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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

Members of Clara Ann Martin Chapter 39 of the Knights of Peter Claver, Gracious Ladies Auxiliary, Fourth Degree, an international Catholic fraternal service order, gather for a last photo after the closing Mass at SS. Monica and Luke in Gary on May 24. The group, which includes three members from Gary and others from throughout the Chicagoland area, has been meeting at SS. Monica and Luke for years, and will now move to the Cathedral of the Holy Angels, also in Gary, to meet at 10 a.m. on the first Saturday

Congregation celebrates Ss. Monica and Luke at closing Mass and dinner

A Place of Worship, A Lifetime of Memories

Nation & World

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

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

Pope Leo calls Archbishop Fulton Sheen 'a light of faith' who touched millions with the Gospel

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released "A Path Toward Justice: A National Prayer Service Honoring the Many Journeys that Shaped America," a new initiative marking the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. with a focus on the experiences of migrants and the diverse journeys that have contributed to U.S. history. Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, is featured on the cover. (OSV News illustration/Yohan Garcia, courtesy USCCB)

US bishops release prayer service commemorating immigrants, enslaved with call to action