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Part of the nearly 20 taking part in the rosary/prayer vigil pray the rosary on the eve of the execution of Benjamin Donnie Ritchie at Indiana State Prison. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Diocese offers prayer service as Ritchie is executed at Indiana State Prison

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Diocesan cemetery receives assistance in caring for the dead ahead of Memorial Day

Following Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Guardian Angels, members of the diocese marked the feast day on Oct. 2, 2022 with a picnic set up between the rectory and school on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary. (NWIC file photo/Erin Ciszczon)

Diocesan event to provide meal and friendship for neighbors in Gary

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The value of the Holy Rosary

Meditating on the Mysteries

Dr. Claudia Sadowski, intercultural ministry coordinator for the Diocese of Gary, speaks to young adults at Our Lady of Consolation in Merrillville during the 2024 Young Adult Summer Speaker Series. This year’s series begins on Wednesday, May 28 at St. John the Evangelist, with Adam Ayers, pastoral associate of Youth and Worship at the St. John parish. (Provided photo)

Young adults offered five faith enrichment sessions to share

Collaborating on a craft project at the Sacred Heart Family Fellowship session on May 13 at Holy Name of Jesus in Cedar Lake are (from left) Mary Herbert, 7, and Clare Herbert, 12, siblings from Schererville, and Charlotte Maruszczak, 11, from St. John. “I like being able to spend time with my friends and doing crafts,” said Maruszczak of the Tuesday afternoon program held twice a month. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Family Fellowship brings together parents and their homeschooled children

Nation & World

Father Mike Schmitz, a priest of the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., and host of "The Bible in a Year" podcast, speaks to the crowd at a previous Parables Tour in 2025. Father Mike took the tour to Constitution Hall in the nation's capital May 19, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Ascension)

Popular priest podcaster takes 'Parables' tour cross-country to sold-out crowds

In this 2019 photo, then-Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joins students at St. Mary's School in Landover Hills, Md., in planting a tree in celebration of the school's 65th anniversary. In advance of the 10th anniversary of the late Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'," the U.S. bishops' conference recognized the impact the climate crisis has on young people and encouraged their strong witness and leadership for a better future. (OSV News photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

US bishops urge young people to 'lead the way' on climate crisis

Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, a Redemptorist, accepts the gifts during his installation Mass at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence, R.I., May 20, 2025. He became the 10th bishop of Providence. (OSV News photo/Laura Kilgus, Rhode Island Catholic)

Baptism calls faithful to 'knock on doors of people's hearts,' says Providence's new bishop