"Advent is my favorite season in the Church year," revealed Bishop Donald J. Hying to an audience of more than 75 faithful gathered at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Student Center in Valparaiso for Advent Reflections on Dec. 3. "It is all about joy and hope, just three weeks long,...

Bishop Donald J. Hying consecrates the altar in the chapel of the new Franciscan Health Michigan City hospital on Dec. 6. Bishop Hying also consecrated the chapel as well as blessed rooms in the new hospital during the dedication and blessing ceremony. Also pictured are Father Martin Dobrzynski, diocesay director...

St. John Bosco student Anthony Rohrman (center), 12, portrays Mexican peasant Juan Diego, and Damon Anton (right), 11, plays Mexican Bishop Juan de Zumarranga, as Diego displays an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that was miraculously emblazened on his tilma garment during a play about the 1531 Marian apparitions,...