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New principal Maegan Veleeparambil (center) and second graders at Aquinas Community School in Merrillville show by their thumbs up sign that they are ready for a successful 2024-25 school year. (Provided photo)

Principal happy to return to her Catholic education roots

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Partnership awards scholarships to support future Catholic teachers

Gabriella Vales, a third-grader at St. Patrick School in Chesterton, stops by the principal's office to congratulate Sue Hadenfelt, her former first-grade teacher, on becoming the new principal. Since Hadenfelt taught first grade for the past 20 years, she has guided all but the youngest students now under her care. (Provided photo)

New St. Patrick principal is right at home as veteran teacher

Liturgical composer Sarah Hart leads a parish mission and concert on Sept. 8 at St. Maria Goretti in Dyer. Hart greeted parishioners during a breakfast meet and greet and held a special retreat for musicians leading up to the event. (Erin Ciszczon photo)

Musician delivers message of hope and love of God with humor

Ben Nagel receives birthday well wishes from St. Helen parishioners following Mass on Aug. 11. Nagel turned 100 on Aug. 8. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Parishioner grateful for so much as he celebrates his 100th birthday

PJ Anderson (right), a Nashville recording artist, sings self-penned praise and worship songs with his daughters Elliot (middle), 8, and Claire (second from left), 11, on Sept. 7 during the Let Your Light Shine concert event at Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza in St. John. The Catholic crooner returned to play at his hometown St. John the Evangelist Church during Mass for the first time since 2010; he had not performed at The Shrine of Christ's Passion since 2019. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)

PJ Anderson lets his light shine in St. John concert

Nation & World

Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd acknowledges applause from concelebrants after the Mass celebrating his inauguration as the University of Notre Dame's 18th president in Notre Dame, Ind., on Sept. 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame)

University of Notre Dame's new president aims to be a bridge-builder

Young participants in the Sept. 17-21 Med24 meeting watch a video message by Pope Francis in Tirana, Albania, in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Tirana-Durres)

Indifference kills; be signs of hope, pope tells young people

This 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Bernardo Strozzi titled "Saint Francis in Prayer" is part of the "Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (CNS photo/courtesy National Gallery of Art)

Stigmata: The miraculous gift St. Francis wanted to hide