Bishop Robert J. McClory speaks with (from left) Sister Jane Marie Klein, O.S.F., chairwoman of the Franciscan Alliance board, Dean Mazzoni, president and CEO of Franciscan Health Michigan City, and  Sister Petra Nielsen, vice president of Mission Integration for Franciscan Health Michigan City, prior to the blessing and dedication of...

    BY ERIN CISZCZON Northwest Indiana Catholic         When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Diocesan Youth Council continued to meet virtually and remained committed to seeing what they could do to keep youth and young adults connected during the lockdown of 2020. While Vicky Hathaway, Diocese of Gary ministry consultant for the Office...

  Jackie Keenan and her daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 6, parishioners at St. Joseph in Dyer, pray the rosary together at the First Saturday Traveling Rosary Prayer Service for Life hosted by St. Joseph in Hammond on July 10. "The Blessed Mother has been so good to me," said Keenan as  an...

  Parishioners begin to leave following Mass on July 25 at St. Andrew the Apostle in Merrillville. As the parishes in Merrillville begin to transition to a one-parish model with a Catholic school, the church will continue to serve as an auxiliary worship site. (Erin Ciszczon photo)    NWIC STAFF REPORT         MERRILLVILLE –...