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      • Why don’t we feel a thrill about being with God?
      • Andrean players rally to earn historic state baseball title
      • Most Reverend Donald J. Hying named bishop of Madison, Wisconsin diocese
      • Author and producer implores faithful to fight abortion through communication
      • JUVIES MINISTRY Deacons' juvenile detention center ministry about prayer, mentoring
      • ANDREAN BOYS BASKETBALL 59ers earn school’s first state title with 59-54 win in Class 2A final
      • Teens Are Praying Together 2019: Annual retreat draws teens to share and prayer
      • ANTI-BULLYING SEMINAR BMX star shows tricks, implores students to be heroes
      • Art tour initiative celebrates “embrace” of church beauty
      • Panthers pounce on Trojans as four CYO finals decided at Andrean
      • Proposed abortion legislative initiatives must continue to be met with horror and outrage
      • Addition of new Latin Mass raises hopes for increased vitality for downtown Hammond parish
      • Women’s Care Center fulfilling its mission of caring in Merrillville
      • Ten-year ministry helps connect people with jobs
      • The spirit of service and giving thrives as part of formation in our Catholic schools
      • Every child 'a precious gift from God,' Trump tells pro-life rally in Washington
      • Legacy of civil rights pioneer inspires bishop, faithful to peaceful action
      • Young and old renew focus on Christmas preparation at event
      • LOCAL VOICES Gospel-driven lessons of life found in Catholic education
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      • We are called to share Jesus’ love with joy and confidence
      • Devotion to Mary can help us maintain our focus on Advent season
      • Advent – reminder of our dignity and destiny as children of God
      • CCHD projects intended to build healthy, sustainable futures
      • We, as disciples of Jesus, carry out his mission at parish, diocesan level
      • Our faith influences how we approach both life and death
      • Solemnity of All Saints recalls destiny God has for each of us
      • We, who are the Church, all claim responsibility for evangelization
      • This Sunday, we recall with gratitude our solidarity with missionaries
      • Promoting culture of life by welcoming, protecting the most vulnerable
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    • Local News
      • Father Diego Flores officially introduced by Bishop McClory
      • Closing Mass brings past and present parishioners together in faith
      • NWI Camino creates a physical and spiritual journey for young adults
      • Bishop McClory presides at Mass for CYO session participants
      • Pro-lifers rally inside Indiana Statehouse for unborn babies, their mothers
      • Latin Dance Night heats things up at Holy Family Parish
    • National News
      • Congress urged to 'seize hopeful moment,' vote to protect life, common good
      • Rhode Island priest vlogs his way through cardiac surgery
      • Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94
      • Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal
      • Singing national anthem at baseball game will be dream come true for priest
      • Kentucky churches, communities work together to meet flood victims' needs
      • New Rochester, Minn., bishop's heart is 'overwhelmed with joy, gratitude'
      • Denver woman pays for self, husband, two grandkids to be in 'Chosen'
      • Pro-lifers rally inside Indiana Statehouse for unborn babies, their mothers
      • Eucharistic congress for Zomi Catholics is like a homecoming, says attendee
      • Gathering in Owensboro, Ky., 'feels like 'home,' say Asian Catholic leaders
      • Bishop urges Catholic educators to see importance of the Eucharist
      • Winners in Christophers' contests show how one person can make difference
      • Annual conference puts emphasis on values, ways to renew Catholic education
      • Cross Catholic Outreach is helping feed Ukrainians, providing other aid
      • International leaders urged to step up efforts to combat human trafficking
      • Hundreds comfort one another, grieve together at Mass after shooting
      • March for Life will continue until 'abortion is unthinkable,' says official
      • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as Supreme Court justice
      • Supreme Court overturns Roe in anticipated Dobbs decision
      • Welcoming court's decision, leaders say it's time to build pro-life culture
      • Catholic school in Uvalde, Texas, is reaching out to help community heal
      • 'Bleacher Brothers' to visit all 30 MLB stadiums on evangelization tour
      • Women religious call on public to push lawmakers on gun control
      • Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
      • Vermont parish celebrates birth of Servant of God Joseph Dutton
      • Praying for victims, police, bishop says shooting shook all 'to our core'
      • Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
      • Ball bashes side mirror on priest's car - and guess who hit it?
      • Art deepens faith, says Sulpician priest, who has international following
      • Some Catholics stress need for dialogue with Black Lives Matter movement
      • Human rights advocate says universal church has kept hope in Venezuela
      • Youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl is alum of Atlanta Catholic school
      • Catholic school enrollment increases this school year, NCEA report says
      • New Hallow Español app provides Catholic prayers, meditations in Spanish
      • Indiana seminarians chop wood to help rural neighbors stay warm
      • Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause
      • All eyes are on Supreme Court for its biggest abortion case in decades
      • Eucharist statement aims to 'retrieve and revive' understanding
      • Sidewalk advocacy aims 'to save babies' by reaching out to women first
      • Eucharistic revival is key to church's future, says USCCB president
      • Bush Center in Texas places focus on immigration stories with podcasts
      • Some see growing trend in women choosing vocation as consecrated virgins
      • Bicyclists pedal, pray to promote vocations to priesthood, religious life
      • Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas
      • Two Miami priests hope to visit Haitian migrants in limbo at Texas border
      • Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica
      • Illinois success story shows strength of CCHD grant funding
      • Louisiana Catholics reach out to help those hit hard by Hurricane Ida
      • Dante Alighieri: 700 years of searching for 'Paradiso'
      • Catholic Charities agencies rely on virtual outreach in Ida relief
      • As Afghanistan convulses, Catholic organizations help refugees in U.S.
      • Music, quiet prayer, heartfelt petitions offered for Haiti, Afghanistan
      • Before medals, 'glorifying Christ comes first,' says Illinois Paralympian
      • Man is on a quest to unearth Minnesota's first Catholic chapel
      • Nuncio urges young people in vocational discernment to realize their gifts
      • Knights name 2021 International Family of Year, honor five local councils
      • Faith and family help Olympian live his dream amid hardship, heartbreak
      • Dioceses respond to pope's document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
      • Lifting dispensation is not enough to get Catholics back to in-person Mass
      • Catholic agency offers help after 'heartbreaking' collapse of building
      • Eucharist proposal highlights first two days of bishops' meeting
      • Webinar offers guidance on helping former women inmates reenter society
      • Brooklyn Diocese reports attacks on crucifix, statue over three-day period
      • '360-degree' support from school keeps math teacher upright after tragedy
      • Polish pilgrims mark anniversary of attempt to assassinate St. John Paul
      • Women religious speak out against voter suppression
      • Getting Sunday right: Family rediscovers the power of the Sabbath
      • Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting
      • Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
      • Retire? At age 102, California deacon says he's not ready
      • Catholic Extension initiative aims to help 1,000 poorest parishes in U.S.
      • Pastoral aims to 'reinspire' Catholics to have deeper love of God in Eucharist
      • Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with 'zeal' for Gospel, for serving faithful
      • Dioceses brace for damage as Hurricane Sally slams into Gulf Coast
      • Dioceses in Hurricane Laura's path report damage, but hard to gauge for now
      • U.S. Catholic media must inspire unity amid division, pope says
      • Catholics urged to remember priests as 'spiritual fathers' on Father's Day
      • Bishops urge closer look at COVID deaths in black communities
      • Baltimore priests working to reverse decline in confession in novel ways
      • Child's wish to feed homeless leads to vibrant outreach, national award
      • Father Michael Pfleger tells Gary faithful to be game-changers
      • Dedication of mural celebrates "momentous occasion in the life of St. Mary of the Lake”
      • Andrean earns sixth state baseball title as Doolin pitches gem, offense clicks
      • Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court
      • Plowshares activists motivated to witness and oppose nuclear armament
      • Catholic singles encouraged to make gift of self at national conference
      • Catholic scientists find camaraderie when discussing faith, research
      • How Catholic schools foster self-discipline offers lessons, says study
      • Shrine promotes 20th century teen saint as “model of faith and gift of self”
      • Stained glass windows transform sacred space at St. Edward
      • Where to give to assist with Hurricane Harvey recovery
      • Archbishop Gomez: Our Lady of Guadalupe a protector of Christian values in today's world
      • SYNOD DELEGATES VOTE Guided by the Holy Spirit, Diocese of Gary looks to the future
      • CLOSING CELEBRATION OF SYNOD ON PENTECOST Diocese looks ahead to ‘a new beginning’ with Mass and procession
      • God-given joy propels Deacon Bim-Merle to priesthood
      • Priest’s Lenten advice: pull weeds, plant God in center
      • ‘Critical’ care for women, babies continues at restored WCC
      • Support for immigrants follows group's verbal harassment of Mass-goers
      • MARCH FOR LIFE WASHINGTON St. Mary and St. Patrick eighth-graders, local Knights of Columbus join thousands at pro-life Mass, rally and march
      • Optimism up as local pro-lifers march on Chicago
      • Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform bill
      • St. Louis archbishop decries proposal affecting reproductive health choices
      • SEEK 2017 inspires college students to evangelize at home campuses
      • ISTEP results find Andrean tops in NWI and 12th in state
      • With a little help from his friends (and family), STMS student thrives
      • Organizers announce 'The Power of One' as theme for 2017 March for Life
      • An enduring economic revival
      • Oakland Catholic community offers prayers, support for fire victims
      • Black pro-life leaders hold rally outside Planned Parenthood in D.C.
      • Pilgrims on horseback pay homage to Mary at Illinois Guadalupe shrine
      • Reaching out to peers, diocesan students get it write
      • Society's chef stays cool as cucumber turning out 4,500 meals daily
      • In South Africa, stigma still keeps HIV patients from seeking treatment
      • U.S. bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with postelection animus
      • Well-wishers endure long flights, long lines to see their new cardinals
      • AHS girls soccer players celebrate historic state title win
      • Unlike World Series, prelates' bet has winners in both cities
      • Pope appoints Cardinal-designate Tobin as new archbishop of Newark
      • Iowa bishop says diocese stands 'in solidarity' with targeted local police
      • Legalizing pot seen hitting children, low-income communities hardest
      • With a little help from his friends (and family), St. Tom's student thrives
      • What role are life issues playing in this year's presidential election?
      • Grásta Dé! Junior high students learn how God’s grace can lead to mercy and forgiveness
      • Celebration of Life message is one of forgiveness and mercy
      • Priest's prayer reminds Republican convention of importance of all human life
      • Commission head: Religious freedom worldwide has 'spiraled downward'
      • Supreme Court seeks details on alternatives in Obamacare contraceptive mandate
      • Iowa institute researches treatments for genetic diseases while respecting Culture of Life
      • Bishop Rhoades disagrees with Notre Dame's decision to honor Biden
      • REMEMBERING POPE FRANCIS' U.S. VISIT ‘City of Brotherly Love’ hosts local pilgrims’ faith journeys
    • World News
      • Be vigilant to God's presence in life, pope says
      • Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip
      • Be authentic, not self-centered, pope tells young people
      • 'Our angels have wings' Zelenskyy says on Ukrainian Statehood Day
      • Pope encourages Canadian church workers in their ministry
      • Pope entrusts new relationship with Indigenous to three holy women
      • Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools
      • Indigenous priest shares practices that will be part of pope's Canada trip
      • Humanity has 'moral obligation' to fight climate change, pope says
      • Pope names three women to office that helps him choose bishops
      • South Sudan bishop urges steps to achieve long-term reconciliation
      • Pope: Young people called to look beyond 'shortsighted' ideologies
      • Online exhibit shows links between Knights of Columbus and baseball
      • Japanese archbishop condemns Abe assassination, deplores violence
      • Pope: Interreligious cooperation is needed to tackle threats to people, planet
      • Pizza for all: Jordanian parish matches Italian cuisine, Iraqi skills
      • World Meeting of Families opens June 22 in Rome and online
      • Canadian artist installs pro-life sculpture of Jesus in the womb in Rome
      • Saints' lives prove God's love for all, pope says at canonization Mass
      • Nigerian president: 'Fratelli Tutti' good road map for West African peace
      • Pope tells Swiss Guard that Vatican City State is proud of their presence
      • Good or bad nations do not exist since wickedness is everywhere, pope says
      • Poles' response to refugee crisis reflects enduring values, official says
      • Family crosses: Joy, new life can be found by facing problems together
      • Peace comes through meekness, not war, violence, pope says
      • European church leaders ask Russian patriarch to support Easter truce
      • Pope indicates he has not spoken directly to Putin about Ukraine war
      • Pope: Inclusion puts normally marginalized people front and center
      • Ecumenical patriarch pledges solidarity with Ukrainians during Warsaw visit
      • Pope hosted homeless people at his residence to interview him
      • Pope prays for an end to war in Ukraine
      • Pope says elderly must be prophets, warning of world's 'self-destruction'
      • Franciscan custos hopes Holy Sepulcher cooperation can serve as example
      • Vatican mobilizes humanitarian efforts to aid Ukraine
      • Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
      • Archbishop asks people to pray, says Russian threat extends beyond Ukraine
      • Men must join fight against human trafficking, pope says
      • Accurate information is a human right, pope tells Catholic communicators
      • Pope to meet university students as part of synodal process
      • Pope confers ministries of lector, catechist on lay women and men
      • U.S. bishop with a Salvadoran heart weighs in on historic beatifications
      • Pope calls for prayers for people hit by disaster in Tonga
      • USCCB invites Catholics to take part in '9 Days for Life' Jan. 19-27
      • Preserve Christian identity received at baptism, pope says
      • Christians in Bethlehem on Christmas: Tell the world we have joy
      • Pope: Eat, give gifts, be 'merry' this Christmas, but don't forget Jesus
      • La Palma priests vow to celebrate Christmas despite volcano devastation
      • Pope's World Day of the Poor includes listening, helping
      • Vatican offers free e-book for family rosary
      • Plenary Council members ask Australian church to embrace its diversity
      • Pope, religious leaders plead for peace, compassion, care for the earth
      • Vatican launches prayer campaign for Laudato Si' goals
      • Preparations underway for global celebrations of World Meeting of Families
      • Church suffers temptation to go backward, pope tells Jesuits in Slovakia
      • Syriac Catholic bishops cite challenges Christians face in Middle East
      • Pope: Bishops must handle Comm debate as shepherds, not with censures
      • Donation called expression of U.S. Catholics' affection for Paris cathedral
      • Eucharist is source of joy, God's presence, speakers tell global congress
      • Pope prays for peace in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control
      • Priest killed, one missing as church assesses damage from Haiti quake
      • Baltimore archbishop blesses first new Catholic school in city in 60 years
      • 'Today is a day of strength': Mass commemorates Beirut blast victims
      • Guatemalan church leaders back growing protests
      • Australian Olympics rugby sevens squad member sees Jesus as No. 1
      • Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders marked South Sudan's Independence Day
      • Pope, bishops call for calm, dialogue after Haitian president killed
      • Pope at pallium Mass: Freedom comes from welcoming Christ
      • On First Nations Sunday, Quebec cardinal speaks of hope for healing
      • Technology eyed to help Bethlehem's fragile economy emerge from pandemic
      • Environmental situation is a call to act 'with urgency,' pope says
      • Learn how to find victory in 'losing,' pope tells athletes
      • At urging of U.S. bishops, Catholic leaders to meet on immigration
      • Pope sends condolences for deadly cable car disaster in Italy
      • Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children 'unacceptable'
      • Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si' gears up for next decade
      • In times of trouble, church turns to prayer with Mary, theologian says
      • Pope calls for monthlong global prayer marathon for end of pandemic
      • People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says
      • Bible reading boosts mental well-being among Christians, U.K. survey says
      • For Lent, ask if one's life is centered on God or oneself, pope says
      • Pope says he was 'astonished' by violence at Capitol
      • Pope appeals for peace as violence increases in Ethiopia
      • French bishops order 'death knell' after three killed in Nice basilica
      • Devotion to Sacred Heart increases in Mexico during pandemic
      • Founder of Pro-Life African groups says her continent embraces life
      • Pope leads prayers from Rome for U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore
      • Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand
      • In Canada, new law could mean changing route of March for Life
      • Pope marries couple on flight during Chilean trip
      • British app designed to help Catholics discover vocations
      • British baby Charlie Gard dies in hospice care
      • Pope, others pray as parents of baby Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
      • Facebook restores Catholic pages after their 'accidental' removal from social media platform
      • Pro-life group welcomes court ruling to let U.S. doctor examine baby
      • Life academy offers prayers for parents and terminally ill baby refused by courts
      • Poland, U.S. working to ensure safety of July World Youth Day pilgrims
      • Vatican, Pope Francis respond to terrorist attacks in Paris
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    • Mark Pliass
      • The old becomes new again as young people question truth
      • Wedding at Cana story shows that Jesus’ mercy must be desired
      • Pay no heed to scorn or praise, there is need of only one thing
      • Be thankful for all you have been given, this and every month
      • Be open to surprises and the veil will be lifted for you
      • Read, pray, walk, muse and thank God for loving you
      • Reading is an adventure no matter the season or genre
      • Cherish the tools that help you draw closer to God
      • Redemption leads Christians to dispel darkness in favor of light
      • Welcome the excitement of Easter, and stay for the journey
      • Contemplation can simply be you resting in God’s embrace
      • Only the one true God is to be worshipped and glorified
      • Mary’s question is just as intriguing as her answer to God
      • As with Abraham, obedience to God can take time to cultivate
      • We take our journey with the best possible driving instructor
      • We may struggle to please God, but we’re not that bad
      • If we let him, God will walk humbly with us
      • Time can mean different things depending on how it is measured
      • Read it aloud to better understand the meaning of the words
      • Put a dent in ‘scoffing’ by ‘groping’ for God in the best possible way
      • A requiem for Benet Lake and choirs that gave praise and thanks to God
      • Night is the ideal time to worship and contemplate God
      • Like a groom and his bride, beauty lies in the marriage itself, and God delights being married to us
      • In the light of spring, sit outside and feel the warmth of the day with the Word of God on your tongue
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS Resurrection of Christ is the seed that ultimately enables us to see and taste and hear and touch our faith
      • As Lent begins, God ‘draws back the curtain,’ allowing glimpses of the great mystery to unfold
      • In face of temptation - battle with evil - we must cling to God and prayer is the method of clinging
      • In spite of cultural despair, each subsequent generation brings the hope of new hope, a new life
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS In Thanksgiving, be thankful for the beauty you experience in life; for finding it in the little things
      • Reflection at dawn: After journey of a lifetime, goal to be lost in silence of North Woods
      • Dawn over Wooster Lake offers not only a profound silence, but also the beauty of nature
      • We’ve yet to thrash out the reason for so much angst in our time; don’t expect a verdict in our lifetimes
      • Visit to English ruins transport visitors back to a time when things were in the text of one’s life
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS The key to understanding Scripture: read it aloud, slow it down and take time to ponder
      • What is actually happening in our spiritual life, can be different than what we believe it to be
      • NOTIONS and RUMINATIONS We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, but do we truly understand its meaning?
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS God speaks in the quiet, and in that quiet, we discover we want to follow Christ
      • The most real thing we can do this Lent is to pray and ponder in the silence of creation
      • God repeatedly tells us what’s best but, invariably, we have a tendency to do the opposite
      • Advent/Christmas seasons are ideal times to approach God with undivided hearts
      • Film representative of difficulties we face in integrating our lives with God
      • Backyard bird teaches deacon lesson in persistence – pray without ceasing
      • Greatest tool Satan can use against the young is not sex or drugs, but rather indifference.
      • True freedom means living as sisters and brothers of Christ – not just talking about it
      • In God’s time, beyond death, we will experience all reality as an everlasting ‘now’
      • Everything is ephemeral, but try telling that to a 14-year old high school student
      • Receive the ‘mystical kiss of Christ’
      • God would not ask us to be holy if, indeed, it were impossible to do so
      • God envelopes and overshadows us in his overwhelming desire to know us more fully
      • Epiphany calls us to open ourselves to the gift of God’s ongoing manifestation
      • On the doorstep of Christmas, the birth of Jesus invites us to turn back to God and live
      • Despite complaints, staying in the midst of the Church is being part of what’s real
      • Primary goal of ‘Lectio divina’ is to listen to God through his son, the Christ
      • Thorough knowledge of Scripture calls for explanation, definition and context
      • God’s mercy is a pure gift, both unearned and undeserved
      • Christians should view life as pilgrims on way to final destination
      • Dedication to prayer found through ‘tranquility of mind and perpetual purity’
      • Anger may be hiding inside the word pity in ancient manuscripts
      • At some level, mom understood importance of having a Bible in the family
      • Strengthening out spiritual lives takes time, effort and commitment
      • Encounters with God are experienced in the moment, in time
      • Answering those spiritual dry spells
      • Grandmother’s simple outpouring of love lingers as family’s memory
      • When God asks, ‘Did you love my children?’
