Deacon Paul Krilich and newly-ordained Father Joseph Marie Krilich hold up the consecrated bread and wine during his first Mass following his ordination to the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance of the Friars of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. on May 22 at Franciscan University In...

  Finding a basement storage closet to be a good sound-insulated setting, Steven Caraher (left) and his dad PJ Caraher (right) converse during a recording of their podcast Father and Dad, from their Munster home on May 21. Steven Caraher, a diocesan seminarian and PJ Caraher, a software engineer, have hosted...

  "What makes you happy?" is the question posed by Totus Tuus missionary team member Ivan Alatorre, a Diocese of Gary seminarian, to first- and second-graders at the start of a class about Genesis, "From the Beginning," at St. John the Evangelist in St. John on June 14. Answers ranged from...

  Seventy-four-year-old Patircia DeNeal (front, center) of Gary leads the pack of walkers at the coundown for the 22nd annual Walk for Sojourner Truth House on June 12 in Gary. The event supports the STH center for at-risk women and children as walkers gain pledges to donate. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)   BY...

  BY ERIN CISZCZON Northwest Indiana Catholic           MERRILLVILLE - “A sign of the times” was a phrase strongly associated with the Catholic Church in the era of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s. It was taken to mean that the church should listen to, and learn from, the world around it. Diocese...