Gayle Finney and her mother, Pat Finney, display the Queen of All Saints parish's Vocations Cross in their Michigan City home earlier this month. Adorned with photos of current Diocese of Gary seminarians and postulants, the wooden cross also has a spot for a votive candle in its base. (Provided...

  Volunteers unload donated items during a "Drive-In & Drop-Off, No Contact Food Drive" for the St. Joseph Helping Hands Food Pantry in Dyer on Sept. 9. To help keep the shelves of the pantry stocked, the parish has started to organize the food drives every second Wednesday and Saturday of...

  Bishop Robert J. McClory (right) prays before the monstrance containing a consecrated host as Deacon Martin Brown (left) looks on and Franciscan Brother Juan Turcios  (center) carries the thurible for incensing during the Eucharistic Exposition at the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace and Unity to End Racism on...

Father Richard Fragomeni, chairman of the department of word and worship at the Chicago Theological and presbyter of the Diocese of Albany, New York, makes a point during his keynote presentation to faithful gathered for a diocesan liturical conference at Navitiy of Our Savior in Portage in 2018.  Father...

    BY JUDY HOLICKY NWIC guest columnist         This year has been one of learning and adapting for the office of the Catholic Services Appeal (CSA). The coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay at home in mid-March, while more than 300 donors were scheduled to attend Mass and a reception with Bishop Robert...