      • Season of ‘Ordinary Time’ begs for rejoicing
      • Physical relationship with mother should reflect our relationship with God
      • The Word is not a word; the Word is a person: Jesus of Nazareth
      • Jesus conquers fear of death by showing how much he loves us
      • Shame of sin that gnaws and disfigures calls for reconciliation
      • Deep in the silence of this sacred season comes sensation of being ‘swallowed’, by God
    • Moises Sandoval
      • Seeking Life: Modern miracles among us
      • Seeking life: We are not winning the battle in the streets
      • The gifts left to us by giants: trusting us with the truth
      • Sharing memories of a very generous group of catechists
      • Our Catholic faith remains part of the fabric of our lives
      • Religious women played key role in history of Hispanic faith
    • Father Kenneth Doyle
      • Remain a Catholic?/ Holy Comm with Alzheimer's disease?
      • 'Lead us not into temptation'/ Collection basket in sanctuary
      • Why is cremation OK now?/ Bowing to a priest
      • Is there a literal hell?/ Do only Catholics go to purgatory?
      • Position during Our Father/ Extreme unction and forgiveness
      • Hosting unmarried couple/ Call no man 'father'
      • Renewal of vows for non-Catholics/ Rationale re: women priests
      • Morality of boxing/ Flags in church?
      • Divorce and the Eucharist/ Long-haired priest
      • Baptism and non-Catholic parents/ Forgetting eucharistic fast
      • Adam, Eve and evolution/ Reading murder mysteries
      • Friday abstinence for a vegan/ Rudeness from pastor
      • Pope and grand ayatollah/ Is feeding tube necessary?
      • Intent to exclude children/ Is confession necessary?
      • Coming back to the church/ Mass doesn't speak to me now
      • Johnson & Johnson vaccine/ Violent video games
      • Burial in non-Catholic cemetery/ Anxious as death draws near
      • Rogation Days/ Baptism during COVID-19?
      • Wording of Nicene Creed/ Conflicted about cremation
      • 'Return to dust'? / Divorce and holy Comm
      • Christ 'descended into hell'/ Holy Family: Egypt or Nazareth?
      • Baptism and marriage of parents/ Suicide and the Catholic Church
      • Who raised Jesus?/ Consequences of remarriage
      • Homilies distributed/ Mass for a non-Catholic
      • Eucharist in mortal sin/ Can knitting help with prayer?
      • Distracted in prayer/ Pray for president-elect?
      • Was Friday really 'Good'?/ Go back to parish or not?
      • 'For all' or 'for many'/ Meaning of 'few are chosen'
      • Marrying an 'anti-Catholic'/ How 'extraordinary' should ministers be?
      • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit/ Comm by intinction?
      • Suicide and mortal sin/ What is true forgiveness?
      • Strange wording in 'Hail, Holy Queen'/ Who created COVID-19?
      • Work assignment on Sunday/ Mass card for non-Catholic ceremony?
      • Does heaven pass away?/ Mixed marriage and children
      • Salvation for a nonbeliever?/ What happened to Ascension Thursday?
      • Scattering ashes/ Feeling close to God
      • In heaven for sure?/ Length of dispensation process
      • Response to 'The Keepers'/ 'Personalizing' the Mass
      • Byzantine Catholics/ Divorced and remarried as eucharistic ministers?
      • Origin of Hail Mary/ Religious marriage, but not civil?
      • Shopping on Sunday?/ Mixed marriage long ago
      • Is lying always sinful?/ New rules for baptism?
      • Cremation and burial at sea
      • Ministers in wartime conditions/ 'Orans' posture during Our Father
      • Guidelines on gluten-free/ Football commentary at Mass
      • Burial in national cemetery/Eucharist without Mass?
      • The Eucharist for the sick/ Voting for Hillary and hell
      • John the Baptist and original sin/ Morality in warfare
      • Promoting priestly vocations/ Meat gravies on Fridays?
      • Funeral Mass years after death/ Mercy for priests removed
      • Wearing a veil in church/ Destination weddings?
      • Is a funeral Mass required? Why didn't I know about fasting rules?
      • Papal titles/Status of last rites
      • Churches that close; non-Catholic cantor?
      • Too much focus on the Passion/Donating body to science
      • Selling the sanctuary lamp/Offering day to Jesus and Mary
      • Comm by intinction? Sponsors and validity of baptism
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      • Owning latest technology does not equal happiness
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      • El obispo envía un mensaje de amor y gratitud a todos los que se cruzaron en su camino y se prepara para una nueva tarea
      • Poder remodelar la forma en que vivimos Domingo, se pierde la profundidad de nuestra fe y richness de nuestra propia humanidad
      • La Iglesia seguirá creciendo a medida que cada uno de nosotros profundice nuestra propia relación con Cristo
      • Al igual que la experiencia de los apóstoles, Jesús calma las tempestades en nuestras vidas y nos alienta a no tener miedo
      • Narrativas de la resurrección son abundantes testimonios de la alegría y la paz que fluyen de Cristo resucitado
      • En la sociedad actual, podemos ser parte de la solución o parte del problema ; podemos elegir el amor o el odio
      • A través de las generosas donaciones a la CSA , estás tocando las heridas de Cristo. y atendiendo las necesidades de los demás.
      • El mensaje de Pascua del obispo
      • La narrativa de la Semana Santa es un paisaje extraño y hermoso que nos lleva al corazón de Dios
      • Visitas parroquiales 2019 ¡Es una gran aventura cuando enganchamos la vela de nuestras vidas al poderoso viento del Espíritu Santo!
      • No temas, este fuego ardiente del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús te llenará, te bendecirá y te unirá a Cristo
      • Las heridas del Sagrado Corazón nos recuerdan que el amor y el sufrimiento están inextricablemente entrelazados.
      • ¿Dónde y cómo se ha manifestado la gloria de Dios en tu camino de Cuaresma?
      • Esta Cuaresma, atrévete a entrar en la humildad, el auto-vaciado amor de Cristo, ¡lo último perdido y encontrado!
      • Esta Cuaresma, pídale a Dios que abra su corazón para saber, sentir, actuar y hablar como una extensión del Señor
      • Esta Cuaresma, entra en una relación más profunda de amor y confianza con el Señor Jesús a través de su Sagrado Corazón
      • Al recibir y compartir el poder sanador del Señor Jesús , lo ayudamos a sanar el mundo
      • Jesús nos da a su madre como protectora, intercesora y guía en nuestro peregrinaje a la Iglesia del Padre
      • La debilidad se convierte en un portal acreditado para la entrada de Dios en el templo de nuestra frágil y bella humanidad
      • Cuando descubrimos que menos es más, descubrimos que no necesitamos lo que el mundo siempre está persiguiendo
      • La vida como un don de Dios, es una participación en el apasionante b eing muy de la Trinidad divina
      • Permitir el miedo, la resistencia a controlar el futuro de la Iglesia, significará un continuo declive y disminución
      • ¿Dónde está Dios en silencio, suavemente, misericordiosamente irrumpir en su vida esta Navidad y más allá?
      • En estos últimos días de Adviento, detente y deja que el Señor te ame. Pasa el regalo a los que te rodean!
      • Este evento debe ser usado como una oportunidad para invitar al Señor a entrar en cada fibra de su existencia
      • Si tuvieras cinco minutos para hablar sobre tu amor de Cristo, ¿qué dirías acerca de tu creencia?
      • La visita del obispo Quesnel de Fort Libertè ayuda a identificar una gran necesidad, pero la fe y el amor comunes del Señor
      • Con gracia y gratitud, el Señor dirige los corazones para reflexionar sobre las bendiciones y los dones en espíritu de asombro y admiración
      • Proceso del Sínodo ¡ una peregrinación espiritual que acabará cuando estemos juntos en la casa del padre!
      • A raíz de la violencia, el corazón de la fe para judíos y cristianos permanece: ama a Dios y al prójimo siempre
      • Estamos llamados a compartir el amor de Jesús con alegría
      • Se remonta a todos los grandes santos, el Rosario todavía tiene poder y utilidad en nuestras vidas espirituales
      • Carta a San Juan Pablo II habla del hombre que abrazó al mundo entero a través de su amor de Dios
      • Los momentos Gethsemane de la vida nos pueden llevar a una extensión ilimitada de confianza absoluta en el Padre
      • A pesar de los pecados del pasado, la Carta de Dallas está funcionando; demuestra que la prevención del abuso de niños es posible
      • La misión de los Vicentinos en todo el mundo es glorificar a Dios, crecer en santidad y satisfacer las necesidades de los pobres
      • En medio de la crisis actual, "No hay mal que afrontar, que Cristo no se enfrente a nosotros"
      • En medio de la angustia y el dolor, este es el momento de invocar la misericordia y la gracia del Señor
      • A través de la búsqueda y nuestra entrega final , encontramos la alegría, la paz y la realización en los brazos de Dios
      • La implementación de la parroquia del Sínodo avanza para vivir los ideales de Jesús con la gracia del Espíritu Santo
      • Caminar con el Señor en oración meditativa proporciona momentos sagrados que benefician en todo sentido
      • Enraizados en Cristo, nos encontramos con el misterio pascual: la muerte de los exigentes y narcisista de auto
      • La Eucaristía está en el centro de nuestra fe; nuestro sagrado encuentro con Cristo resucitado
      • A lo largo de los siglos, el Señor nos llama a responder en nuestro tiempo a la eterna llamada del Evangelio
      • Como empieza la Semana Santa, los cristianos de todo el mundo se reúnen para honrar la pasión de Cristo
      • Cansado y estresado? Tal vez el Señor os llama a abrazar la antigua práctica del sábado
      • Si la Iglesia está floreciendo, debemos comprometernos a discipulado misionero
      • La Cuaresma es un tiempo de auto-honestidad, introspección, orante acción cicatrizante, esperanza renovada en Cristo
      • Principios del derecho natural deben guiar el proceso político y el bien común de nuestras vidas juntos
      • Lo que comienza con las cenizas de nuestros pecados, termina con la gloriosa victoria, ardiente de Cristo dentro de nosotros
      • Desafío de la cuaresma no se distraiga con detalles, pero en lugar de ello, buscan que Dios realmente quiere que seamos
      • Iglesia es verdaderamente "Católica" cuando auténticas diferencias sirven para realzar la belleza del Cuerpo de Cristo
      • Si bien la cultura de la muerte pretende deshumanizar, destruir; Jesús viene a salvar, amar y perdonar
      • Abrazar cierto placer en nuestras vidas crea espacio sagrado para la contemplación a florecer
      • Mirando atrás, 2017 fue un año lleno de muchas bendiciones y momentos de gracia
      • uizás esta temporada de esperanza y expectativa encuentra su consumación cuando caemos en amor con Dios
      • Al dar la bienvenida a los inmigrantes, la Iglesia continúa la obra de la caridad y la justicia
      • Relaciones forjadas en Haití se convierten en expresiones transformadora de la universalidad de la Iglesia
      • Adviento un tiempo para preguntarnos cómo podemos Mejor prepárese para el Señor a irrumpir en nuestras vidas de un modo nuevo
      • Dios nos llama a ser único santo de nuestro propio destino, la persona que ha soñado desde el principio
      • Día de Acción de Gracias: un recordatorio de que todo lo recibido es un don destinado a ser acariciado, celebrada y compartida
      • Enraizado en el amor de Cristo, todo lo demás cae en la armonía, la relación correctadel
      • La fe nos enseña a renunciar graciosamente a las estaciones de la vida sabiendo que Dios es eterno
      • La fe versus la ciencia? Preguntas apremiantes encontrar respuestas en el gran misterio de Dios
      • El Papa Juan Pablo II trajo el catolicismo al mundo, levantando a Cristo como Redentor del mundo
      • Los cristianos católicos perseverar en Serbia con la ayuda de EE.UU. Colecciones para Europa oriental
      • Soledad practicado se convierte en la base de la intimidad con Dios y con los demás
      • Un regalo de la presencia de Dios, la gracia es todo alrededor y dentro de nosotros, un acto de amor
      • La humildad es la virtud fundamental que edifica la vida espiritual dentro de nosotros
      • Utilizar a Jesús como el modelo de resistencia para el ciclo mortal del miedo, la ira, la venganza y el odio
      • A través de la muerte salvadora de Cristo, aprendemos que no hay lugar para la exclusión ni el odio
      • En medio de un mundo cada vez más lleno de ruido, el Señor nos habla en el silencio
      • El paso de la 'Whatever' la cultura y en el vasto, bello ilimitado mundo de Cristo
      • En medio de hechos aleccionadores sobre prioridades religiosas son muchas razones para esperanza
      • Edificio en sínodo, nuestro futuro dará mucho fruto en la medida en que seguimos abiertos al Espíritu
      • Sínodo es obra del Espíritu Santo, pero también requiere la respuesta humana a ponerlo en acciones
      • Virgen de Fátima nos llama a la oración profunda y valiente acción que es transformador
      • Cuán diferente sería el mundo si la gente vivía con la conciencia de la gracia santificante
      • La salvación, el éxito, la fecundidad generalmente todo lo ganado o perdido en medio de la lucha
      • Si está permitido, nuestra experiencia del Espíritu Santo puede agitar nuestras almas al núcleo
      • Una vez que la gente se encuentra a Cristo resucitado, que deje de moverse en direcciones equivocadas
      • Descansando en el amor del Señor a través de la oración, el sacramento puede exorcizar el demonio enojado dentro
      • El Señor resucitado nos llama a vivir en el vasto mundo hermoso de su resurrección
      • Lección que debe ser aprendida por medio de Cristo total obediencia al Padre hasta la muerte en la cruz
      • Aunque mal inflige grandes daños, Jesús ha ganado la victoria sobre el poder del pecado y de la muerte
      • Con Dios como el centro de la casa, la familia y la iglesia se hizo más importante en la vida
      • Los sitios sagrados, a lo largo de Tierra Santa resultar inspiradora para los peregrinos locales
      • Considere qué deportes pueden enseñarnos acerca de la comunidad cristiana y la práctica de la fe
      • Leer - un recordatorio de que cada vida humana es un drama de la gracia y del pecado, la oportunidad, la limitación
      • La muerte es nuestro mayor acto creativo; el don supremo de sí a Dios y a los demás
      • Liturgia de las Horas, una forma de oración marcan nuestras vidas levantando las mentes, los corazones a Dios
      • Ver la Cuaresma como una oportunidad para vivir en mayor paz y reconciliación con los demás
      • Cruz impregna nuestra experiencia de sufrimiento con la luz de Cristo resucitado
      • Aprendizaje religioso: La transmisión de la fe que ha sido transmitida a nosotros
      • La Iglesia no se cansa de anunciar proféticamente que cada vida humana importa
      • A través de la Iglesia, Dios alcanza y nos salva del abismo de desesperación y soledad
      • Estados Unidos sigue siendo una nación de inmigrantes que buscan mismas bendiciones y oportunidades como antepasados
      • Un mensaje de Navidad del Obispo Donald J. Hying
      • A través de la paciencia y en el tiempo de Dios, el reino se desarrolla de forma lenta y continua
      • Gloria de Dios es misteriosa realidad que irrumpe en la experiencia humana
      • El Adviento nos invita a la realización de que Dios irrumpe en nuestras vidas en cualquier momento
      • A través de la gratitud y humildad viene el secreto de la alegría y la paz en la vida
      • Sínodo proceso continúa mientras buscamos ser más fecundo y eficaz dentro de la Iglesia
      • Año de misericordia termina pero nos llama a continuar la obra de amor y de perdón
      • En la admisión de nuestras propias debilidades, se suele encontrar la gracia de Dios
      • El derecho fundamental a la vida es el núcleo de nuestra ética social, nuestra constitución
      • Respetar la vida mes nos invita a reflexionar sobre la dignidad, el valor de la vida humana en cualquier fase
      • La cuestión no es si uno tiene una vocación, pero ¿cuál es mi vocación en la vida?
      • Abrazar la rectoría significa ser generoso muy generosamente a la misión del reino
      • Jesús' abrazo divino de nuestra humanidad roto sana, perdona y nos ahorra
      • Al reflexionar, acción de gracias, la gloria y la alegría que abundan en nuestras vidas
      • Restantes despierto significa vivir vidas espirituales que ayudan a seguir el reinado de Dios
      • La JMJ encierran la promesa de Dios haciendo cosas increíbles en y alrededor de los peregrinos
      • El amor, la comprensión, viene con facilidad realización todos somos hijos de Dios
      • Los jóvenes, como parte integrante de la Iglesia, deben ser parte del proceso
      • La vida familiar no es un problema a resolver, sino un don que debe ser abrazado plenamente
      • La enseñanza social Católica nos llama a transformar en el mundo la civilización del amor
      • Ahora es el momento para tomar una mirada realista sobre lo que nos puede unir y hacer más fuertes
      • La fe católica es una 'aventura gozosa' que lleva toda una vida para absorber
      • El Espíritu Santo es el fuego, la energía y la fuerza inspiradora de Dios en nuestras vidas
      • Celebración de los sacramentos, que son el corazón de nuestra fe y de nuestra humanidad
      • La misericordia nos llama al sacrificio en nombre de los hambrientos de comida, el amor, la alegría
      • La evangelización nos llama a proclamar a Jesús, el Evangelio, desde los tejados!
      • El Sínodo nos recuerda de la importante labor que se realiza para construir nuestro legado en la iglesia local
      • La doctrina católica sobre el respeto a la dignidad humana de todo el centro de la fe
      • Permitiendo que la misericordia de Dios fluya en nos inspira a ser instrumentos de la misericordia en los demás
      • A través del misterio pascual, abrazamos, en la fe, el movimiento de la muerte a la vida
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      • Pidió a los fieles llamados a reflexionar sobre muchas de las cuestiones planteadas por carta pastoral de la Iglesia
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      • Obispo Hying invita a los fieles a unirse a él en oración, en acción durante el Año de la Misericordia
      • El mundo siempre necesita a los santos para señalarnos hacia a Dios como meta común
      • El Misterio Pascual nos indica el camino a través de la muerte en la luz y la alegría de Dios
      • Respeto por la vida nos enseña que todo las vidas importan; todos somos hijos de Dios
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      • Camino de la vida nos llama a entregar a la luz del amor de Dios
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      • Nosotros, que somos la iglesia, todos reclaman responsabilidad de evangelización
      • Este domingo, recordamos con gratitud nuestra solidaridad con los misioneros
      • Promoción de la cultura de la vida dando la bienvenida, protegiendo a los más vulnerables
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      • Concilio de la Juventud explora los desafíos principales de adolescentes desde la perspectiva de la fe
      • Fiesta nacional – tiempo para reflexionar sobre la dignidad de los trabajadores, los trabajadores inmigrantes
      • Estamos llamados a ser el corazón, las manos, los pies, la voz de Jesús a los demás
      • Unidad familiar – donde los miembros aprenden el valor de vivir y amar
      • CYX – presentando el mensaje del Evangelio en una idioma que los jóvenes puedan entender
      • Nuestra alegría en el Señor genera espíritu misionero dentro de nosotros mismos
      • Alimenten su fe con la recepción del Cuerpo y la Sangre del Señor
      • La vida en Cristo significa ser saboreada y apreciada por su alegría
      • Tenemos que ser solidarios con el Santo Padre en las conversaciones de paz
      • La fe es aceptando el amor de Dios y viviendo en relación viva con Él
      • Más obreros para la cosecha del Señor; apoyo para Haití también vital
      • Las mujeres religiosas ofrecen un hermoso testimonio en un mundo muy secularizado
      • Campaña de CSA – trabajando juntos para traer el amor de Dios a los demás
      • ¡Aleluya! Él vive
      • El sacrificio de Jesús nos reconcilia con el Padre; destruye el poder del pecado
      • A través de Jesús, nuestra resurrección y nuestra vida, viviremos para siempre
      • Gran riqueza en la pobreza – confianza ilimitada de Jesús en el Padre
      • CRS – eficaz manera de servir a Jesús a través de ayudar a los pobres
      • Escrituras revelan cómo Dios desea una relación personal con nosotros
      • Penitencia – reconociendo cómo podemos crecer en respuesta al amor de Dios
      • Prácticas cuaresmales nos ayudan a reorientar nuestra vocación como discípulos de Jesús
      • La misericordia de Dios, no nuestra pecaminosidad, se encuentra en el centro de la reconciliación
      • El matrimonio – unión exclusiva, total y permanente del hombre y la mujer
      • Periódico diocesano – herramienta valiosa para nutrir nuestra fe cristiana
      • Escuelas católicas – ayudando a los niños a crecer en madurez, competencia
      • Aniversario de Roe – tiempo para promover el respeto por la vida en todas las etapas
      • Unidad de los cristianos: testigos gozosos de la presencia amorosa de Jesús
      • ¡Buenas noticias de gran gozo!
