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Seminarian Gianni DiTola

Seminarians receive Ministry of Lector in Rome

PNAC 2026 Lector Installation

Chris and Linda Padgett

Diocesan retreat creates time for couples to grow together

EMBRACE!

Catholic Schools Week

Diocesan schools ready to welcome families during open house events

Kicking Off Catholic Schools Week

Firing squad as new execution method draws serious concerns

Senate Bill 11

Father Jon Plavcan, pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Community, and Susan Hadenfelt, St. Patrick School principal, pose together with Father Plavcan’s certificate he received after the pair completed Chesterton Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Citizens police academy allows pastor and principal to experience police life

Walking In Their Shoes

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As new year starts, priests encourage faithful to make spirituality a resolution

Building a Closer Relationship with God

Nation & World

Sue Kohl, Msgr. Liam Kidney and Paola Sessarego during a visit to the site of Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades, Calif., in Dec. 2025. Behind them are multiple rebuilt homes under construction following the devastating fires. Tens of thousands of people were impacted after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton blazes began Jan. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Reese Cuevas, Angelus)

A year after LA wildfires, parishes hit hard by the blaze look to rebuild community

A hunter's moon rises behind a statue of St. Francis of Assisi on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wis., Oct 8, 2022. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, CNS)

Pope sets Jubilee to mark 800th year since St. Francis' death; saint's body to be displayed

Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy is pictured in an undated photo. Father McCarthy was elected prior provincial of the Chicago-based Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel Dec. 22, 2025, in a vote by 73 friars from the Midwest, Canada and the Chulacanas Vicariate of northern Peru, according to the province secretary. (OSV News photo/courtesy Midwest Augustinians)

Prior provincial-elect of Midwest Augustinians looks to growth and the 'Leo effect'