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St. Mary’s Thrift Shop manager Mary Davis discovers a sweater among other women’s fashions at the ministry in Michigan City on Jan. 6. The thrift shop, which was founded in 1976, has been housed in three locations, presently on the first floor of the former St. Mary Elementary School, and is known for its wide variety of clothing and household items offered at low prices. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)

Local shop provides clothes, comfort for 50 years

Bill Harmon, Sharing Meadows executive director, stands in front of a new pavilion being constructed near Tucker Lake on the grounds of Sharing Meadows. The pavilion is one of many projects under way for the Sharing Meadows community. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Sharing Meadows’s first thirty years provides solid foundation for serving other-abled

"Google yourself and you will be shocked at the information about you that is available to anyone online!" Yolande Sobkowicz (right), of Cedar Lake, told fellow Boomers and Beyond members (from left) Marge Gasior and Judy Grenawalt, both of St. John during a luncheon program on Jan. 8 about how to protect children and teenagers from online sexual exploitation. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Federal investigators fight to safeguard children from predators

Enhance your prayer life by coming to God as you are, giving over all that dwells within you. Add a religious statue to your prayer space as a focal point in directing your prayers to God. (Provided photo)

Resolution: Renew your prayer life in 2025

Jeannine Quigley (second from right), an adult youth leader at St. Michael the Archangel in Schererville, explains some of the events and activities available at the National Catholic Youth Conference that she has attended in past years with young people from her parish. "It's an experience you and your team will never forget," she told other youth leaders (from left) Bernadette Barrett from St. Thomas More in Munster, Diocese of Gary youth and young adults coordinator, and Gianni Niece, campus ministry app

Young people invited to say ‘I Am/Yo Soy’ at NCYC

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

Nation & World

Supporters of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council and head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, arrive a meeting in Aprag village, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Khartoum, Sudan, June 22, 2019. (OSV News photo/Umit Bektas, Reuters)

US declares genocide in Sudan as country undergoes 'unimaginable' suffering

Days after a wildfire destroyed their apartment and all their earthly belongings, Raul and Claudia De La Rosa have only one thing to lean on in the face of adversity: their Catholic faith.

'God does things for a reason,' says pregnant mom of 4 who lost home in LA's Eaton Fire

Pope Francis baptizes a baby during Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 12, 2025, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Best gift a child can receive is faith, pope says at baptisms