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Pilgrims stand outside Aurelio's
Day pilgrimage offers insight into the life of pontiff 
Walking in the Footsteps of Pope Leo
Attendees at Formation Saturday spend time in discussion.
Formation Saturdays open to parish leaders and volunteers 
Strengthening Parishes, Recruiting Volunteers
St. John Day Chapel
Celebrating 100 Years of the Day Chapel
A Century of Grace
Franciscan Health Munster Environmental Services Associate Diane Sandoval, left, pets Mary Hires’ dog, Molly, during a visit from the Pet Therapy Program earlier this year. 
Franciscan Health Foundation’s new Circle of 1875 benefits Pet Therapy Program
Father Mike Surufka, O.F.M.
What does the life of St. Francis of Assisi teach us about suffering?
800th Anniversary of Canticle of the Creatures
How to be “Joyfully Creative” in ministry was the topic on Sept. 6 as Vicky Hathaway (left) and Lisa Curley of the Missionary Discipleship and Evangelization Team welcomed lay leaders from several parishes to a Conversations in Hospitality program at the Pastoral Center in Merrillville. Hathaway used images from Sister Corita Kent’s artwork to enhance her presentation. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)
Parish ministry leaders learn how to be “Joyfully Creative”
Coffee and Conversations in Hospitality
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Pope Leo XIV receives a gift from Sister Vandana Fernandes, superior general of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate, at the end of an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Sept. 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Religious obedience is 'act of love' that builds community, pope says
The "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula are seen in an image released by NASA July 12, 2022. The image is from data provided by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. (OSV News photo/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, Handout via Reuters)
What the church really teaches about evolution
Political prisoners released from Belarus are welcomed at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)
Jailed Catholic priests 'used as hostages' in Belarus
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