      • Informe anual refleja corresponsabilidad para continuar la misión de Jesús en la tierra
      • La fe de María desata el nudo del pecado; nos lleva a mano a nuestro Padre misericordioso
      • Adviento: Jesús nos llama a trabajar por venir completo del Reino de Dios
      • Al terminar el año de Iglesia, necesitamos a Jesús como nuestra principal prioridad
      • NCYC sumergirá a los jóvenes en entorno que soporta, celebra su fe
      • Imagen maternal de la Iglesia – dando vida, alimentando a sus hijos
      • Noviembre – tiempo de expresar amor y solidaridad con queridos difuntos
      • Santos sagrados arraigaron sus vidas en la persona y el Evangelio de Jesús
      • El trabajo de los misioneros lleva el Evangelio de la salvación a todo el mundo
      • Respeto a todas las personas nos reta a proteger toda vida humana
      • Los diáconos sirven como recordatorios vivos del ejemplo y las palabras de Jesús
      • Juntos compartimos la responsabilidad de la misión de la Iglesia en la tierra
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      • Moses reminds us that God’s law to love is already there on our tongues and written in our hearts
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      • Faith and trust in abundance allows us to embrace the unknown – the promise of a new beginning
      • Evangelization can be as simple as encouraging another to grow in the faith of the Church
      • Like the son in the parable, we are all called to obedience when it comes to God’s will
      • Maybe it’s time to ponder the true roots of our generosity, our care for others
      • Scripture tells us that love lies at the heart of conflict resolution in troubled times
      • The empty tomb bring great light out of the darkness of Good Friday
      • God never stops thirsting or reaching out for us with the promise of ‘Living Waters’
      • Have we allowed an ‘eye for an eye’ mentality to turn us into a society of bullies?
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      • Season of autumn provides an opportunity for scrutiny, soul-searching and improvement
      • Curiosity about the Divine draws us in the marvels of God’s creation
      • Who do you say I am; how would we answer the question
      • Perhaps thinking of his own mother, Jesus extends compassion to the widow
      • Complexity, richness of Catholicism calls for a lifetime of formation
      • ‘Mission’ and ‘witness’ are important terms to know when it comes to faith
      • Evangelization: A simple matter of and talking the talk and walking the walk
      • Ways of kindness toward others have a habit of circling back around
      • Living, dying and rising of Jesus Christ brings hope in the ‘circle of life’
      • In All Things: Where will we be this Holy Week as Jesus begins his passion?
      • Fear of death pales in light of the promise of our resurrections
      • The way to satisfy the insatiable thirst lies in our total faith in the ‘Living Water’
      • Jesus shows us our 40 days in the desert is a time to be resolute
      • Diversity is part of God’s plan to make us one
      • Birth of Christ calls us to reflect on God’s presence in us all
      • Gaudete Sunday calls us to prepare for the great joy to come
      • Solutions first start with putting our trust in God
      • Thankfulness to God needs to be a year-round exercise of faith
      • Great holiness achievable, just look to the saints as a model
      • For those who believe, death never has the final word
      • True honor earned through placing ourselves last
      • How will we keep the fires of enthusiasm and excitement alive?
      • Holy year calls us to reflect on mercy in our own lives
      • Responsibility for eradicating issues of poverty belongs to us all
      • The true miracle is there before our eyes
      • Who are the prophets among us to whom we refuse to listen?
      • Life at any age opens the doors to the many possibilities ahead
      • Belief in the Eucharist calls us to travel the path of discipleship
      • Pentecost calls for serious consideration of what it means to be Church
      • Ask the question, is God worth our best effort?
      • The love of God demands, calls for, reciprocity
      • Bearing great fruit a responsibility of discipleship
      • Loving relationship with Jesus means ongoing work and effort
      • From doubt comes greater understanding and the gift of faith
      • In the quiet of the morning, we pause to find the message of Easter
      • Jesus’ silence during his Passion speaks volumes
      • Embracing the Living Water to quench the thirst within
      • Suffering, as part of the human condition, overlooks no one
      • Lenten sacrifice calls for consideration of what will be pleasing to God
      • Jesus waits eagerly to cleanse and save ‘lepers’ in every form
      • Suffering part of the human condition: calls for faithfulness to God
      • Jesus is the added value that tips the scales for Catholic schools
      • Responding and acting out of love for the Lord
      • Christ’s baptism speaks to our own need to heed the call to mission
      • Through his very birth, death and resurrection, Jesus calls us to peace
      • Certain of the light, season of Advent calls us to surrender to the darkness
      • Advent provides a reminder to watch carefully for God’s presence among us
      • In All Things: Jesus calls us to ‘touch’ him by embracing those in need
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      • Steamy bowls of soup and fragrant homemade bread are the ultimate comfort foods this Lent
      • An array of wildly delicious treats can’t fail to impress your Valentine loved ones this year
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      • Bishop send message of love and gratitude to all who crossed his path he prepares for new assignment
      • Failing to refashion how we live Sunday, we lose depth of our faith and richness of our own humanity
      • The Church will continue to grow to the extent that each of us deepens our own relationship with Christ
      • Like the apostles experience, Jesus calms the tempests in our lives and encourage us not to be afraid
      • Resurrection narratives show joy which flows from Risen Christ
      • In today’s society, we can either be part of the solution or part of the problem; we can chose love or hate
      • Through generous giving to the CSA, you are touching Christ’s wounds and serving the needs of others
      • The bishop's Easter message
      • Holy Week narrative is a strange and beautiful landscape which leads us into the very heart of God
      • Faith great adventure when we hook the sail of our lives to the mighty wind of the Holy Spirit!
      • Fear not, this blazing fire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will fill you, bless you and unite you to Christ
      • The wounds of the Sacred Heart remind us that love and suffering are inextricably intertwined
      • Where and how has the glory of God been made manifest on your Lenten path?
      • This Lent, dare to enter into the humility, self-emptying love of Christ - the ultimate lost and found!
      • This Lent, ask God to break open your heart to know, feel, act and speak as an extension of the Lord
      • This Lent, enter into a deeper relationship of love and trust with the Lord Jesus through his Sacred Heart
      • In our receiving and sharing in the healing power of the Lord Jesus, we help him to heal the world
      • Jesus gives us his mother as a protector, intercessor and guide in our pilgrimage to the Father’s House
      • Weakness becomes sacred portal for God’s entrance into the temple of our fragile, beautiful humanity
      • When we discover less is more, we find we do not need what the world is always chasing after
      • Life as a gift from God, is an exciting participation in the very being of the Divine Trinity
      • Allowing fear, resistance to control future of the Church, will mean continual decline and diminishment
      • Where is God silently, gently, mercifully breaking into your life this Christmas and beyond?
      • In these final days of Advent, stop and let the Lord love you. Pass the gift on to those around you!
      • This Advent should be used as opportunity to invite the Lord to enter into every fiber of your existence
      • If you had five minutes to speak about your love of Christ, what would you say about your belief?
      • Visit by Bishop Quesnel of Fort Libertè helps identify great need, yet common faith and love of the Lord
      • With grace and gratitude, the Lord directs hearts to ponder blessings and gifts in spirit of wonder and awe
      • Synod process a spiritual pilgrimage which will only end when we stand together in the Father’s house!
      • In wake of violence, the heart of faith for Jews and Christians remains: Love God and neighbor always
      • Through the witness of three newly canonized saints, we see different paths in following the Lord
      • Dating back to all great saints, the Rosary still holds power and utility in our spiritual lives
      • Letter to St. John Paul II speaks of man who embraced the whole world through his love of God
      • Life’s Gethsemane moments can lead us into a limitless expanse of absolute trust in the Father
      • Despite sins of the past, Dallas Charter is working; proves prevention of abuse of children is possible
      • Mission of Vincentians worldwide is to glorify God, grow in holiness and meet the needs of the poor
      • In the midst of current crisis, ‘There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us’
      • In the midst of heartbreak and grief, this is the moment to call on the Lord’s mercy and grace
      • Through pursuit and our ultimate surrender, we find joy, peace and fulfillment in the arms of God
      • Synod parish implementation moves forward to live ideals of Jesus with the grace of the Holy Spirit
      • Walking with the Lord in meditative prayer provides sacred moments that benefit in all way
      • Christ calls us to go beyond a life for a life; peace comes with reconciliation and forgiveness
      • Rooted in Christ, we encounter the Paschal Mystery - the death of the narcissistic and demanding self
      • The Eucharist is at the center of our faith; our sacred encounter with the Risen Christ
      • Throughout the ages, the Lord calls us to respond in our time to the ageless call of the Gospel
      • Continuing work of the diocesan synod continues as we celebrate first year anniversary of its start
      • Example of young people giving lives to Christ renews us all in passion for Jesus and his holy Gospel
      • Saint stands as a sign that no matter the challenge, God can shape us into who we are called be
      • Women’s conference brings hope, as hundreds come together in fiery spirit of faith, love and mercy
      • When we take the time to tend the garden of the soul, the Lord will invariably speak through us
      • In loving sacrifice, Easter reminds us that no evil can destroy or prevent the rising of new life in Christ
      • In showing our wounds to others, we all find healing in the One who has never abandoned us
      • Through power of the resurrection, God crushes power of evil and ‘sin’s ancient curse’
      • As Holy Week begins, Christians throughout the world gather to honor the Passion of Christ
      • Tired and stressed? Maybe the Lord is calling you to embrace ancient practice of Sabbath
      • If Church is to flourish, we must commit to missionary discipleship
      • Lent is a time for self-honesty, prayerful introspection, healing action, renewed hope in Christ
      • Principles of natural law must guide the political process and the commonweal of our lives together
      • What begins with the ashes of our sins, ends with the glorious, fiery victory of Christ within us
      • Challenge of Lent not to be distracted by details, but instead, seek who God truly desires us to be
      • Church is truly ‘Catholic’ when authentic differences serve to enhance beauty of the Body of Christ
      • While culture of death seeks to dehumanize, destroy; Jesus comes to save, love and forgive
      • Embracing true leisure in our lives creates sacred space for contemplation to flourish
      • Looking back, 2017 was a year filled with many blessings and moments of grace
      • Perhaps this season of hope and expectation finds fulfillment when we fall in love with God
      • In welcoming the immigrant, the Church continues the work of charity and justice
      • Relationships forged in Haiti become transformative expressions of universality of the Church
      • Advent a time to ask how we can best get ready for the Lord to break into our lives in a new way
      • God calls us to be unique saint of our own destiny, the person he has dreamed from the beginning
      • Thanksgiving: A reminder that all received is a gift meant to be cherished, celebrated and shared
      • If grounded in the love of Christ, everything else falls into harmony, right relationship
      • Faith teaches us to surrender gracefully to the seasons of life knowing God is eternal
      • Faith versus science? Compelling questions find answers in the vast mystery of God
      • Pope John Paul II brought Catholicism to the world, lifting up Christ as redeemer of the world
      • Catholic Christians persevere in Serbia with aid from U.S. collections for Eastern Europe
      • Solitude practiced becomes the basis of intimacy with God and others
      • A gift of God’s presence, grace is all around and within us, an act of love
      • Humility is the foundational virtue that builds up the spiritual life within us
      • Use Jesus as the model of resistance to the deadly cycle of fear, anger, revenge and hatred
      • Through Christ’s saving death, we learn there is no room for exclusion or hatred
      • ‘Buen Camino!’ as we continue to walk toward God in this mysterious pilgrimage of life
      • In the midst of a world increasingly filled with noise, the Lord speaks to us in silence
      • Step out of the ‘whatever’ culture and into the vast, beautiful, limitless world of Christ
      • In the midst of sobering facts about religious priorities are many reasons for hope
      • Building on synod, our future will bear much fruit to the extent we remain open to the Spirit
      • Synod is work of Holy Spirit, but also requires human response to put it into actions
      • Virgin of Fatima calls us to deep prayer and courageous action which is transformative
      • How different the world would be if people lived with awareness of sanctifying grace
      • Salvation, success, fruitfulness usually all won or lost in the middle of the struggle
      • If allowed, our experience of the Holy Spirit can shake our souls to the core
      • Once people encounter the Risen Christ, they stop moving in wrong directions
      • Resting in the Lord’s love through prayer, sacrament can exorcise the angry demon within
      • The Risen Lord beckons us to live in the vast beautiful world of his resurrection
      • Lesson to be learned by Christ’s total obedience to the Father, even unto death on the cross
      • Even though evil inflicts great damage, Jesus has gained victory over power of sin and death
      • With God as the center of the home, family and Church become most important in life
      • Sacred grounds and sites throughout Holy Land prove to be awe-inspiring for local pilgrims
      • Consider what sports can teach us about Christian community and the practice of faith
      • Reading - a reminder that each human life is a drama of grace and sin, opportunity, limitation
      • Death is our most creative act; the ultimate gift of self to God and others
      • Liturgy of the Hours, a way to prayerfully mark our lives by lifting minds, hearts to God
      • See Lent as an opportunity to live in greater peace and reconciliation with others
      • Cross imbues our experience of suffering with light of the Risen Christ
      • Religious apprenticeship: A handing on the faith as it has been handed on to us
      • The Church never tires of prophetically proclaiming that every human life matters
      • Through the Church, God reaches out and saves us from the abyss of despair and loneliness
      • U.S. remains a nation of immigrants seeking same blessings and opportunities as ancestors
      • A Christmas message from Bishop Donald J. Hying
      • Through patience and in God’s time, the Kingdom slowly and steadily unfolds
      • Glory of God is mysterious reality which breaks into human experience
      • Advent calls us to realization that God breaks into our lives at any given moment
      • Through gratitude and humility comes the secret of joy and peace in life
      • Synod process continues as we seek to become more fruitful, effective within Church
      • Year of Mercy ends but calls us to continue the work of love and forgiveness
      • In the admission of our own weaknesses, we most often find the grace of God
      • Loss, change and death a necessary, yet beautiful part of God’s plan for us
      • The fundamental right to life is at the core of our social ethics, our constitution
      • Respect Life Month calls us to ponder the dignity, value, of human life at any stage
      • The question is not whether one has a vocation, but what is my vocation in life?
      • Embracing stewardship means being sacrificially generous to the mission of the Kingdom
      • Jesus’ divine embrace of our broken humanity heals, forgives and saves us
      • When given some thought, thanksgiving, glory and joy abound in our lives
      • Remaining spiritual awake means living lives that help further the reign of God
      • WYD hold the promise of God doing amazing things in and around pilgrims
      • Love, understanding, comes easier with realization we are all children of God
      • Young people, as an integral part of Church, need to be part of the process
      • Family life not a problem to be solved but a gift to be fully embraced
      • Catholic Social Teaching call us to transform world into civilization of love
      • Now is the time to take a realistic look at what can unite and make us stronger
      • Catholic faith is a ‘joyous adventure’ that takes a lifetime to absorb
      • Holy Spirit is the fire, energy and inspiring force of God in our lives
      • Celebration of the sacraments are at the heart of our faith and humanity
      • Mercy calls us to sacrifice on behalf of those starving for food, love, joy
      • Evangelism call us to proclaim Jesus, the Gospel, from the housetops!
      • Synod reminds us of the important work to be done to build our legacy in local Church
      • Catholic doctrine on the respect for the human dignity of all central to the faith
      • Allowing the mercy of God to flow in inspires us to be instruments of mercy to others
      • Through the Paschal Mystery, we embrace, in faith, movement from death to life
      • Choking in the deadly grasp of sin, Jesus in breaks, wraps us in his net of grace and mercy
      • Life’s crosses to be born lead us to awareness of our ‘radical’ need for God
      • Faithful asked to prayerfully reflect on many Church issues posed by pastoral letter
      • We can’t fix it alone; through the sacrament of reconciliation, we don’t have to
      • Work of faith is about helping each person to flourish as child of God
      • Ask not ‘what can I get,’ but rather how can I give to others
      • Questions to ponder as we enter into the forty days of Lent
      • Consider how the forty days of Lent can become a spiritual ‘game-changer’
      • The Gospel call us to a ‘profoundly different’ response to violence
      • Living the Works of Mercy
      • Making 2016 resolutions public increases one’s accountability
      • The bishop's Christmas message
      • Rooted in the love of the Lord, no suffering, setback, sadness can rob us of joy
      • In the spirit of St. Nicholas, generously practice love and kindness
      • Allow Advent to be a time of silence, prayer and patience
      • We are called to give thanks and praise to the bounteous Giver of all gifts
      • Synod to move the diocese joyfully along the path of discipleship, evangelization
      • Bishop invites faithful to join him in prayer, action during Year of Mercy
      • World always in needs of saints to point us toward God as a common goal
      • Paschal Mystery show us the way through death into God’s light and joy
      • Respect for life teaches us that all lives matter; all are children of God
      • Papal pilgrimage proves to be energizing and inspiring
      • The Eucharist is God’s way of giving us his very comforting Presence
      • Christians are challenged to truly build and foster a culture of life
      • All are called to recognize the dignity and worth of every human being
      • Life’s journey calls us to self-surrender in light of the transforming love of God
      • Education and health care fundamental to ending cycle of poverty
      • Work and family bring us to full dignity as children of God
      • Local Catholics called upon to address the devastating effect of poverty within Indiana
      • Basic human rights need to remain an inherent and constitutive part of human dignity
      • All of us can help foster a culture of Christian vocation in our young people
      • As Christians, we are called to illuminate the darkness of the world
      • God waits lovingly for us in the ‘kairos’ moments of our daily life
      • Outpouring of the Holy Spirit calls us to live the mission of Jesus
      • When considering death penalty, consider Catholic belief in sacredness of all life
      • Mary continues to play a unique and indispensable role as Mother of God
      • Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage is not rooted in hatred
      • Protecting children goes deeper than just the stranger among us
      • The Resurrection narratives teach us to look for God in the most ordinary
      • Through the resurrection, Jesus’ wounds become trophies of victory
      • 'He has been raised; he is not here.' (Mk 16:6)
      • Holy Week: Time to contemplate the enormity of God’s love for us
      • Letter on poverty focuses on family, jobs, education, health care
      • Energy of New Evangelization calls each to witness Jesus to others
      • Dedication to a prayer brings grace to spiritual life that overflows into others
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      • "In old age they will still bear fruit" (Psalm 92:15)
      • Joy and Christian Witness
      • Responding to U.S. Supreme Count ruling on abortion
      • Ordinary Time, Summertime, and the Sabbath
      • Pentecost: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
      • “Walking with” Jesus: June 19 Eucharistic Procession
      • What are your “religious roots”?
      • Easter: Now is the Time for Joy
      • March Madness, Lent and Holy Week
      • Staying Connected in a Fragmented World
      • The Christmas Season and our mission in the New Year
      • The Eucharist: “Emmanuel, God is with us”
      • Thanksgiving: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart.” (Ps 9).
      • Celebrating all saints, grateful for their presence and prayers
      • A New Experience of Synod
      • Saint Joseph: Defender of Life
      • The Triumph of the Cross and the Twin Towers
      • Labor Day: The meaning of work in a COVID world
      • Our eyes are fixed on Jesus in the ultimate steeplechase
      • Pierogi, Hunger, Eucharist, Mission…
      • “Does This Shock You?”: The Bread of Life Discourse in the Gospel of John
      • Independence Day: “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes.”
      • May This Scourge of Violence End
      • Corpus Christi: There are no virtual sacraments
      • Pentecost Novena and Prayer for Hope and Healing: Come Holy Spirit!
      • May: The Blessed Mother and Mother’s Day
      • Holy Oils serve as template for our life: healing, mission, new life
      • Jesus is Risen! Rejoice and share the Good News!
      • Abandoning Ourselves into the Hands of God
      • Lenten Holy Hour Retreat Series: Encounter. Grow. Witness.
      • Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: World Day of the Sick
      • “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
      • Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, and Nativity Scenes
      • Merry Christmas: “The Light Shines in the Darkness” (Jn 1:5)
      • Mary accompanies us during Advent, as the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe
      • Thanksgiving: A Time to Joyfully Reconnect
      • Churches joyfully welcome faithful to Sunday Mass while dispensation continues
      • Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis on Fraternity and Social Friendship
      • October: Pumpkins and Respect Life Month
      • It’s Never Too Late to Seek the Mercy of Jesus
      • Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Our Communities and an End to Racism: Feast of Saint Peter Claver, Wednesday September 9
      • Mass obligation and keeping Sunday holy
      • Jesus wants to nourish us in the Eucharist
      • Racism: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
      • Independence Day: True Freedom found in Jesus
      • Happy Father’s Day: our fathers, 2 newly ordained Fathers, and Our Father
      • Corpus Christi: Celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus
      • Patience as we gradually reopen the public celebration of the Mass
      • The Blessed Mother and the Abundant Life
      • Divine Mercy Sunday: Jesus I Trust in You!
      • Ministering and Sent to Serve
      • A Letter from Bishop Robert J. McClory, Bishop of Gary
      • Ask Jesus for living water, and know that Jesus thirsts for you, too
      • Lent –– New Beginnings, Unpacking, New Habits
      • “We proclaim Jesus as Lord”
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      • "In old age they will still bear fruit" (Psalm 92:15)
      • Joy and Christian Witness
      • Responding to U.S. Supreme Count ruling on abortion
      • Ordinary Time, Summertime, and the Sabbath
      • Pentecost: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
      • “Walking with” Jesus: June 19 Eucharistic Procession
      • What are your “religious roots”?
      • Easter: Now is the Time for Joy
      • March Madness, Lent and Holy Week
      • Staying Connected in a Fragmented World
      • The Christmas Season and our mission in the New Year
      • The Eucharist: “Emmanuel, God is with us”
      • Thanksgiving: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart.” (Ps 9).
      • Celebrating all saints, grateful for their presence and prayers
      • A New Experience of Synod
      • Saint Joseph: Defender of Life
      • The Triumph of the Cross and the Twin Towers
      • Labor Day: The meaning of work in a COVID world
      • Our eyes are fixed on Jesus in the ultimate steeplechase
      • Pierogi, Hunger, Eucharist, Mission…
      • “Does This Shock You?”: The Bread of Life Discourse in the Gospel of John
      • Independence Day: “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes.”
      • May This Scourge of Violence End
      • Corpus Christi: There are no virtual sacraments
      • Pentecost Novena and Prayer for Hope and Healing: Come Holy Spirit!
      • May: The Blessed Mother and Mother’s Day
      • Holy Oils serve as template for our life: healing, mission, new life
      • Jesus is Risen! Rejoice and share the Good News!
      • Abandoning Ourselves into the Hands of God
      • Lenten Holy Hour Retreat Series: Encounter. Grow. Witness.
      • Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: World Day of the Sick
      • “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
      • Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, and Nativity Scenes
      • Merry Christmas: “The Light Shines in the Darkness” (Jn 1:5)
      • Mary accompanies us during Advent, as the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe
      • Thanksgiving: A Time to Joyfully Reconnect
      • Churches joyfully welcome faithful to Sunday Mass while dispensation continues
      • Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis on Fraternity and Social Friendship
      • October: Pumpkins and Respect Life Month
      • It’s Never Too Late to Seek the Mercy of Jesus
      • Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Our Communities and an End to Racism: Feast of Saint Peter Claver, Wednesday September 9
      • Mass obligation and keeping Sunday holy
      • Jesus wants to nourish us in the Eucharist
      • Racism: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
      • Independence Day: True Freedom found in Jesus
      • Happy Father’s Day: our fathers, 2 newly ordained Fathers, and Our Father
      • Corpus Christi: Celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus
      • Patience as we gradually reopen the public celebration of the Mass
      • The Blessed Mother and the Abundant Life
      • Divine Mercy Sunday: Jesus I Trust in You!
      • Ministering and Sent to Serve
      • A Letter from Bishop Robert J. McClory, Bishop of Gary
      • Ask Jesus for living water, and know that Jesus thirsts for you, too
      • Lent –– New Beginnings, Unpacking, New Habits
      • “We proclaim Jesus as Lord”
    • Columna del Obispo
      • Please Note:
      • El obispo envía un mensaje de amor y gratitud a todos los que se cruzaron en su camino y se prepara para una nueva tarea
      • Poder remodelar la forma en que vivimos Domingo, se pierde la profundidad de nuestra fe y richness de nuestra propia humanidad
      • La Iglesia seguirá creciendo a medida que cada uno de nosotros profundice nuestra propia relación con Cristo
      • Al igual que la experiencia de los apóstoles, Jesús calma las tempestades en nuestras vidas y nos alienta a no tener miedo
      • Narrativas de la resurrección son abundantes testimonios de la alegría y la paz que fluyen de Cristo resucitado
      • En la sociedad actual, podemos ser parte de la solución o parte del problema ; podemos elegir el amor o el odio
      • A través de las generosas donaciones a la CSA , estás tocando las heridas de Cristo. y atendiendo las necesidades de los demás.
      • El mensaje de Pascua del obispo
      • La narrativa de la Semana Santa es un paisaje extraño y hermoso que nos lleva al corazón de Dios
      • Visitas parroquiales 2019 ¡Es una gran aventura cuando enganchamos la vela de nuestras vidas al poderoso viento del Espíritu Santo!
      • No temas, este fuego ardiente del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús te llenará, te bendecirá y te unirá a Cristo
      • Las heridas del Sagrado Corazón nos recuerdan que el amor y el sufrimiento están inextricablemente entrelazados.
      • ¿Dónde y cómo se ha manifestado la gloria de Dios en tu camino de Cuaresma?
      • Esta Cuaresma, atrévete a entrar en la humildad, el auto-vaciado amor de Cristo, ¡lo último perdido y encontrado!
      • Esta Cuaresma, pídale a Dios que abra su corazón para saber, sentir, actuar y hablar como una extensión del Señor
      • Esta Cuaresma, entra en una relación más profunda de amor y confianza con el Señor Jesús a través de su Sagrado Corazón
      • Al recibir y compartir el poder sanador del Señor Jesús , lo ayudamos a sanar el mundo
      • Jesús nos da a su madre como protectora, intercesora y guía en nuestro peregrinaje a la Iglesia del Padre
      • La debilidad se convierte en un portal acreditado para la entrada de Dios en el templo de nuestra frágil y bella humanidad
      • Cuando descubrimos que menos es más, descubrimos que no necesitamos lo que el mundo siempre está persiguiendo
      • La vida como un don de Dios, es una participación en el apasionante b eing muy de la Trinidad divina
      • Permitir el miedo, la resistencia a controlar el futuro de la Iglesia, significará un continuo declive y disminución
      • ¿Dónde está Dios en silencio, suavemente, misericordiosamente irrumpir en su vida esta Navidad y más allá?
      • En estos últimos días de Adviento, detente y deja que el Señor te ame. Pasa el regalo a los que te rodean!
      • Este evento debe ser usado como una oportunidad para invitar al Señor a entrar en cada fibra de su existencia
      • Si tuvieras cinco minutos para hablar sobre tu amor de Cristo, ¿qué dirías acerca de tu creencia?
      • La visita del obispo Quesnel de Fort Libertè ayuda a identificar una gran necesidad, pero la fe y el amor comunes del Señor
      • Con gracia y gratitud, el Señor dirige los corazones para reflexionar sobre las bendiciones y los dones en espíritu de asombro y admiración
      • Proceso del Sínodo ¡ una peregrinación espiritual que acabará cuando estemos juntos en la casa del padre!
      • A raíz de la violencia, el corazón de la fe para judíos y cristianos permanece: ama a Dios y al prójimo siempre
      • Estamos llamados a compartir el amor de Jesús con alegría
      • Se remonta a todos los grandes santos, el Rosario todavía tiene poder y utilidad en nuestras vidas espirituales
      • Carta a San Juan Pablo II habla del hombre que abrazó al mundo entero a través de su amor de Dios
      • Los momentos Gethsemane de la vida nos pueden llevar a una extensión ilimitada de confianza absoluta en el Padre
      • A pesar de los pecados del pasado, la Carta de Dallas está funcionando; demuestra que la prevención del abuso de niños es posible
      • La misión de los Vicentinos en todo el mundo es glorificar a Dios, crecer en santidad y satisfacer las necesidades de los pobres
      • En medio de la crisis actual, "No hay mal que afrontar, que Cristo no se enfrente a nosotros"
      • En medio de la angustia y el dolor, este es el momento de invocar la misericordia y la gracia del Señor
      • A través de la búsqueda y nuestra entrega final , encontramos la alegría, la paz y la realización en los brazos de Dios
      • La implementación de la parroquia del Sínodo avanza para vivir los ideales de Jesús con la gracia del Espíritu Santo
      • Caminar con el Señor en oración meditativa proporciona momentos sagrados que benefician en todo sentido
      • Enraizados en Cristo, nos encontramos con el misterio pascual: la muerte de los exigentes y narcisista de auto
      • La Eucaristía está en el centro de nuestra fe; nuestro sagrado encuentro con Cristo resucitado
      • A lo largo de los siglos, el Señor nos llama a responder en nuestro tiempo a la eterna llamada del Evangelio
      • Como empieza la Semana Santa, los cristianos de todo el mundo se reúnen para honrar la pasión de Cristo
      • Cansado y estresado? Tal vez el Señor os llama a abrazar la antigua práctica del sábado
      • Si la Iglesia está floreciendo, debemos comprometernos a discipulado misionero
      • La Cuaresma es un tiempo de auto-honestidad, introspección, orante acción cicatrizante, esperanza renovada en Cristo
      • Principios del derecho natural deben guiar el proceso político y el bien común de nuestras vidas juntos
      • Lo que comienza con las cenizas de nuestros pecados, termina con la gloriosa victoria, ardiente de Cristo dentro de nosotros
      • Desafío de la cuaresma no se distraiga con detalles, pero en lugar de ello, buscan que Dios realmente quiere que seamos
      • Iglesia es verdaderamente "Católica" cuando auténticas diferencias sirven para realzar la belleza del Cuerpo de Cristo
      • Si bien la cultura de la muerte pretende deshumanizar, destruir; Jesús viene a salvar, amar y perdonar
      • Abrazar cierto placer en nuestras vidas crea espacio sagrado para la contemplación a florecer
      • Mirando atrás, 2017 fue un año lleno de muchas bendiciones y momentos de gracia
      • uizás esta temporada de esperanza y expectativa encuentra su consumación cuando caemos en amor con Dios
      • Al dar la bienvenida a los inmigrantes, la Iglesia continúa la obra de la caridad y la justicia
      • Relaciones forjadas en Haití se convierten en expresiones transformadora de la universalidad de la Iglesia
      • Adviento un tiempo para preguntarnos cómo podemos Mejor prepárese para el Señor a irrumpir en nuestras vidas de un modo nuevo
      • Dios nos llama a ser único santo de nuestro propio destino, la persona que ha soñado desde el principio
      • Día de Acción de Gracias: un recordatorio de que todo lo recibido es un don destinado a ser acariciado, celebrada y compartida
      • Enraizado en el amor de Cristo, todo lo demás cae en la armonía, la relación correctadel
      • La fe nos enseña a renunciar graciosamente a las estaciones de la vida sabiendo que Dios es eterno
      • La fe versus la ciencia? Preguntas apremiantes encontrar respuestas en el gran misterio de Dios
      • El Papa Juan Pablo II trajo el catolicismo al mundo, levantando a Cristo como Redentor del mundo
      • Los cristianos católicos perseverar en Serbia con la ayuda de EE.UU. Colecciones para Europa oriental
      • Soledad practicado se convierte en la base de la intimidad con Dios y con los demás
      • Un regalo de la presencia de Dios, la gracia es todo alrededor y dentro de nosotros, un acto de amor
      • La humildad es la virtud fundamental que edifica la vida espiritual dentro de nosotros
      • Utilizar a Jesús como el modelo de resistencia para el ciclo mortal del miedo, la ira, la venganza y el odio
      • A través de la muerte salvadora de Cristo, aprendemos que no hay lugar para la exclusión ni el odio
      • En medio de un mundo cada vez más lleno de ruido, el Señor nos habla en el silencio
      • El paso de la 'Whatever' la cultura y en el vasto, bello ilimitado mundo de Cristo
      • En medio de hechos aleccionadores sobre prioridades religiosas son muchas razones para esperanza
      • Edificio en sínodo, nuestro futuro dará mucho fruto en la medida en que seguimos abiertos al Espíritu
      • Sínodo es obra del Espíritu Santo, pero también requiere la respuesta humana a ponerlo en acciones
      • Virgen de Fátima nos llama a la oración profunda y valiente acción que es transformador
      • Cuán diferente sería el mundo si la gente vivía con la conciencia de la gracia santificante
      • La salvación, el éxito, la fecundidad generalmente todo lo ganado o perdido en medio de la lucha
      • Si está permitido, nuestra experiencia del Espíritu Santo puede agitar nuestras almas al núcleo
      • Una vez que la gente se encuentra a Cristo resucitado, que deje de moverse en direcciones equivocadas
      • Descansando en el amor del Señor a través de la oración, el sacramento puede exorcizar el demonio enojado dentro
      • El Señor resucitado nos llama a vivir en el vasto mundo hermoso de su resurrección
      • Lección que debe ser aprendida por medio de Cristo total obediencia al Padre hasta la muerte en la cruz
      • Aunque mal inflige grandes daños, Jesús ha ganado la victoria sobre el poder del pecado y de la muerte
      • Con Dios como el centro de la casa, la familia y la iglesia se hizo más importante en la vida
      • Los sitios sagrados, a lo largo de Tierra Santa resultar inspiradora para los peregrinos locales
      • Considere qué deportes pueden enseñarnos acerca de la comunidad cristiana y la práctica de la fe
      • Leer - un recordatorio de que cada vida humana es un drama de la gracia y del pecado, la oportunidad, la limitación
      • La muerte es nuestro mayor acto creativo; el don supremo de sí a Dios y a los demás
      • Liturgia de las Horas, una forma de oración marcan nuestras vidas levantando las mentes, los corazones a Dios
      • Ver la Cuaresma como una oportunidad para vivir en mayor paz y reconciliación con los demás
      • Cruz impregna nuestra experiencia de sufrimiento con la luz de Cristo resucitado
      • Aprendizaje religioso: La transmisión de la fe que ha sido transmitida a nosotros
      • La Iglesia no se cansa de anunciar proféticamente que cada vida humana importa
      • A través de la Iglesia, Dios alcanza y nos salva del abismo de desesperación y soledad
      • Estados Unidos sigue siendo una nación de inmigrantes que buscan mismas bendiciones y oportunidades como antepasados
      • Un mensaje de Navidad del Obispo Donald J. Hying
      • A través de la paciencia y en el tiempo de Dios, el reino se desarrolla de forma lenta y continua
      • Gloria de Dios es misteriosa realidad que irrumpe en la experiencia humana
      • El Adviento nos invita a la realización de que Dios irrumpe en nuestras vidas en cualquier momento
      • A través de la gratitud y humildad viene el secreto de la alegría y la paz en la vida
      • Sínodo proceso continúa mientras buscamos ser más fecundo y eficaz dentro de la Iglesia
      • Año de misericordia termina pero nos llama a continuar la obra de amor y de perdón
      • En la admisión de nuestras propias debilidades, se suele encontrar la gracia de Dios
      • El derecho fundamental a la vida es el núcleo de nuestra ética social, nuestra constitución
      • Respetar la vida mes nos invita a reflexionar sobre la dignidad, el valor de la vida humana en cualquier fase
      • La cuestión no es si uno tiene una vocación, pero ¿cuál es mi vocación en la vida?
      • Abrazar la rectoría significa ser generoso muy generosamente a la misión del reino
      • Jesús' abrazo divino de nuestra humanidad roto sana, perdona y nos ahorra
      • Al reflexionar, acción de gracias, la gloria y la alegría que abundan en nuestras vidas
      • Restantes despierto significa vivir vidas espirituales que ayudan a seguir el reinado de Dios
      • La JMJ encierran la promesa de Dios haciendo cosas increíbles en y alrededor de los peregrinos
      • El amor, la comprensión, viene con facilidad realización todos somos hijos de Dios
      • Los jóvenes, como parte integrante de la Iglesia, deben ser parte del proceso
      • La vida familiar no es un problema a resolver, sino un don que debe ser abrazado plenamente
      • La enseñanza social Católica nos llama a transformar en el mundo la civilización del amor
      • Ahora es el momento para tomar una mirada realista sobre lo que nos puede unir y hacer más fuertes
      • La fe católica es una 'aventura gozosa' que lleva toda una vida para absorber
      • El Espíritu Santo es el fuego, la energía y la fuerza inspiradora de Dios en nuestras vidas
      • Celebración de los sacramentos, que son el corazón de nuestra fe y de nuestra humanidad
      • La misericordia nos llama al sacrificio en nombre de los hambrientos de comida, el amor, la alegría
      • La evangelización nos llama a proclamar a Jesús, el Evangelio, desde los tejados!
      • El Sínodo nos recuerda de la importante labor que se realiza para construir nuestro legado en la iglesia local
      • La doctrina católica sobre el respeto a la dignidad humana de todo el centro de la fe
      • Permitiendo que la misericordia de Dios fluya en nos inspira a ser instrumentos de la misericordia en los demás
      • A través del misterio pascual, abrazamos, en la fe, el movimiento de la muerte a la vida
      • Las cruces de la vida que llevamos nos dirigen a la conciencia de nuestra necesidad "radical" de Dios
      • Pidió a los fieles llamados a reflexionar sobre muchas de las cuestiones planteadas por carta pastoral de la Iglesia
      • No podemos arreglarlo solo; a través del sacramento de la reconciliación, no tenemos que
      • Obra de fe es ayudar a cada persona a florecer como hijo de Dios
      • No preguntar "¿Qué puedo obtener, sino, más bien, cómo puedo dar a los demás
      • Preguntas para reflexionar a medida que entramos en los cuarenta días de la Cuaresma
      • Considere cómo los cuarenta días de la Cuaresma puede convertirse en un 'juego-cambiador espiritual'
      • El Evangelio nos llama a una " respuesta" profundamente diferente a la violenci
      • Vivir las Obras de Misericordia
      • Haciendo públicas las resoluciones para 2016 aumenta la rendición de cuentas
      • Columna del Obispo para Navidad
      • Arraigados en el amor del Señor, ningún sufrimiento, revés, tristeza puede robarnos de la alegría
      • En el espíritu de San Nicolás, generosamente práctiquen amor y bondad
      • Permitan que el Adviento sea un tiempo de silencio, oración y paciencia
      • Sínodo – moviendo la diócesis alegremente por el camino del discipulado, evangelización
      • Obispo Hying invita a los fieles a unirse a él en oración, en acción durante el Año de la Misericordia
      • El mundo siempre necesita a los santos para señalarnos hacia a Dios como meta común
      • El Misterio Pascual nos indica el camino a través de la muerte en la luz y la alegría de Dios
      • Respeto por la vida nos enseña que todo las vidas importan; todos somos hijos de Dios
      • Peregrinación papal demuestra para ser energizante e inspirador
      • Los cristianos tienen el reto de verdaderamente construir y fomentar una cultura de la vida
      • Todos están llamados a reconocer la dignidad y el valor de cada ser humano
      • Camino de la vida nos llama a entregar a la luz del amor de Dios
      • La educación y la salud son fundamentales a terminando el ciclo de la pobreza
      • El empleo y la familia nos traen a la plena dignidad como hijos de Dios
      • Los católicos locales están llamados para abordar el efecto de la pobreza en Indiana
      • Estamos llamados a compartir el amor de Jesús con alegría y confianza
      • Devoción a María puede ayudarnos a mantener nuestro enfoque en tiempo de Adviento
      • Adviento – recordatorio de nuestra dignidad y destino como hijos de Dios
      • Proyectos de CCHD destinados a construir futuros saludables, sostenibles
      • Nosotros, como discípulos de Jesús, llevamos a cabo su misión en el nivel parroquial, diocesano
      • Nuestra fe influye en cómo nos acercamos a la vida y la muerte
      • Solemnidad de Todos los Santos recuerda el destino que Dios tiene para cada uno de nosotros
      • Nosotros, que somos la iglesia, todos reclaman responsabilidad de evangelización
      • Este domingo, recordamos con gratitud nuestra solidaridad con los misioneros
      • Promoción de la cultura de la vida dando la bienvenida, protegiendo a los más vulnerables
      • Todavía pueden inscribirse para votar; oremos por el fin de las armas nucleares
      • Favor de unirse en oración con los obispos en peregrinación a Tierra Santa
      • Concilio de la Juventud explora los desafíos principales de adolescentes desde la perspectiva de la fe
      • Fiesta nacional – tiempo para reflexionar sobre la dignidad de los trabajadores, los trabajadores inmigrantes
      • Estamos llamados a ser el corazón, las manos, los pies, la voz de Jesús a los demás
      • Unidad familiar – donde los miembros aprenden el valor de vivir y amar
      • CYX – presentando el mensaje del Evangelio en una idioma que los jóvenes puedan entender
      • Nuestra alegría en el Señor genera espíritu misionero dentro de nosotros mismos
      • Alimenten su fe con la recepción del Cuerpo y la Sangre del Señor
      • La vida en Cristo significa ser saboreada y apreciada por su alegría
      • Tenemos que ser solidarios con el Santo Padre en las conversaciones de paz
      • La fe es aceptando el amor de Dios y viviendo en relación viva con Él
      • Más obreros para la cosecha del Señor; apoyo para Haití también vital
      • Las mujeres religiosas ofrecen un hermoso testimonio en un mundo muy secularizado
      • Campaña de CSA – trabajando juntos para traer el amor de Dios a los demás
      • ¡Aleluya! Él vive
      • El sacrificio de Jesús nos reconcilia con el Padre; destruye el poder del pecado
      • A través de Jesús, nuestra resurrección y nuestra vida, viviremos para siempre
      • Gran riqueza en la pobreza – confianza ilimitada de Jesús en el Padre
      • CRS – eficaz manera de servir a Jesús a través de ayudar a los pobres
      • Escrituras revelan cómo Dios desea una relación personal con nosotros
      • Penitencia – reconociendo cómo podemos crecer en respuesta al amor de Dios
      • Prácticas cuaresmales nos ayudan a reorientar nuestra vocación como discípulos de Jesús
      • La misericordia de Dios, no nuestra pecaminosidad, se encuentra en el centro de la reconciliación
      • El matrimonio – unión exclusiva, total y permanente del hombre y la mujer
      • Periódico diocesano – herramienta valiosa para nutrir nuestra fe cristiana
      • Escuelas católicas – ayudando a los niños a crecer en madurez, competencia
      • Aniversario de Roe – tiempo para promover el respeto por la vida en todas las etapas
      • Unidad de los cristianos: testigos gozosos de la presencia amorosa de Jesús
      • ¡Buenas noticias de gran gozo!
