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Bishop Robert J. McClory accepts a cruet of water from Vincenzo Pomilia, an eighth grader at St. John the Evangelist School in St. John, during a Catholic School Week Mass at Andrean High School in Merrillville on Jan. 31. Also carrying up the offertory gifts at the Mass were Arianna Patiks, and eighth grader from St. Michael School in Schererville, and Siboney Sanchez-Mojica, an eighth grader at Aquinas Catholic Community School in Merrillville. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Catholic students celebrate the trust they find in Jesus

Catholic Schools Week Mass - Andrean

Participants of the St. Matthias Walking Prayer Group including (front, left to right) Justine Garza, Rosealee Snyder and Deb Simko set the pace in the parish hall in Crown Point during a weekly meeting in November. The faith and fitness group was re-formed from antecedents that had been largely shelved since the pandemic. (Provided photo)

St. Matthias parishioners step up to new walking prayer group

St. Casimir school of Hammond second-grade teacher Abigail DeJesus Hernandez (right) and one of her students Martin Mendoza Becerra (center) look at a program as they sing a hymn at a diocesan Catholic Schools Week Mass hosted at Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond on January 29. Presider Bishop Robert J. McClory encouraged students gathered from Our Lady of Grace, St. Casimir, St. John the Baptist, St. John Bosco and St. Stanislaus to be like the seeds that took root in the day's Gospel reading from Mark chap

Students gathered at BNI hear message of support and nourishment

Catholic Schools Week Mass - Bishop Noll

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Called By Name campaign leads to many possible discerners

A young Queen of All Saints student gives a thumbs up during the all-city Mass at Marquette Catholic High School’s Scholl Center on January 27. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Bishop urges students to share the light of Christ with others

Catholic Schools Week Mass - Marquette

Claudia F. Sadowski, Ph.D., coordinator of intercultural ministry for the Diocese of Gary, listens as attendees share their background in hospitality at the parish level during a Coffee and Coffee event. Sadowski delivered a presentation titled "Fostering Empathetic Relationships in Ministry" on Jan. 24 at that Pastoral Center in Merrillville which was organized by the Office of Missionary Discipleship and Evangelization. (Erin Ciszczon photo)

Hospitality talk focuses on fostering empathetic relationships in ministry

Nation & World

Pope Francis greets a married couple and their children at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 30, 2023. In 2025, National Marriage Week USA is celebrated Feb. 7-14 and World Marriage Day, which is commemorated on the second Sunday of February, is celebrated Feb. 9. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Bishop Barron: Marriage 'a source of hope' and 'antidote to loneliness'

Worshippers pray during a weekly Sunday Mass at St. Martha Church in Uniondale, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2021. In-person Sunday Mass attendance in the U.S. is back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels of 24%, according to data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS)

US Sunday Mass attendance back to pre-pandemic levels

David Faber, superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a recipient of one of the National Catholic Educational Association's President's Awards -- the Dr. Karen M. Ristau Innovations Award, recognizing an individual, school or program that has advanced the mission of Catholic education through an innovative program or approach. Faber is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy NCEA)

Educators awarded for innovative, faith-filled drive to advance Catholic schools