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Superintendent Colleen Brewer

Endowment supporting teacher salaries receives boost in funding

Striving to Be a Model for Others

Romaine Ostrowski (second from left), a group leader at Phil’s Friends, directs volunteers (from left) Reny Pearman, Donna Kuhlmann, Donna Parker and Connie Jasik, all parishioners at St. John the Evangelist in St. John, as they fill care boxes for cancer patients during a Feb. 20 service project at the Christ-centered nonprofit agency’s Hope Center in Crown Point. The care packages are sent at no charge to cancer patients of all ages throughout the U.S., offering support and comfort. (Marlene A. Zloza phot

SJE volunteers offer care and comfort to cancer patients

Helping Phil's Friends

Father Sammie Maletta

Pastor shares behind-the-scenes story of parish renewal

How Do We Make Disciples?

Ethics of AI presentation

Formation session discusses the role of technology within evangelization

The Ethics of AI

My Mental Wellness Toolbox

Online meeting offers tools for walking with others experiencing emotional distress

Staying Healthy In Mind, Body and Spirit

ICC following lead of Pope Leo XIV on prioritizing the poor

Legislation through the lens of Dilexi Te

Nation & World

Jack Amer poses with a pastry in his cafe Patisserie in the Old City of Jerusalem Feb. 10, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy Debbie Hill)

Inviting pilgrims back is more than business, it's family history, Holy Land shop owners say

A woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Germaine Catholic Church in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2026. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Here are 12 new resources to encounter Christ this Lent 2026

Crystal Martinez and Victoria Diaz are pictured in an undated combination giving Lenten testimonies. (OSV News photo/courtesy of Vicente Del Real and Iskali)

How young Latino Catholics are renewing the Church this Lent