      • Informe anual refleja corresponsabilidad para continuar la misión de Jesús en la tierra
      • La fe de María desata el nudo del pecado; nos lleva a mano a nuestro Padre misericordioso
      • Adviento: Jesús nos llama a trabajar por venir completo del Reino de Dios
      • Al terminar el año de Iglesia, necesitamos a Jesús como nuestra principal prioridad
      • NCYC sumergirá a los jóvenes en entorno que soporta, celebra su fe
      • Imagen maternal de la Iglesia – dando vida, alimentando a sus hijos
      • Noviembre – tiempo de expresar amor y solidaridad con queridos difuntos
      • Santos sagrados arraigaron sus vidas en la persona y el Evangelio de Jesús
      • El trabajo de los misioneros lleva el Evangelio de la salvación a todo el mundo
      • Respeto a todas las personas nos reta a proteger toda vida humana
      • Los diáconos sirven como recordatorios vivos del ejemplo y las palabras de Jesús
      • Juntos compartimos la responsabilidad de la misión de la Iglesia en la tierra
      • Nuestra participación en la misa – no hay mejor manera de comenzar el domingo, la semana
    • Bishop Hying Column
      • Bishop send message of love and gratitude to all who crossed his path he prepares for new assignment
      • Failing to refashion how we live Sunday, we lose depth of our faith and richness of our own humanity
      • The Church will continue to grow to the extent that each of us deepens our own relationship with Christ
      • Like the apostles experience, Jesus calms the tempests in our lives and encourage us not to be afraid
      • Resurrection narratives show joy which flows from Risen Christ
      • In today’s society, we can either be part of the solution or part of the problem; we can chose love or hate
      • Through generous giving to the CSA, you are touching Christ’s wounds and serving the needs of others
      • The bishop's Easter message
      • Holy Week narrative is a strange and beautiful landscape which leads us into the very heart of God
      • Faith great adventure when we hook the sail of our lives to the mighty wind of the Holy Spirit!
      • Fear not, this blazing fire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will fill you, bless you and unite you to Christ
      • The wounds of the Sacred Heart remind us that love and suffering are inextricably intertwined
      • Where and how has the glory of God been made manifest on your Lenten path?
      • This Lent, dare to enter into the humility, self-emptying love of Christ - the ultimate lost and found!
      • This Lent, ask God to break open your heart to know, feel, act and speak as an extension of the Lord
      • This Lent, enter into a deeper relationship of love and trust with the Lord Jesus through his Sacred Heart
      • In our receiving and sharing in the healing power of the Lord Jesus, we help him to heal the world
      • Jesus gives us his mother as a protector, intercessor and guide in our pilgrimage to the Father’s House
      • Weakness becomes sacred portal for God’s entrance into the temple of our fragile, beautiful humanity
      • When we discover less is more, we find we do not need what the world is always chasing after
      • Life as a gift from God, is an exciting participation in the very being of the Divine Trinity
      • Allowing fear, resistance to control future of the Church, will mean continual decline and diminishment
      • Where is God silently, gently, mercifully breaking into your life this Christmas and beyond?
      • In these final days of Advent, stop and let the Lord love you. Pass the gift on to those around you!
      • This Advent should be used as opportunity to invite the Lord to enter into every fiber of your existence
      • If you had five minutes to speak about your love of Christ, what would you say about your belief?
      • Visit by Bishop Quesnel of Fort Libertè helps identify great need, yet common faith and love of the Lord
      • With grace and gratitude, the Lord directs hearts to ponder blessings and gifts in spirit of wonder and awe
      • Synod process a spiritual pilgrimage which will only end when we stand together in the Father’s house!
      • In wake of violence, the heart of faith for Jews and Christians remains: Love God and neighbor always
      • Through the witness of three newly canonized saints, we see different paths in following the Lord
      • Dating back to all great saints, the Rosary still holds power and utility in our spiritual lives
      • Letter to St. John Paul II speaks of man who embraced the whole world through his love of God
      • Life’s Gethsemane moments can lead us into a limitless expanse of absolute trust in the Father
      • Despite sins of the past, Dallas Charter is working; proves prevention of abuse of children is possible
      • Mission of Vincentians worldwide is to glorify God, grow in holiness and meet the needs of the poor
      • In the midst of current crisis, ‘There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us’
      • In the midst of heartbreak and grief, this is the moment to call on the Lord’s mercy and grace
      • Through pursuit and our ultimate surrender, we find joy, peace and fulfillment in the arms of God
      • Synod parish implementation moves forward to live ideals of Jesus with the grace of the Holy Spirit
      • Walking with the Lord in meditative prayer provides sacred moments that benefit in all way
      • Christ calls us to go beyond a life for a life; peace comes with reconciliation and forgiveness
      • Rooted in Christ, we encounter the Paschal Mystery - the death of the narcissistic and demanding self
      • The Eucharist is at the center of our faith; our sacred encounter with the Risen Christ
      • Throughout the ages, the Lord calls us to respond in our time to the ageless call of the Gospel
      • Continuing work of the diocesan synod continues as we celebrate first year anniversary of its start
      • Example of young people giving lives to Christ renews us all in passion for Jesus and his holy Gospel
      • Saint stands as a sign that no matter the challenge, God can shape us into who we are called be
      • Women’s conference brings hope, as hundreds come together in fiery spirit of faith, love and mercy
      • When we take the time to tend the garden of the soul, the Lord will invariably speak through us
      • In loving sacrifice, Easter reminds us that no evil can destroy or prevent the rising of new life in Christ
      • In showing our wounds to others, we all find healing in the One who has never abandoned us
      • Through power of the resurrection, God crushes power of evil and ‘sin’s ancient curse’
      • As Holy Week begins, Christians throughout the world gather to honor the Passion of Christ
      • Tired and stressed? Maybe the Lord is calling you to embrace ancient practice of Sabbath
      • If Church is to flourish, we must commit to missionary discipleship
      • Lent is a time for self-honesty, prayerful introspection, healing action, renewed hope in Christ
      • Principles of natural law must guide the political process and the commonweal of our lives together
      • What begins with the ashes of our sins, ends with the glorious, fiery victory of Christ within us
      • Challenge of Lent not to be distracted by details, but instead, seek who God truly desires us to be
      • Church is truly ‘Catholic’ when authentic differences serve to enhance beauty of the Body of Christ
      • While culture of death seeks to dehumanize, destroy; Jesus comes to save, love and forgive
      • Embracing true leisure in our lives creates sacred space for contemplation to flourish
      • Looking back, 2017 was a year filled with many blessings and moments of grace
      • Perhaps this season of hope and expectation finds fulfillment when we fall in love with God
      • In welcoming the immigrant, the Church continues the work of charity and justice
      • Relationships forged in Haiti become transformative expressions of universality of the Church
      • Advent a time to ask how we can best get ready for the Lord to break into our lives in a new way
      • God calls us to be unique saint of our own destiny, the person he has dreamed from the beginning
      • Thanksgiving: A reminder that all received is a gift meant to be cherished, celebrated and shared
      • If grounded in the love of Christ, everything else falls into harmony, right relationship
      • Faith teaches us to surrender gracefully to the seasons of life knowing God is eternal
      • Faith versus science? Compelling questions find answers in the vast mystery of God
      • Pope John Paul II brought Catholicism to the world, lifting up Christ as redeemer of the world
      • Catholic Christians persevere in Serbia with aid from U.S. collections for Eastern Europe
      • Solitude practiced becomes the basis of intimacy with God and others
      • A gift of God’s presence, grace is all around and within us, an act of love
      • Humility is the foundational virtue that builds up the spiritual life within us
      • Use Jesus as the model of resistance to the deadly cycle of fear, anger, revenge and hatred
      • Through Christ’s saving death, we learn there is no room for exclusion or hatred
      • ‘Buen Camino!’ as we continue to walk toward God in this mysterious pilgrimage of life
      • In the midst of a world increasingly filled with noise, the Lord speaks to us in silence
      • Step out of the ‘whatever’ culture and into the vast, beautiful, limitless world of Christ
      • In the midst of sobering facts about religious priorities are many reasons for hope
      • Building on synod, our future will bear much fruit to the extent we remain open to the Spirit
      • Synod is work of Holy Spirit, but also requires human response to put it into actions
      • Virgin of Fatima calls us to deep prayer and courageous action which is transformative
      • How different the world would be if people lived with awareness of sanctifying grace
      • Salvation, success, fruitfulness usually all won or lost in the middle of the struggle
      • If allowed, our experience of the Holy Spirit can shake our souls to the core
      • Once people encounter the Risen Christ, they stop moving in wrong directions
      • Resting in the Lord’s love through prayer, sacrament can exorcise the angry demon within
      • The Risen Lord beckons us to live in the vast beautiful world of his resurrection
      • Lesson to be learned by Christ’s total obedience to the Father, even unto death on the cross
      • Even though evil inflicts great damage, Jesus has gained victory over power of sin and death
      • With God as the center of the home, family and Church become most important in life
      • Sacred grounds and sites throughout Holy Land prove to be awe-inspiring for local pilgrims
      • Consider what sports can teach us about Christian community and the practice of faith
      • Reading - a reminder that each human life is a drama of grace and sin, opportunity, limitation
      • Death is our most creative act; the ultimate gift of self to God and others
      • Liturgy of the Hours, a way to prayerfully mark our lives by lifting minds, hearts to God
      • See Lent as an opportunity to live in greater peace and reconciliation with others
      • Cross imbues our experience of suffering with light of the Risen Christ
      • Religious apprenticeship: A handing on the faith as it has been handed on to us
      • The Church never tires of prophetically proclaiming that every human life matters
      • Through the Church, God reaches out and saves us from the abyss of despair and loneliness
      • U.S. remains a nation of immigrants seeking same blessings and opportunities as ancestors
      • A Christmas message from Bishop Donald J. Hying
      • Through patience and in God’s time, the Kingdom slowly and steadily unfolds
      • Glory of God is mysterious reality which breaks into human experience
      • Advent calls us to realization that God breaks into our lives at any given moment
      • Through gratitude and humility comes the secret of joy and peace in life
      • Synod process continues as we seek to become more fruitful, effective within Church
      • Year of Mercy ends but calls us to continue the work of love and forgiveness
      • In the admission of our own weaknesses, we most often find the grace of God
      • Loss, change and death a necessary, yet beautiful part of God’s plan for us
      • The fundamental right to life is at the core of our social ethics, our constitution
      • Respect Life Month calls us to ponder the dignity, value, of human life at any stage
      • The question is not whether one has a vocation, but what is my vocation in life?
      • Embracing stewardship means being sacrificially generous to the mission of the Kingdom
      • Jesus’ divine embrace of our broken humanity heals, forgives and saves us
      • When given some thought, thanksgiving, glory and joy abound in our lives
      • Remaining spiritual awake means living lives that help further the reign of God
      • WYD hold the promise of God doing amazing things in and around pilgrims
      • Love, understanding, comes easier with realization we are all children of God
      • Young people, as an integral part of Church, need to be part of the process
      • Family life not a problem to be solved but a gift to be fully embraced
      • Catholic Social Teaching call us to transform world into civilization of love
      • Now is the time to take a realistic look at what can unite and make us stronger
      • Catholic faith is a ‘joyous adventure’ that takes a lifetime to absorb
      • Holy Spirit is the fire, energy and inspiring force of God in our lives
      • Celebration of the sacraments are at the heart of our faith and humanity
      • Mercy calls us to sacrifice on behalf of those starving for food, love, joy
      • Evangelism call us to proclaim Jesus, the Gospel, from the housetops!
      • Synod reminds us of the important work to be done to build our legacy in local Church
      • Catholic doctrine on the respect for the human dignity of all central to the faith
      • Allowing the mercy of God to flow in inspires us to be instruments of mercy to others
      • Through the Paschal Mystery, we embrace, in faith, movement from death to life
      • Choking in the deadly grasp of sin, Jesus in breaks, wraps us in his net of grace and mercy
      • Life’s crosses to be born lead us to awareness of our ‘radical’ need for God
      • Faithful asked to prayerfully reflect on many Church issues posed by pastoral letter
      • We can’t fix it alone; through the sacrament of reconciliation, we don’t have to
      • Work of faith is about helping each person to flourish as child of God
      • Ask not ‘what can I get,’ but rather how can I give to others
      • Questions to ponder as we enter into the forty days of Lent
      • Consider how the forty days of Lent can become a spiritual ‘game-changer’
      • The Gospel call us to a ‘profoundly different’ response to violence
      • Living the Works of Mercy
      • Making 2016 resolutions public increases one’s accountability
      • The bishop's Christmas message
      • Rooted in the love of the Lord, no suffering, setback, sadness can rob us of joy
      • In the spirit of St. Nicholas, generously practice love and kindness
      • Allow Advent to be a time of silence, prayer and patience
      • We are called to give thanks and praise to the bounteous Giver of all gifts
      • Synod to move the diocese joyfully along the path of discipleship, evangelization
      • Bishop invites faithful to join him in prayer, action during Year of Mercy
      • World always in needs of saints to point us toward God as a common goal
      • Paschal Mystery show us the way through death into God’s light and joy
      • Respect for life teaches us that all lives matter; all are children of God
      • Papal pilgrimage proves to be energizing and inspiring
      • The Eucharist is God’s way of giving us his very comforting Presence
      • Christians are challenged to truly build and foster a culture of life
      • All are called to recognize the dignity and worth of every human being
      • Life’s journey calls us to self-surrender in light of the transforming love of God
      • Education and health care fundamental to ending cycle of poverty
      • Work and family bring us to full dignity as children of God
      • Local Catholics called upon to address the devastating effect of poverty within Indiana
      • Basic human rights need to remain an inherent and constitutive part of human dignity
      • All of us can help foster a culture of Christian vocation in our young people
      • As Christians, we are called to illuminate the darkness of the world
      • God waits lovingly for us in the ‘kairos’ moments of our daily life
      • Outpouring of the Holy Spirit calls us to live the mission of Jesus
      • When considering death penalty, consider Catholic belief in sacredness of all life
      • Mary continues to play a unique and indispensable role as Mother of God
      • Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage is not rooted in hatred
      • Protecting children goes deeper than just the stranger among us
      • The Resurrection narratives teach us to look for God in the most ordinary
      • Through the resurrection, Jesus’ wounds become trophies of victory
      • 'He has been raised; he is not here.' (Mk 16:6)
      • Holy Week: Time to contemplate the enormity of God’s love for us
      • Letter on poverty focuses on family, jobs, education, health care
      • Energy of New Evangelization calls each to witness Jesus to others
      • Dedication to a prayer brings grace to spiritual life that overflows into others
    • About Bishop Hying
    • Bishop Melczek Column
      • We are called to share Jesus’ love with joy and confidence
      • Devotion to Mary can help us maintain our focus on Advent season
      • Advent – reminder of our dignity and destiny as children of God
      • CCHD projects intended to build healthy, sustainable futures
      • We, as disciples of Jesus, carry out his mission at parish, diocesan level
      • Our faith influences how we approach both life and death
      • Solemnity of All Saints recalls destiny God has for each of us
      • We, who are the Church, all claim responsibility for evangelization
      • This Sunday, we recall with gratitude our solidarity with missionaries
      • Promoting culture of life by welcoming, protecting the most vulnerable
    • About Bishop Melczek
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      • Getting Sunday right: Family rediscovers the power of the Sabbath
      • Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting
      • Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
      • Retire? At age 102, California deacon says he's not ready
      • Catholic Extension initiative aims to help 1,000 poorest parishes in U.S.
      • Pastoral aims to 'reinspire' Catholics to have deeper love of God in Eucharist
      • Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with 'zeal' for Gospel, for serving faithful
      • Dioceses brace for damage as Hurricane Sally slams into Gulf Coast
      • Dioceses in Hurricane Laura's path report damage, but hard to gauge for now
      • U.S. Catholic media must inspire unity amid division, pope says
      • Catholics urged to remember priests as 'spiritual fathers' on Father's Day
      • Bishops urge closer look at COVID deaths in black communities
      • Baltimore priests working to reverse decline in confession in novel ways
      • Child's wish to feed homeless leads to vibrant outreach, national award
      • Father Michael Pfleger tells Gary faithful to be game-changers
      • Dedication of mural celebrates "momentous occasion in the life of St. Mary of the Lake”
      • Andrean earns sixth state baseball title as Doolin pitches gem, offense clicks
      • Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court
      • Plowshares activists motivated to witness and oppose nuclear armament
      • Catholic singles encouraged to make gift of self at national conference
      • Catholic scientists find camaraderie when discussing faith, research
      • How Catholic schools foster self-discipline offers lessons, says study
      • Shrine promotes 20th century teen saint as “model of faith and gift of self”
      • Stained glass windows transform sacred space at St. Edward
      • Where to give to assist with Hurricane Harvey recovery
      • Archbishop Gomez: Our Lady of Guadalupe a protector of Christian values in today's world
      • SYNOD DELEGATES VOTE Guided by the Holy Spirit, Diocese of Gary looks to the future
      • CLOSING CELEBRATION OF SYNOD ON PENTECOST Diocese looks ahead to ‘a new beginning’ with Mass and procession
      • God-given joy propels Deacon Bim-Merle to priesthood
      • Priest’s Lenten advice: pull weeds, plant God in center
      • ‘Critical’ care for women, babies continues at restored WCC
      • Support for immigrants follows group's verbal harassment of Mass-goers
      • MARCH FOR LIFE WASHINGTON St. Mary and St. Patrick eighth-graders, local Knights of Columbus join thousands at pro-life Mass, rally and march
      • Optimism up as local pro-lifers march on Chicago
      • Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform bill
      • St. Louis archbishop decries proposal affecting reproductive health choices
      • SEEK 2017 inspires college students to evangelize at home campuses
      • ISTEP results find Andrean tops in NWI and 12th in state
      • With a little help from his friends (and family), STMS student thrives
      • Organizers announce 'The Power of One' as theme for 2017 March for Life
      • An enduring economic revival
      • Oakland Catholic community offers prayers, support for fire victims
      • Black pro-life leaders hold rally outside Planned Parenthood in D.C.
      • Pilgrims on horseback pay homage to Mary at Illinois Guadalupe shrine
      • Reaching out to peers, diocesan students get it write
      • Society's chef stays cool as cucumber turning out 4,500 meals daily
      • In South Africa, stigma still keeps HIV patients from seeking treatment
      • U.S. bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with postelection animus
      • Well-wishers endure long flights, long lines to see their new cardinals
      • AHS girls soccer players celebrate historic state title win
      • Unlike World Series, prelates' bet has winners in both cities
      • Pope appoints Cardinal-designate Tobin as new archbishop of Newark
      • Iowa bishop says diocese stands 'in solidarity' with targeted local police
      • Legalizing pot seen hitting children, low-income communities hardest
      • With a little help from his friends (and family), St. Tom's student thrives
      • What role are life issues playing in this year's presidential election?
      • Grásta Dé! Junior high students learn how God’s grace can lead to mercy and forgiveness
      • Celebration of Life message is one of forgiveness and mercy
      • Priest's prayer reminds Republican convention of importance of all human life
      • Commission head: Religious freedom worldwide has 'spiraled downward'
      • Supreme Court seeks details on alternatives in Obamacare contraceptive mandate
      • Iowa institute researches treatments for genetic diseases while respecting Culture of Life
      • Bishop Rhoades disagrees with Notre Dame's decision to honor Biden
      • REMEMBERING POPE FRANCIS' U.S. VISIT ‘City of Brotherly Love’ hosts local pilgrims’ faith journeys
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      • Closing Mass brings past and present parishioners together in faith
      • NWI Camino creates a physical and spiritual journey for young adults
      • Bishop McClory presides at Mass for CYO session participants
      • Pro-lifers rally inside Indiana Statehouse for unborn babies, their mothers
      • Latin Dance Night heats things up at Holy Family Parish
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        • Parenting in the Screen Age: A Guide for Calm Conversations
        • Authors provide guidance to Catholics on discerning their identity
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      • The old becomes new again as young people question truth
      • Wedding at Cana story shows that Jesus’ mercy must be desired
      • Pay no heed to scorn or praise, there is need of only one thing
      • Be thankful for all you have been given, this and every month
      • Be open to surprises and the veil will be lifted for you
      • Read, pray, walk, muse and thank God for loving you
      • Reading is an adventure no matter the season or genre
      • Cherish the tools that help you draw closer to God
      • Redemption leads Christians to dispel darkness in favor of light
      • Welcome the excitement of Easter, and stay for the journey
      • Contemplation can simply be you resting in God’s embrace
      • Only the one true God is to be worshipped and glorified
      • Mary’s question is just as intriguing as her answer to God
      • As with Abraham, obedience to God can take time to cultivate
      • We take our journey with the best possible driving instructor
      • We may struggle to please God, but we’re not that bad
      • If we let him, God will walk humbly with us
      • Time can mean different things depending on how it is measured
      • Read it aloud to better understand the meaning of the words
      • Put a dent in ‘scoffing’ by ‘groping’ for God in the best possible way
      • A requiem for Benet Lake and choirs that gave praise and thanks to God
      • Night is the ideal time to worship and contemplate God
      • Like a groom and his bride, beauty lies in the marriage itself, and God delights being married to us
      • In the light of spring, sit outside and feel the warmth of the day with the Word of God on your tongue
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS Resurrection of Christ is the seed that ultimately enables us to see and taste and hear and touch our faith
      • As Lent begins, God ‘draws back the curtain,’ allowing glimpses of the great mystery to unfold
      • In face of temptation - battle with evil - we must cling to God and prayer is the method of clinging
      • In spite of cultural despair, each subsequent generation brings the hope of new hope, a new life
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS In Thanksgiving, be thankful for the beauty you experience in life; for finding it in the little things
      • Reflection at dawn: After journey of a lifetime, goal to be lost in silence of North Woods
      • Dawn over Wooster Lake offers not only a profound silence, but also the beauty of nature
      • We’ve yet to thrash out the reason for so much angst in our time; don’t expect a verdict in our lifetimes
      • Visit to English ruins transport visitors back to a time when things were in the text of one’s life
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS The key to understanding Scripture: read it aloud, slow it down and take time to ponder
      • What is actually happening in our spiritual life, can be different than what we believe it to be
      • NOTIONS and RUMINATIONS We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, but do we truly understand its meaning?
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS God speaks in the quiet, and in that quiet, we discover we want to follow Christ
      • The most real thing we can do this Lent is to pray and ponder in the silence of creation
      • God repeatedly tells us what’s best but, invariably, we have a tendency to do the opposite
      • Advent/Christmas seasons are ideal times to approach God with undivided hearts
      • Film representative of difficulties we face in integrating our lives with God
      • Backyard bird teaches deacon lesson in persistence – pray without ceasing
      • Greatest tool Satan can use against the young is not sex or drugs, but rather indifference.
      • True freedom means living as sisters and brothers of Christ – not just talking about it
      • In God’s time, beyond death, we will experience all reality as an everlasting ‘now’
      • Everything is ephemeral, but try telling that to a 14-year old high school student
      • Receive the ‘mystical kiss of Christ’
      • God would not ask us to be holy if, indeed, it were impossible to do so
      • God envelopes and overshadows us in his overwhelming desire to know us more fully
      • Epiphany calls us to open ourselves to the gift of God’s ongoing manifestation
      • On the doorstep of Christmas, the birth of Jesus invites us to turn back to God and live
      • Despite complaints, staying in the midst of the Church is being part of what’s real
      • Primary goal of ‘Lectio divina’ is to listen to God through his son, the Christ
      • Thorough knowledge of Scripture calls for explanation, definition and context
      • God’s mercy is a pure gift, both unearned and undeserved
      • Christians should view life as pilgrims on way to final destination
      • Dedication to prayer found through ‘tranquility of mind and perpetual purity’
      • Anger may be hiding inside the word pity in ancient manuscripts
      • At some level, mom understood importance of having a Bible in the family
      • Strengthening out spiritual lives takes time, effort and commitment
      • Encounters with God are experienced in the moment, in time
      • Answering those spiritual dry spells
      • Grandmother’s simple outpouring of love lingers as family’s memory
      • When God asks, ‘Did you love my children?’
      • Season of ‘Ordinary Time’ begs for rejoicing
      • Physical relationship with mother should reflect our relationship with God
      • The Word is not a word; the Word is a person: Jesus of Nazareth
      • Jesus conquers fear of death by showing how much he loves us
      • Shame of sin that gnaws and disfigures calls for reconciliation
      • Deep in the silence of this sacred season comes sensation of being ‘swallowed’, by God
    • Father Kenneth Doyle
      • Remain a Catholic?/ Holy Comm with Alzheimer's disease?
      • 'Lead us not into temptation'/ Collection basket in sanctuary
      • Why is cremation OK now?/ Bowing to a priest
      • Is there a literal hell?/ Do only Catholics go to purgatory?
      • Position during Our Father/ Extreme unction and forgiveness
      • Hosting unmarried couple/ Call no man 'father'
      • Renewal of vows for non-Catholics/ Rationale re: women priests
      • Morality of boxing/ Flags in church?
      • Divorce and the Eucharist/ Long-haired priest
      • Baptism and non-Catholic parents/ Forgetting eucharistic fast
      • Adam, Eve and evolution/ Reading murder mysteries
      • Friday abstinence for a vegan/ Rudeness from pastor
      • Pope and grand ayatollah/ Is feeding tube necessary?
      • Intent to exclude children/ Is confession necessary?
      • Coming back to the church/ Mass doesn't speak to me now
      • Johnson & Johnson vaccine/ Violent video games
      • Burial in non-Catholic cemetery/ Anxious as death draws near
      • Rogation Days/ Baptism during COVID-19?
      • Wording of Nicene Creed/ Conflicted about cremation
      • 'Return to dust'? / Divorce and holy Comm
      • Christ 'descended into hell'/ Holy Family: Egypt or Nazareth?
      • Baptism and marriage of parents/ Suicide and the Catholic Church
      • Who raised Jesus?/ Consequences of remarriage
      • Homilies distributed/ Mass for a non-Catholic
      • Eucharist in mortal sin/ Can knitting help with prayer?
      • Distracted in prayer/ Pray for president-elect?
      • Was Friday really 'Good'?/ Go back to parish or not?
      • 'For all' or 'for many'/ Meaning of 'few are chosen'
      • Marrying an 'anti-Catholic'/ How 'extraordinary' should ministers be?
      • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit/ Comm by intinction?
      • Suicide and mortal sin/ What is true forgiveness?
      • Strange wording in 'Hail, Holy Queen'/ Who created COVID-19?
      • Work assignment on Sunday/ Mass card for non-Catholic ceremony?
      • Does heaven pass away?/ Mixed marriage and children
      • Salvation for a nonbeliever?/ What happened to Ascension Thursday?
      • Scattering ashes/ Feeling close to God
      • In heaven for sure?/ Length of dispensation process
      • Response to 'The Keepers'/ 'Personalizing' the Mass
      • Byzantine Catholics/ Divorced and remarried as eucharistic ministers?
      • Origin of Hail Mary/ Religious marriage, but not civil?
      • Shopping on Sunday?/ Mixed marriage long ago
      • Is lying always sinful?/ New rules for baptism?
      • Cremation and burial at sea
      • Ministers in wartime conditions/ 'Orans' posture during Our Father
      • Guidelines on gluten-free/ Football commentary at Mass
      • Burial in national cemetery/Eucharist without Mass?
      • The Eucharist for the sick/ Voting for Hillary and hell
      • John the Baptist and original sin/ Morality in warfare
      • Promoting priestly vocations/ Meat gravies on Fridays?
      • Funeral Mass years after death/ Mercy for priests removed
      • Wearing a veil in church/ Destination weddings?
      • Is a funeral Mass required? Why didn't I know about fasting rules?
      • Papal titles/Status of last rites
      • Churches that close; non-Catholic cantor?
      • Too much focus on the Passion/Donating body to science
      • Selling the sanctuary lamp/Offering day to Jesus and Mary
      • Comm by intinction? Sponsors and validity of baptism
    • Effie Caldarola
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      • The power of words, when necessary
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      • Why don’t we feel a thrill about being with God?
      • Andrean players rally to earn historic state baseball title
      • Most Reverend Donald J. Hying named bishop of Madison, Wisconsin diocese
      • Author and producer implores faithful to fight abortion through communication
      • JUVIES MINISTRY Deacons' juvenile detention center ministry about prayer, mentoring
      • ANDREAN BOYS BASKETBALL 59ers earn school’s first state title with 59-54 win in Class 2A final
      • Teens Are Praying Together 2019: Annual retreat draws teens to share and prayer
      • ANTI-BULLYING SEMINAR BMX star shows tricks, implores students to be heroes
      • Art tour initiative celebrates “embrace” of church beauty
      • Panthers pounce on Trojans as four CYO finals decided at Andrean
      • Proposed abortion legislative initiatives must continue to be met with horror and outrage
      • Addition of new Latin Mass raises hopes for increased vitality for downtown Hammond parish
      • Women’s Care Center fulfilling its mission of caring in Merrillville
      • Ten-year ministry helps connect people with jobs
      • The spirit of service and giving thrives as part of formation in our Catholic schools
      • Every child 'a precious gift from God,' Trump tells pro-life rally in Washington
      • Legacy of civil rights pioneer inspires bishop, faithful to peaceful action
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      • Solemnity of All Saints recalls destiny God has for each of us
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      • This Sunday, we recall with gratitude our solidarity with missionaries
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      • Father Diego Flores officially introduced by Bishop McClory
      • Closing Mass brings past and present parishioners together in faith
      • NWI Camino creates a physical and spiritual journey for young adults
      • Bishop McClory presides at Mass for CYO session participants
      • Pro-lifers rally inside Indiana Statehouse for unborn babies, their mothers
      • Latin Dance Night heats things up at Holy Family Parish
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      • Congress urged to 'seize hopeful moment,' vote to protect life, common good
      • Rhode Island priest vlogs his way through cardiac surgery
      • Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94
      • Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal
      • Singing national anthem at baseball game will be dream come true for priest
      • Kentucky churches, communities work together to meet flood victims' needs
      • New Rochester, Minn., bishop's heart is 'overwhelmed with joy, gratitude'
      • Denver woman pays for self, husband, two grandkids to be in 'Chosen'
      • Pro-lifers rally inside Indiana Statehouse for unborn babies, their mothers
      • Eucharistic congress for Zomi Catholics is like a homecoming, says attendee
      • Gathering in Owensboro, Ky., 'feels like 'home,' say Asian Catholic leaders
      • Bishop urges Catholic educators to see importance of the Eucharist
      • Winners in Christophers' contests show how one person can make difference
      • Annual conference puts emphasis on values, ways to renew Catholic education
      • Cross Catholic Outreach is helping feed Ukrainians, providing other aid
      • International leaders urged to step up efforts to combat human trafficking
      • Hundreds comfort one another, grieve together at Mass after shooting
      • March for Life will continue until 'abortion is unthinkable,' says official
      • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as Supreme Court justice
      • Supreme Court overturns Roe in anticipated Dobbs decision
      • Welcoming court's decision, leaders say it's time to build pro-life culture
      • Catholic school in Uvalde, Texas, is reaching out to help community heal
      • 'Bleacher Brothers' to visit all 30 MLB stadiums on evangelization tour
      • Women religious call on public to push lawmakers on gun control
      • Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
      • Vermont parish celebrates birth of Servant of God Joseph Dutton
      • Praying for victims, police, bishop says shooting shook all 'to our core'
      • Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
      • Ball bashes side mirror on priest's car - and guess who hit it?
      • Art deepens faith, says Sulpician priest, who has international following
      • Some Catholics stress need for dialogue with Black Lives Matter movement
      • Human rights advocate says universal church has kept hope in Venezuela
      • Youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl is alum of Atlanta Catholic school
      • Catholic school enrollment increases this school year, NCEA report says
      • New Hallow Español app provides Catholic prayers, meditations in Spanish
      • Indiana seminarians chop wood to help rural neighbors stay warm
      • Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause
      • All eyes are on Supreme Court for its biggest abortion case in decades
      • Eucharist statement aims to 'retrieve and revive' understanding
      • Sidewalk advocacy aims 'to save babies' by reaching out to women first
      • Eucharistic revival is key to church's future, says USCCB president
      • Bush Center in Texas places focus on immigration stories with podcasts
      • Some see growing trend in women choosing vocation as consecrated virgins
      • Bicyclists pedal, pray to promote vocations to priesthood, religious life
      • Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas
      • Two Miami priests hope to visit Haitian migrants in limbo at Texas border
      • Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica
      • Illinois success story shows strength of CCHD grant funding
      • Louisiana Catholics reach out to help those hit hard by Hurricane Ida
      • Dante Alighieri: 700 years of searching for 'Paradiso'
      • Catholic Charities agencies rely on virtual outreach in Ida relief
      • As Afghanistan convulses, Catholic organizations help refugees in U.S.
      • Music, quiet prayer, heartfelt petitions offered for Haiti, Afghanistan
      • Before medals, 'glorifying Christ comes first,' says Illinois Paralympian
      • Man is on a quest to unearth Minnesota's first Catholic chapel
      • Nuncio urges young people in vocational discernment to realize their gifts
      • Knights name 2021 International Family of Year, honor five local councils
      • Faith and family help Olympian live his dream amid hardship, heartbreak
      • Dioceses respond to pope's document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
      • Lifting dispensation is not enough to get Catholics back to in-person Mass
      • Catholic agency offers help after 'heartbreaking' collapse of building
      • Eucharist proposal highlights first two days of bishops' meeting
      • Webinar offers guidance on helping former women inmates reenter society
      • Brooklyn Diocese reports attacks on crucifix, statue over three-day period
      • '360-degree' support from school keeps math teacher upright after tragedy
      • Polish pilgrims mark anniversary of attempt to assassinate St. John Paul
      • Women religious speak out against voter suppression
      • Getting Sunday right: Family rediscovers the power of the Sabbath
      • Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting
      • Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
      • Retire? At age 102, California deacon says he's not ready
      • Catholic Extension initiative aims to help 1,000 poorest parishes in U.S.
      • Pastoral aims to 'reinspire' Catholics to have deeper love of God in Eucharist
      • Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with 'zeal' for Gospel, for serving faithful
      • Dioceses brace for damage as Hurricane Sally slams into Gulf Coast
      • Dioceses in Hurricane Laura's path report damage, but hard to gauge for now
      • U.S. Catholic media must inspire unity amid division, pope says
      • Catholics urged to remember priests as 'spiritual fathers' on Father's Day
      • Bishops urge closer look at COVID deaths in black communities
      • Baltimore priests working to reverse decline in confession in novel ways
      • Child's wish to feed homeless leads to vibrant outreach, national award
      • Father Michael Pfleger tells Gary faithful to be game-changers
      • Dedication of mural celebrates "momentous occasion in the life of St. Mary of the Lake”
      • Andrean earns sixth state baseball title as Doolin pitches gem, offense clicks
      • Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court
      • Plowshares activists motivated to witness and oppose nuclear armament
      • Catholic singles encouraged to make gift of self at national conference
      • Catholic scientists find camaraderie when discussing faith, research
      • How Catholic schools foster self-discipline offers lessons, says study
      • Shrine promotes 20th century teen saint as “model of faith and gift of self”
      • Stained glass windows transform sacred space at St. Edward
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      • Archbishop Gomez: Our Lady of Guadalupe a protector of Christian values in today's world
      • SYNOD DELEGATES VOTE Guided by the Holy Spirit, Diocese of Gary looks to the future
      • CLOSING CELEBRATION OF SYNOD ON PENTECOST Diocese looks ahead to ‘a new beginning’ with Mass and procession
      • God-given joy propels Deacon Bim-Merle to priesthood
      • Priest’s Lenten advice: pull weeds, plant God in center
      • ‘Critical’ care for women, babies continues at restored WCC
      • Support for immigrants follows group's verbal harassment of Mass-goers
      • MARCH FOR LIFE WASHINGTON St. Mary and St. Patrick eighth-graders, local Knights of Columbus join thousands at pro-life Mass, rally and march
      • Optimism up as local pro-lifers march on Chicago
      • Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform bill
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      • With a little help from his friends (and family), STMS student thrives
      • Organizers announce 'The Power of One' as theme for 2017 March for Life
      • An enduring economic revival
      • Oakland Catholic community offers prayers, support for fire victims
      • Black pro-life leaders hold rally outside Planned Parenthood in D.C.
      • Pilgrims on horseback pay homage to Mary at Illinois Guadalupe shrine
      • Reaching out to peers, diocesan students get it write
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      • U.S. bishops are trying to figure out how to deal with postelection animus
      • Well-wishers endure long flights, long lines to see their new cardinals
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      • Unlike World Series, prelates' bet has winners in both cities
      • Pope appoints Cardinal-designate Tobin as new archbishop of Newark
      • Iowa bishop says diocese stands 'in solidarity' with targeted local police
      • Legalizing pot seen hitting children, low-income communities hardest
      • With a little help from his friends (and family), St. Tom's student thrives
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      • Grásta Dé! Junior high students learn how God’s grace can lead to mercy and forgiveness
      • Celebration of Life message is one of forgiveness and mercy
      • Priest's prayer reminds Republican convention of importance of all human life
      • Commission head: Religious freedom worldwide has 'spiraled downward'
      • Supreme Court seeks details on alternatives in Obamacare contraceptive mandate
      • Iowa institute researches treatments for genetic diseases while respecting Culture of Life
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      • Be vigilant to God's presence in life, pope says
      • Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip
      • Be authentic, not self-centered, pope tells young people
      • 'Our angels have wings' Zelenskyy says on Ukrainian Statehood Day
      • Pope encourages Canadian church workers in their ministry
      • Pope entrusts new relationship with Indigenous to three holy women
      • Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools
      • Indigenous priest shares practices that will be part of pope's Canada trip
      • Humanity has 'moral obligation' to fight climate change, pope says
      • Pope names three women to office that helps him choose bishops
      • South Sudan bishop urges steps to achieve long-term reconciliation
      • Pope: Young people called to look beyond 'shortsighted' ideologies
      • Online exhibit shows links between Knights of Columbus and baseball
      • Japanese archbishop condemns Abe assassination, deplores violence
      • Pope: Interreligious cooperation is needed to tackle threats to people, planet
      • Pizza for all: Jordanian parish matches Italian cuisine, Iraqi skills
      • World Meeting of Families opens June 22 in Rome and online
      • Canadian artist installs pro-life sculpture of Jesus in the womb in Rome
      • Saints' lives prove God's love for all, pope says at canonization Mass
      • Nigerian president: 'Fratelli Tutti' good road map for West African peace
      • Pope tells Swiss Guard that Vatican City State is proud of their presence
      • Good or bad nations do not exist since wickedness is everywhere, pope says
      • Poles' response to refugee crisis reflects enduring values, official says
      • Family crosses: Joy, new life can be found by facing problems together
      • Peace comes through meekness, not war, violence, pope says
      • European church leaders ask Russian patriarch to support Easter truce
      • Pope indicates he has not spoken directly to Putin about Ukraine war
      • Pope: Inclusion puts normally marginalized people front and center
      • Ecumenical patriarch pledges solidarity with Ukrainians during Warsaw visit
      • Pope hosted homeless people at his residence to interview him
      • Pope prays for an end to war in Ukraine
      • Pope says elderly must be prophets, warning of world's 'self-destruction'
      • Franciscan custos hopes Holy Sepulcher cooperation can serve as example
      • Vatican mobilizes humanitarian efforts to aid Ukraine
      • Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
      • Archbishop asks people to pray, says Russian threat extends beyond Ukraine
      • Men must join fight against human trafficking, pope says
      • Accurate information is a human right, pope tells Catholic communicators
      • Pope to meet university students as part of synodal process
      • Pope confers ministries of lector, catechist on lay women and men
      • U.S. bishop with a Salvadoran heart weighs in on historic beatifications
      • Pope calls for prayers for people hit by disaster in Tonga
      • USCCB invites Catholics to take part in '9 Days for Life' Jan. 19-27
      • Preserve Christian identity received at baptism, pope says
      • Christians in Bethlehem on Christmas: Tell the world we have joy
      • Pope: Eat, give gifts, be 'merry' this Christmas, but don't forget Jesus
      • La Palma priests vow to celebrate Christmas despite volcano devastation
      • Pope's World Day of the Poor includes listening, helping
      • Vatican offers free e-book for family rosary
      • Plenary Council members ask Australian church to embrace its diversity
      • Pope, religious leaders plead for peace, compassion, care for the earth
      • Vatican launches prayer campaign for Laudato Si' goals
      • Preparations underway for global celebrations of World Meeting of Families
      • Church suffers temptation to go backward, pope tells Jesuits in Slovakia
      • Syriac Catholic bishops cite challenges Christians face in Middle East
      • Pope: Bishops must handle Comm debate as shepherds, not with censures
      • Donation called expression of U.S. Catholics' affection for Paris cathedral
      • Eucharist is source of joy, God's presence, speakers tell global congress
      • Pope prays for peace in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control
      • Priest killed, one missing as church assesses damage from Haiti quake
      • Baltimore archbishop blesses first new Catholic school in city in 60 years
      • 'Today is a day of strength': Mass commemorates Beirut blast victims
      • Guatemalan church leaders back growing protests
      • Australian Olympics rugby sevens squad member sees Jesus as No. 1
      • Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders marked South Sudan's Independence Day
      • Pope, bishops call for calm, dialogue after Haitian president killed
      • Pope at pallium Mass: Freedom comes from welcoming Christ
      • On First Nations Sunday, Quebec cardinal speaks of hope for healing
      • Technology eyed to help Bethlehem's fragile economy emerge from pandemic
      • Environmental situation is a call to act 'with urgency,' pope says
      • Learn how to find victory in 'losing,' pope tells athletes
      • At urging of U.S. bishops, Catholic leaders to meet on immigration
      • Pope sends condolences for deadly cable car disaster in Italy
      • Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children 'unacceptable'
      • Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si' gears up for next decade
      • In times of trouble, church turns to prayer with Mary, theologian says
      • Pope calls for monthlong global prayer marathon for end of pandemic
      • People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says
      • Bible reading boosts mental well-being among Christians, U.K. survey says
      • For Lent, ask if one's life is centered on God or oneself, pope says
      • Pope says he was 'astonished' by violence at Capitol
      • Pope appeals for peace as violence increases in Ethiopia
      • French bishops order 'death knell' after three killed in Nice basilica
      • Devotion to Sacred Heart increases in Mexico during pandemic
      • Founder of Pro-Life African groups says her continent embraces life
      • Pope leads prayers from Rome for U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore
      • Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand
      • In Canada, new law could mean changing route of March for Life
      • Pope marries couple on flight during Chilean trip
      • British app designed to help Catholics discover vocations
      • British baby Charlie Gard dies in hospice care
      • Pope, others pray as parents of baby Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
      • Facebook restores Catholic pages after their 'accidental' removal from social media platform
      • Pro-life group welcomes court ruling to let U.S. doctor examine baby
      • Life academy offers prayers for parents and terminally ill baby refused by courts
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      • Pay no heed to scorn or praise, there is need of only one thing
      • Be thankful for all you have been given, this and every month
      • Be open to surprises and the veil will be lifted for you
      • Read, pray, walk, muse and thank God for loving you
      • Reading is an adventure no matter the season or genre
      • Cherish the tools that help you draw closer to God
      • Redemption leads Christians to dispel darkness in favor of light
      • Welcome the excitement of Easter, and stay for the journey
      • Contemplation can simply be you resting in God’s embrace
      • Only the one true God is to be worshipped and glorified
      • Mary’s question is just as intriguing as her answer to God
      • As with Abraham, obedience to God can take time to cultivate
      • We take our journey with the best possible driving instructor
      • We may struggle to please God, but we’re not that bad
      • If we let him, God will walk humbly with us
      • Time can mean different things depending on how it is measured
      • Read it aloud to better understand the meaning of the words
      • Put a dent in ‘scoffing’ by ‘groping’ for God in the best possible way
      • A requiem for Benet Lake and choirs that gave praise and thanks to God
      • Night is the ideal time to worship and contemplate God
      • Like a groom and his bride, beauty lies in the marriage itself, and God delights being married to us
      • In the light of spring, sit outside and feel the warmth of the day with the Word of God on your tongue
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS Resurrection of Christ is the seed that ultimately enables us to see and taste and hear and touch our faith
      • As Lent begins, God ‘draws back the curtain,’ allowing glimpses of the great mystery to unfold
      • In face of temptation - battle with evil - we must cling to God and prayer is the method of clinging
      • In spite of cultural despair, each subsequent generation brings the hope of new hope, a new life
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      • We’ve yet to thrash out the reason for so much angst in our time; don’t expect a verdict in our lifetimes
      • Visit to English ruins transport visitors back to a time when things were in the text of one’s life
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS The key to understanding Scripture: read it aloud, slow it down and take time to ponder
      • What is actually happening in our spiritual life, can be different than what we believe it to be
      • NOTIONS and RUMINATIONS We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, but do we truly understand its meaning?
      • NOTIONS AND RUMINATIONS God speaks in the quiet, and in that quiet, we discover we want to follow Christ
      • The most real thing we can do this Lent is to pray and ponder in the silence of creation
      • God repeatedly tells us what’s best but, invariably, we have a tendency to do the opposite
      • Advent/Christmas seasons are ideal times to approach God with undivided hearts
      • Film representative of difficulties we face in integrating our lives with God
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      • Greatest tool Satan can use against the young is not sex or drugs, but rather indifference.
      • True freedom means living as sisters and brothers of Christ – not just talking about it
      • In God’s time, beyond death, we will experience all reality as an everlasting ‘now’
      • Everything is ephemeral, but try telling that to a 14-year old high school student
      • Receive the ‘mystical kiss of Christ’
      • God would not ask us to be holy if, indeed, it were impossible to do so
      • God envelopes and overshadows us in his overwhelming desire to know us more fully
      • Epiphany calls us to open ourselves to the gift of God’s ongoing manifestation
      • On the doorstep of Christmas, the birth of Jesus invites us to turn back to God and live
      • Despite complaints, staying in the midst of the Church is being part of what’s real
      • Primary goal of ‘Lectio divina’ is to listen to God through his son, the Christ
      • Thorough knowledge of Scripture calls for explanation, definition and context
      • God’s mercy is a pure gift, both unearned and undeserved
      • Christians should view life as pilgrims on way to final destination
      • Dedication to prayer found through ‘tranquility of mind and perpetual purity’
      • Anger may be hiding inside the word pity in ancient manuscripts
      • At some level, mom understood importance of having a Bible in the family
      • Strengthening out spiritual lives takes time, effort and commitment
      • Encounters with God are experienced in the moment, in time
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      • Grandmother’s simple outpouring of love lingers as family’s memory
      • When God asks, ‘Did you love my children?’
      • Season of ‘Ordinary Time’ begs for rejoicing
      • Physical relationship with mother should reflect our relationship with God
      • The Word is not a word; the Word is a person: Jesus of Nazareth
      • Jesus conquers fear of death by showing how much he loves us
      • Shame of sin that gnaws and disfigures calls for reconciliation
      • Deep in the silence of this sacred season comes sensation of being ‘swallowed’, by God
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      • Seeking Life: Modern miracles among us
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      • The gifts left to us by giants: trusting us with the truth
      • Sharing memories of a very generous group of catechists
      • Our Catholic faith remains part of the fabric of our lives
      • Religious women played key role in history of Hispanic faith
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      • Remain a Catholic?/ Holy Comm with Alzheimer's disease?
      • 'Lead us not into temptation'/ Collection basket in sanctuary
      • Why is cremation OK now?/ Bowing to a priest
      • Is there a literal hell?/ Do only Catholics go to purgatory?
      • Position during Our Father/ Extreme unction and forgiveness
      • Hosting unmarried couple/ Call no man 'father'
      • Renewal of vows for non-Catholics/ Rationale re: women priests
      • Morality of boxing/ Flags in church?
      • Divorce and the Eucharist/ Long-haired priest
      • Baptism and non-Catholic parents/ Forgetting eucharistic fast
      • Adam, Eve and evolution/ Reading murder mysteries
      • Friday abstinence for a vegan/ Rudeness from pastor
      • Pope and grand ayatollah/ Is feeding tube necessary?
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      • Coming back to the church/ Mass doesn't speak to me now
      • Johnson & Johnson vaccine/ Violent video games
      • Burial in non-Catholic cemetery/ Anxious as death draws near
      • Rogation Days/ Baptism during COVID-19?
      • Wording of Nicene Creed/ Conflicted about cremation
      • 'Return to dust'? / Divorce and holy Comm
      • Christ 'descended into hell'/ Holy Family: Egypt or Nazareth?
      • Baptism and marriage of parents/ Suicide and the Catholic Church
      • Who raised Jesus?/ Consequences of remarriage
      • Homilies distributed/ Mass for a non-Catholic
      • Eucharist in mortal sin/ Can knitting help with prayer?
      • Distracted in prayer/ Pray for president-elect?
      • Was Friday really 'Good'?/ Go back to parish or not?
      • 'For all' or 'for many'/ Meaning of 'few are chosen'
      • Marrying an 'anti-Catholic'/ How 'extraordinary' should ministers be?
      • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit/ Comm by intinction?
      • Suicide and mortal sin/ What is true forgiveness?
      • Strange wording in 'Hail, Holy Queen'/ Who created COVID-19?
      • Work assignment on Sunday/ Mass card for non-Catholic ceremony?
      • Does heaven pass away?/ Mixed marriage and children
      • Salvation for a nonbeliever?/ What happened to Ascension Thursday?
      • Scattering ashes/ Feeling close to God
      • In heaven for sure?/ Length of dispensation process
      • Response to 'The Keepers'/ 'Personalizing' the Mass
      • Byzantine Catholics/ Divorced and remarried as eucharistic ministers?
      • Origin of Hail Mary/ Religious marriage, but not civil?
      • Shopping on Sunday?/ Mixed marriage long ago
      • Is lying always sinful?/ New rules for baptism?
      • Cremation and burial at sea
      • Ministers in wartime conditions/ 'Orans' posture during Our Father
      • Guidelines on gluten-free/ Football commentary at Mass
      • Burial in national cemetery/Eucharist without Mass?
      • The Eucharist for the sick/ Voting for Hillary and hell
      • John the Baptist and original sin/ Morality in warfare
      • Promoting priestly vocations/ Meat gravies on Fridays?
      • Funeral Mass years after death/ Mercy for priests removed
      • Wearing a veil in church/ Destination weddings?
      • Is a funeral Mass required? Why didn't I know about fasting rules?
      • Papal titles/Status of last rites
      • Churches that close; non-Catholic cantor?
      • Too much focus on the Passion/Donating body to science
      • Selling the sanctuary lamp/Offering day to Jesus and Mary
      • Comm by intinction? Sponsors and validity of baptism
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      • Please Note:
      • El obispo envía un mensaje de amor y gratitud a todos los que se cruzaron en su camino y se prepara para una nueva tarea
      • Poder remodelar la forma en que vivimos Domingo, se pierde la profundidad de nuestra fe y richness de nuestra propia humanidad
      • La Iglesia seguirá creciendo a medida que cada uno de nosotros profundice nuestra propia relación con Cristo
      • Al igual que la experiencia de los apóstoles, Jesús calma las tempestades en nuestras vidas y nos alienta a no tener miedo
      • Narrativas de la resurrección son abundantes testimonios de la alegría y la paz que fluyen de Cristo resucitado
      • En la sociedad actual, podemos ser parte de la solución o parte del problema ; podemos elegir el amor o el odio
      • A través de las generosas donaciones a la CSA , estás tocando las heridas de Cristo. y atendiendo las necesidades de los demás.
      • El mensaje de Pascua del obispo
      • La narrativa de la Semana Santa es un paisaje extraño y hermoso que nos lleva al corazón de Dios
      • Visitas parroquiales 2019 ¡Es una gran aventura cuando enganchamos la vela de nuestras vidas al poderoso viento del Espíritu Santo!
      • No temas, este fuego ardiente del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús te llenará, te bendecirá y te unirá a Cristo
      • Las heridas del Sagrado Corazón nos recuerdan que el amor y el sufrimiento están inextricablemente entrelazados.
      • ¿Dónde y cómo se ha manifestado la gloria de Dios en tu camino de Cuaresma?
      • Esta Cuaresma, atrévete a entrar en la humildad, el auto-vaciado amor de Cristo, ¡lo último perdido y encontrado!
      • Esta Cuaresma, pídale a Dios que abra su corazón para saber, sentir, actuar y hablar como una extensión del Señor
      • Esta Cuaresma, entra en una relación más profunda de amor y confianza con el Señor Jesús a través de su Sagrado Corazón
      • Al recibir y compartir el poder sanador del Señor Jesús , lo ayudamos a sanar el mundo
      • Jesús nos da a su madre como protectora, intercesora y guía en nuestro peregrinaje a la Iglesia del Padre
      • La debilidad se convierte en un portal acreditado para la entrada de Dios en el templo de nuestra frágil y bella humanidad
      • Cuando descubrimos que menos es más, descubrimos que no necesitamos lo que el mundo siempre está persiguiendo
      • La vida como un don de Dios, es una participación en el apasionante b eing muy de la Trinidad divina
      • Permitir el miedo, la resistencia a controlar el futuro de la Iglesia, significará un continuo declive y disminución
      • ¿Dónde está Dios en silencio, suavemente, misericordiosamente irrumpir en su vida esta Navidad y más allá?
      • En estos últimos días de Adviento, detente y deja que el Señor te ame. Pasa el regalo a los que te rodean!
      • Este evento debe ser usado como una oportunidad para invitar al Señor a entrar en cada fibra de su existencia
      • Si tuvieras cinco minutos para hablar sobre tu amor de Cristo, ¿qué dirías acerca de tu creencia?
      • La visita del obispo Quesnel de Fort Libertè ayuda a identificar una gran necesidad, pero la fe y el amor comunes del Señor
      • Con gracia y gratitud, el Señor dirige los corazones para reflexionar sobre las bendiciones y los dones en espíritu de asombro y admiración
      • Proceso del Sínodo ¡ una peregrinación espiritual que acabará cuando estemos juntos en la casa del padre!
      • A raíz de la violencia, el corazón de la fe para judíos y cristianos permanece: ama a Dios y al prójimo siempre
      • Estamos llamados a compartir el amor de Jesús con alegría
      • Se remonta a todos los grandes santos, el Rosario todavía tiene poder y utilidad en nuestras vidas espirituales
      • Carta a San Juan Pablo II habla del hombre que abrazó al mundo entero a través de su amor de Dios
      • Los momentos Gethsemane de la vida nos pueden llevar a una extensión ilimitada de confianza absoluta en el Padre
      • A pesar de los pecados del pasado, la Carta de Dallas está funcionando; demuestra que la prevención del abuso de niños es posible
      • La misión de los Vicentinos en todo el mundo es glorificar a Dios, crecer en santidad y satisfacer las necesidades de los pobres
      • En medio de la crisis actual, "No hay mal que afrontar, que Cristo no se enfrente a nosotros"
      • En medio de la angustia y el dolor, este es el momento de invocar la misericordia y la gracia del Señor
      • A través de la búsqueda y nuestra entrega final , encontramos la alegría, la paz y la realización en los brazos de Dios
      • La implementación de la parroquia del Sínodo avanza para vivir los ideales de Jesús con la gracia del Espíritu Santo
      • Caminar con el Señor en oración meditativa proporciona momentos sagrados que benefician en todo sentido
      • Enraizados en Cristo, nos encontramos con el misterio pascual: la muerte de los exigentes y narcisista de auto
      • La Eucaristía está en el centro de nuestra fe; nuestro sagrado encuentro con Cristo resucitado
      • A lo largo de los siglos, el Señor nos llama a responder en nuestro tiempo a la eterna llamada del Evangelio
      • Como empieza la Semana Santa, los cristianos de todo el mundo se reúnen para honrar la pasión de Cristo
      • Cansado y estresado? Tal vez el Señor os llama a abrazar la antigua práctica del sábado
      • Si la Iglesia está floreciendo, debemos comprometernos a discipulado misionero
      • La Cuaresma es un tiempo de auto-honestidad, introspección, orante acción cicatrizante, esperanza renovada en Cristo
      • Principios del derecho natural deben guiar el proceso político y el bien común de nuestras vidas juntos
      • Lo que comienza con las cenizas de nuestros pecados, termina con la gloriosa victoria, ardiente de Cristo dentro de nosotros
      • Desafío de la cuaresma no se distraiga con detalles, pero en lugar de ello, buscan que Dios realmente quiere que seamos
      • Iglesia es verdaderamente "Católica" cuando auténticas diferencias sirven para realzar la belleza del Cuerpo de Cristo
      • Si bien la cultura de la muerte pretende deshumanizar, destruir; Jesús viene a salvar, amar y perdonar
      • Abrazar cierto placer en nuestras vidas crea espacio sagrado para la contemplación a florecer
      • Mirando atrás, 2017 fue un año lleno de muchas bendiciones y momentos de gracia
      • uizás esta temporada de esperanza y expectativa encuentra su consumación cuando caemos en amor con Dios
      • Al dar la bienvenida a los inmigrantes, la Iglesia continúa la obra de la caridad y la justicia
      • Relaciones forjadas en Haití se convierten en expresiones transformadora de la universalidad de la Iglesia
      • Adviento un tiempo para preguntarnos cómo podemos Mejor prepárese para el Señor a irrumpir en nuestras vidas de un modo nuevo
      • Dios nos llama a ser único santo de nuestro propio destino, la persona que ha soñado desde el principio
      • Día de Acción de Gracias: un recordatorio de que todo lo recibido es un don destinado a ser acariciado, celebrada y compartida
      • Enraizado en el amor de Cristo, todo lo demás cae en la armonía, la relación correctadel
      • La fe nos enseña a renunciar graciosamente a las estaciones de la vida sabiendo que Dios es eterno
      • La fe versus la ciencia? Preguntas apremiantes encontrar respuestas en el gran misterio de Dios
      • El Papa Juan Pablo II trajo el catolicismo al mundo, levantando a Cristo como Redentor del mundo
      • Los cristianos católicos perseverar en Serbia con la ayuda de EE.UU. Colecciones para Europa oriental
      • Soledad practicado se convierte en la base de la intimidad con Dios y con los demás
      • Un regalo de la presencia de Dios, la gracia es todo alrededor y dentro de nosotros, un acto de amor
      • La humildad es la virtud fundamental que edifica la vida espiritual dentro de nosotros
      • Utilizar a Jesús como el modelo de resistencia para el ciclo mortal del miedo, la ira, la venganza y el odio
      • A través de la muerte salvadora de Cristo, aprendemos que no hay lugar para la exclusión ni el odio
      • En medio de un mundo cada vez más lleno de ruido, el Señor nos habla en el silencio
      • El paso de la 'Whatever' la cultura y en el vasto, bello ilimitado mundo de Cristo
      • En medio de hechos aleccionadores sobre prioridades religiosas son muchas razones para esperanza
      • Edificio en sínodo, nuestro futuro dará mucho fruto en la medida en que seguimos abiertos al Espíritu
      • Sínodo es obra del Espíritu Santo, pero también requiere la respuesta humana a ponerlo en acciones
      • Virgen de Fátima nos llama a la oración profunda y valiente acción que es transformador
      • Cuán diferente sería el mundo si la gente vivía con la conciencia de la gracia santificante
      • La salvación, el éxito, la fecundidad generalmente todo lo ganado o perdido en medio de la lucha
      • Si está permitido, nuestra experiencia del Espíritu Santo puede agitar nuestras almas al núcleo
      • Una vez que la gente se encuentra a Cristo resucitado, que deje de moverse en direcciones equivocadas
      • Descansando en el amor del Señor a través de la oración, el sacramento puede exorcizar el demonio enojado dentro
      • El Señor resucitado nos llama a vivir en el vasto mundo hermoso de su resurrección
      • Lección que debe ser aprendida por medio de Cristo total obediencia al Padre hasta la muerte en la cruz
      • Aunque mal inflige grandes daños, Jesús ha ganado la victoria sobre el poder del pecado y de la muerte
      • Con Dios como el centro de la casa, la familia y la iglesia se hizo más importante en la vida
      • Los sitios sagrados, a lo largo de Tierra Santa resultar inspiradora para los peregrinos locales
      • Considere qué deportes pueden enseñarnos acerca de la comunidad cristiana y la práctica de la fe
      • Leer - un recordatorio de que cada vida humana es un drama de la gracia y del pecado, la oportunidad, la limitación
      • La muerte es nuestro mayor acto creativo; el don supremo de sí a Dios y a los demás
      • Liturgia de las Horas, una forma de oración marcan nuestras vidas levantando las mentes, los corazones a Dios
      • Ver la Cuaresma como una oportunidad para vivir en mayor paz y reconciliación con los demás
      • Cruz impregna nuestra experiencia de sufrimiento con la luz de Cristo resucitado
      • Aprendizaje religioso: La transmisión de la fe que ha sido transmitida a nosotros
      • La Iglesia no se cansa de anunciar proféticamente que cada vida humana importa
      • A través de la Iglesia, Dios alcanza y nos salva del abismo de desesperación y soledad
      • Estados Unidos sigue siendo una nación de inmigrantes que buscan mismas bendiciones y oportunidades como antepasados
      • Un mensaje de Navidad del Obispo Donald J. Hying
      • A través de la paciencia y en el tiempo de Dios, el reino se desarrolla de forma lenta y continua
      • Gloria de Dios es misteriosa realidad que irrumpe en la experiencia humana
      • El Adviento nos invita a la realización de que Dios irrumpe en nuestras vidas en cualquier momento
      • A través de la gratitud y humildad viene el secreto de la alegría y la paz en la vida
      • Sínodo proceso continúa mientras buscamos ser más fecundo y eficaz dentro de la Iglesia
      • Año de misericordia termina pero nos llama a continuar la obra de amor y de perdón
      • En la admisión de nuestras propias debilidades, se suele encontrar la gracia de Dios
      • El derecho fundamental a la vida es el núcleo de nuestra ética social, nuestra constitución
      • Respetar la vida mes nos invita a reflexionar sobre la dignidad, el valor de la vida humana en cualquier fase
      • La cuestión no es si uno tiene una vocación, pero ¿cuál es mi vocación en la vida?
