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St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is delighted to share that the Phase 1 Kickoff Celebration & Brick Blessing took place last Sunday morning, July 27th. This joyful event was held outside in front of the church with approximately 100 parishioners and friends in attendance.

St. Stanislaus Kostka continues capital campaign to care for building

Brick By Brick

Immaculate Conception Grotto May Crowning

Immaculate Conception Grotto continues to honor the Blessed Mother for close to 100 years

An Exterior Sign of Catholicism

Bishop McClory

Themes of change and service punctuate Calumet College graduation

Calumet College of St. Joseph Commencement

Kristy Olsen, community resource supervisor, and Jennie Weer, donor relations officer, water the plants and check the supplies in the kitchen of the former convent at Sojourner Truth House in Gary, which has been converted into a transitional housing center for young women ages 18-24. The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, sponsors of STH, has donated the convent, and a former orphanage in East Chicago, to the women’s resource center. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Sojourner Truth House welcomes young women as they pursue goals

Transitional Housing Opens

Mass for 125th Anniversary of St. Michael School

St. Michael School commemorates milestone with anniversary celebration

Celebrating 125 Years

Kris and Jim Kazmierczak

LOSS provides safe, nonjudgmental environment for those grieving

The First Steps in Healing

Nation & World

A statue depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus is seen at Sacred Heart Church in the North End neighborhood of Boston April 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US bishops' consecration of nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus affirms 'our reliance on God'

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to participants in the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers after Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican July 29, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here's what he has said on AI so far

Catholic media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong Feb. 9, 2021. On Dec. 15, 2025, three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges. On Feb. 9, 2026, Lai was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. (OSV News photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing