine Catholic)

Religious sister describes her journey through kidney failure, her hope for the gift of life

A box containing a cookie with an image of Pope Leo XIV is displayed at Mallorca bakery in Madrid June 3, 2026, ahead of the pontiff's June 6-12 apostolic visit to Spain. (OSV News photo/Violeta Santos Moura, Reuters)

Flowers, stadiums, Banderas and jamón: Spain is ready to welcome Pope Leo XIV