      • Abrazar la rectoría significa ser generoso muy generosamente a la misión del reino
      • Jesús' abrazo divino de nuestra humanidad roto sana, perdona y nos ahorra
      • Al reflexionar, acción de gracias, la gloria y la alegría que abundan en nuestras vidas
      • Restantes despierto significa vivir vidas espirituales que ayudan a seguir el reinado de Dios
      • La JMJ encierran la promesa de Dios haciendo cosas increíbles en y alrededor de los peregrinos
      • El amor, la comprensión, viene con facilidad realización todos somos hijos de Dios
      • Los jóvenes, como parte integrante de la Iglesia, deben ser parte del proceso
      • La vida familiar no es un problema a resolver, sino un don que debe ser abrazado plenamente
      • La enseñanza social Católica nos llama a transformar en el mundo la civilización del amor
      • Ahora es el momento para tomar una mirada realista sobre lo que nos puede unir y hacer más fuertes
      • La fe católica es una 'aventura gozosa' que lleva toda una vida para absorber
      • El Espíritu Santo es el fuego, la energía y la fuerza inspiradora de Dios en nuestras vidas
      • Celebración de los sacramentos, que son el corazón de nuestra fe y de nuestra humanidad
      • La misericordia nos llama al sacrificio en nombre de los hambrientos de comida, el amor, la alegría
      • La evangelización nos llama a proclamar a Jesús, el Evangelio, desde los tejados!
      • El Sínodo nos recuerda de la importante labor que se realiza para construir nuestro legado en la iglesia local
      • La doctrina católica sobre el respeto a la dignidad humana de todo el centro de la fe
      • Permitiendo que la misericordia de Dios fluya en nos inspira a ser instrumentos de la misericordia en los demás
      • A través del misterio pascual, abrazamos, en la fe, el movimiento de la muerte a la vida
      • Las cruces de la vida que llevamos nos dirigen a la conciencia de nuestra necesidad "radical" de Dios
      • Pidió a los fieles llamados a reflexionar sobre muchas de las cuestiones planteadas por carta pastoral de la Iglesia
      • No podemos arreglarlo solo; a través del sacramento de la reconciliación, no tenemos que
      • Obra de fe es ayudar a cada persona a florecer como hijo de Dios
      • No preguntar "¿Qué puedo obtener, sino, más bien, cómo puedo dar a los demás
      • Preguntas para reflexionar a medida que entramos en los cuarenta días de la Cuaresma
      • Considere cómo los cuarenta días de la Cuaresma puede convertirse en un 'juego-cambiador espiritual'
      • El Evangelio nos llama a una " respuesta" profundamente diferente a la violenci
      • Vivir las Obras de Misericordia
      • Haciendo públicas las resoluciones para 2016 aumenta la rendición de cuentas
      • Columna del Obispo para Navidad
      • Arraigados en el amor del Señor, ningún sufrimiento, revés, tristeza puede robarnos de la alegría
      • En el espíritu de San Nicolás, generosamente práctiquen amor y bondad
      • Permitan que el Adviento sea un tiempo de silencio, oración y paciencia
      • Sínodo – moviendo la diócesis alegremente por el camino del discipulado, evangelización
      • Obispo Hying invita a los fieles a unirse a él en oración, en acción durante el Año de la Misericordia
      • El mundo siempre necesita a los santos para señalarnos hacia a Dios como meta común
      • El Misterio Pascual nos indica el camino a través de la muerte en la luz y la alegría de Dios
      • Respeto por la vida nos enseña que todo las vidas importan; todos somos hijos de Dios
      • Peregrinación papal demuestra para ser energizante e inspirador
      • Los cristianos tienen el reto de verdaderamente construir y fomentar una cultura de la vida
      • Todos están llamados a reconocer la dignidad y el valor de cada ser humano
      • Camino de la vida nos llama a entregar a la luz del amor de Dios
      • La educación y la salud son fundamentales a terminando el ciclo de la pobreza
      • El empleo y la familia nos traen a la plena dignidad como hijos de Dios
      • Los católicos locales están llamados para abordar el efecto de la pobreza en Indiana
      • Estamos llamados a compartir el amor de Jesús con alegría y confianza
      • Devoción a María puede ayudarnos a mantener nuestro enfoque en tiempo de Adviento
      • Adviento – recordatorio de nuestra dignidad y destino como hijos de Dios
      • Proyectos de CCHD destinados a construir futuros saludables, sostenibles
      • Nosotros, como discípulos de Jesús, llevamos a cabo su misión en el nivel parroquial, diocesano
      • Nuestra fe influye en cómo nos acercamos a la vida y la muerte
      • Solemnidad de Todos los Santos recuerda el destino que Dios tiene para cada uno de nosotros
      • Nosotros, que somos la iglesia, todos reclaman responsabilidad de evangelización
      • Este domingo, recordamos con gratitud nuestra solidaridad con los misioneros
      • Promoción de la cultura de la vida dando la bienvenida, protegiendo a los más vulnerables
      • Todavía pueden inscribirse para votar; oremos por el fin de las armas nucleares
      • Favor de unirse en oración con los obispos en peregrinación a Tierra Santa
      • Concilio de la Juventud explora los desafíos principales de adolescentes desde la perspectiva de la fe
      • Fiesta nacional – tiempo para reflexionar sobre la dignidad de los trabajadores, los trabajadores inmigrantes
      • Estamos llamados a ser el corazón, las manos, los pies, la voz de Jesús a los demás
      • Unidad familiar – donde los miembros aprenden el valor de vivir y amar
      • CYX – presentando el mensaje del Evangelio en una idioma que los jóvenes puedan entender
      • Nuestra alegría en el Señor genera espíritu misionero dentro de nosotros mismos
      • Alimenten su fe con la recepción del Cuerpo y la Sangre del Señor
      • La vida en Cristo significa ser saboreada y apreciada por su alegría
      • Tenemos que ser solidarios con el Santo Padre en las conversaciones de paz
      • La fe es aceptando el amor de Dios y viviendo en relación viva con Él
      • Más obreros para la cosecha del Señor; apoyo para Haití también vital
      • Las mujeres religiosas ofrecen un hermoso testimonio en un mundo muy secularizado
      • Campaña de CSA – trabajando juntos para traer el amor de Dios a los demás
      • ¡Aleluya! Él vive
      • El sacrificio de Jesús nos reconcilia con el Padre; destruye el poder del pecado
      • A través de Jesús, nuestra resurrección y nuestra vida, viviremos para siempre
      • Gran riqueza en la pobreza – confianza ilimitada de Jesús en el Padre
      • CRS – eficaz manera de servir a Jesús a través de ayudar a los pobres
      • Escrituras revelan cómo Dios desea una relación personal con nosotros
      • Penitencia – reconociendo cómo podemos crecer en respuesta al amor de Dios
      • Prácticas cuaresmales nos ayudan a reorientar nuestra vocación como discípulos de Jesús
      • La misericordia de Dios, no nuestra pecaminosidad, se encuentra en el centro de la reconciliación
      • El matrimonio – unión exclusiva, total y permanente del hombre y la mujer
      • Periódico diocesano – herramienta valiosa para nutrir nuestra fe cristiana
      • Escuelas católicas – ayudando a los niños a crecer en madurez, competencia
      • Aniversario de Roe – tiempo para promover el respeto por la vida en todas las etapas
      • Unidad de los cristianos: testigos gozosos de la presencia amorosa de Jesús
      • ¡Buenas noticias de gran gozo!
      • Informe anual refleja corresponsabilidad para continuar la misión de Jesús en la tierra
      • La fe de María desata el nudo del pecado; nos lleva a mano a nuestro Padre misericordioso
      • Adviento: Jesús nos llama a trabajar por venir completo del Reino de Dios
      • Al terminar el año de Iglesia, necesitamos a Jesús como nuestra principal prioridad
      • NCYC sumergirá a los jóvenes en entorno que soporta, celebra su fe
      • Imagen maternal de la Iglesia – dando vida, alimentando a sus hijos
      • Noviembre – tiempo de expresar amor y solidaridad con queridos difuntos
      • Santos sagrados arraigaron sus vidas en la persona y el Evangelio de Jesús
      • El trabajo de los misioneros lleva el Evangelio de la salvación a todo el mundo
      • Respeto a todas las personas nos reta a proteger toda vida humana
      • Los diáconos sirven como recordatorios vivos del ejemplo y las palabras de Jesús
      • Juntos compartimos la responsabilidad de la misión de la Iglesia en la tierra
      • Nuestra participación en la misa – no hay mejor manera de comenzar el domingo, la semana
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      • Evangelization can be as simple as encouraging another to grow in the faith of the Church
      • Like the son in the parable, we are all called to obedience when it comes to God’s will
      • Maybe it’s time to ponder the true roots of our generosity, our care for others
      • Scripture tells us that love lies at the heart of conflict resolution in troubled times
      • The empty tomb bring great light out of the darkness of Good Friday
      • God never stops thirsting or reaching out for us with the promise of ‘Living Waters’
      • Have we allowed an ‘eye for an eye’ mentality to turn us into a society of bullies?
      • You are the only one who can determine how your vote counts
      • Season of autumn provides an opportunity for scrutiny, soul-searching and improvement
      • Curiosity about the Divine draws us in the marvels of God’s creation
      • Who do you say I am; how would we answer the question
      • Perhaps thinking of his own mother, Jesus extends compassion to the widow
      • Complexity, richness of Catholicism calls for a lifetime of formation
      • ‘Mission’ and ‘witness’ are important terms to know when it comes to faith
      • Evangelization: A simple matter of and talking the talk and walking the walk
      • Ways of kindness toward others have a habit of circling back around
      • Living, dying and rising of Jesus Christ brings hope in the ‘circle of life’
      • In All Things: Where will we be this Holy Week as Jesus begins his passion?
      • Fear of death pales in light of the promise of our resurrections
      • The way to satisfy the insatiable thirst lies in our total faith in the ‘Living Water’
      • Jesus shows us our 40 days in the desert is a time to be resolute
      • Diversity is part of God’s plan to make us one
      • Birth of Christ calls us to reflect on God’s presence in us all
      • Gaudete Sunday calls us to prepare for the great joy to come
      • Solutions first start with putting our trust in God
      • Thankfulness to God needs to be a year-round exercise of faith
      • Great holiness achievable, just look to the saints as a model
      • For those who believe, death never has the final word
      • True honor earned through placing ourselves last
      • How will we keep the fires of enthusiasm and excitement alive?
      • Holy year calls us to reflect on mercy in our own lives
      • Responsibility for eradicating issues of poverty belongs to us all
      • The true miracle is there before our eyes
      • Who are the prophets among us to whom we refuse to listen?
      • Life at any age opens the doors to the many possibilities ahead
      • Belief in the Eucharist calls us to travel the path of discipleship
      • Pentecost calls for serious consideration of what it means to be Church
      • Ask the question, is God worth our best effort?
      • The love of God demands, calls for, reciprocity
      • Bearing great fruit a responsibility of discipleship
      • Loving relationship with Jesus means ongoing work and effort
      • From doubt comes greater understanding and the gift of faith
      • In the quiet of the morning, we pause to find the message of Easter
      • Jesus’ silence during his Passion speaks volumes
      • Embracing the Living Water to quench the thirst within
      • Suffering, as part of the human condition, overlooks no one
      • Lenten sacrifice calls for consideration of what will be pleasing to God
      • Jesus waits eagerly to cleanse and save ‘lepers’ in every form
      • Suffering part of the human condition: calls for faithfulness to God
      • Jesus is the added value that tips the scales for Catholic schools
      • Responding and acting out of love for the Lord
      • Christ’s baptism speaks to our own need to heed the call to mission
      • Through his very birth, death and resurrection, Jesus calls us to peace
      • Certain of the light, season of Advent calls us to surrender to the darkness
      • Advent provides a reminder to watch carefully for God’s presence among us
      • In All Things: Jesus calls us to ‘touch’ him by embracing those in need
      • In All Things: To those who use wisely, much will be given
      • In All Things: Indwelling of Holy Spirit makes temples of all people of faith
      • All Souls connects the living and the dead with promise of eternity
      • In All Things: Keep expressions of sorrow simply and heartfelt
      • In All Things: Through faith a sound government and society is formed
      • The road to heaven paved actions, not just empty words
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      • Bishop send message of love and gratitude to all who crossed his path he prepares for new assignment
      • Failing to refashion how we live Sunday, we lose depth of our faith and richness of our own humanity
      • The Church will continue to grow to the extent that each of us deepens our own relationship with Christ
      • Like the apostles experience, Jesus calms the tempests in our lives and encourage us not to be afraid
      • Resurrection narratives show joy which flows from Risen Christ
      • In today’s society, we can either be part of the solution or part of the problem; we can chose love or hate
      • Through generous giving to the CSA, you are touching Christ’s wounds and serving the needs of others
      • The bishop's Easter message
      • Holy Week narrative is a strange and beautiful landscape which leads us into the very heart of God
      • Faith great adventure when we hook the sail of our lives to the mighty wind of the Holy Spirit!
      • Fear not, this blazing fire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will fill you, bless you and unite you to Christ
      • The wounds of the Sacred Heart remind us that love and suffering are inextricably intertwined
      • Where and how has the glory of God been made manifest on your Lenten path?
      • This Lent, dare to enter into the humility, self-emptying love of Christ - the ultimate lost and found!
      • This Lent, ask God to break open your heart to know, feel, act and speak as an extension of the Lord
      • This Lent, enter into a deeper relationship of love and trust with the Lord Jesus through his Sacred Heart
      • In our receiving and sharing in the healing power of the Lord Jesus, we help him to heal the world
      • Jesus gives us his mother as a protector, intercessor and guide in our pilgrimage to the Father’s House
      • Weakness becomes sacred portal for God’s entrance into the temple of our fragile, beautiful humanity
      • When we discover less is more, we find we do not need what the world is always chasing after
      • Life as a gift from God, is an exciting participation in the very being of the Divine Trinity
      • Allowing fear, resistance to control future of the Church, will mean continual decline and diminishment
      • Where is God silently, gently, mercifully breaking into your life this Christmas and beyond?
      • In these final days of Advent, stop and let the Lord love you. Pass the gift on to those around you!
      • This Advent should be used as opportunity to invite the Lord to enter into every fiber of your existence
      • If you had five minutes to speak about your love of Christ, what would you say about your belief?
      • Visit by Bishop Quesnel of Fort Libertè helps identify great need, yet common faith and love of the Lord
      • With grace and gratitude, the Lord directs hearts to ponder blessings and gifts in spirit of wonder and awe
      • Synod process a spiritual pilgrimage which will only end when we stand together in the Father’s house!
      • In wake of violence, the heart of faith for Jews and Christians remains: Love God and neighbor always
      • Through the witness of three newly canonized saints, we see different paths in following the Lord
      • Dating back to all great saints, the Rosary still holds power and utility in our spiritual lives
      • Letter to St. John Paul II speaks of man who embraced the whole world through his love of God
      • Life’s Gethsemane moments can lead us into a limitless expanse of absolute trust in the Father
      • Despite sins of the past, Dallas Charter is working; proves prevention of abuse of children is possible
      • Mission of Vincentians worldwide is to glorify God, grow in holiness and meet the needs of the poor
      • In the midst of current crisis, ‘There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us’
      • In the midst of heartbreak and grief, this is the moment to call on the Lord’s mercy and grace
      • Through pursuit and our ultimate surrender, we find joy, peace and fulfillment in the arms of God
      • Synod parish implementation moves forward to live ideals of Jesus with the grace of the Holy Spirit
      • Walking with the Lord in meditative prayer provides sacred moments that benefit in all way
      • Christ calls us to go beyond a life for a life; peace comes with reconciliation and forgiveness
      • Rooted in Christ, we encounter the Paschal Mystery - the death of the narcissistic and demanding self
      • The Eucharist is at the center of our faith; our sacred encounter with the Risen Christ
      • Throughout the ages, the Lord calls us to respond in our time to the ageless call of the Gospel
      • Continuing work of the diocesan synod continues as we celebrate first year anniversary of its start
      • Example of young people giving lives to Christ renews us all in passion for Jesus and his holy Gospel
      • Saint stands as a sign that no matter the challenge, God can shape us into who we are called be
      • Women’s conference brings hope, as hundreds come together in fiery spirit of faith, love and mercy
      • When we take the time to tend the garden of the soul, the Lord will invariably speak through us
      • In loving sacrifice, Easter reminds us that no evil can destroy or prevent the rising of new life in Christ
      • In showing our wounds to others, we all find healing in the One who has never abandoned us
      • Through power of the resurrection, God crushes power of evil and ‘sin’s ancient curse’
      • As Holy Week begins, Christians throughout the world gather to honor the Passion of Christ
      • Tired and stressed? Maybe the Lord is calling you to embrace ancient practice of Sabbath
      • If Church is to flourish, we must commit to missionary discipleship
      • Lent is a time for self-honesty, prayerful introspection, healing action, renewed hope in Christ
      • Principles of natural law must guide the political process and the commonweal of our lives together
      • What begins with the ashes of our sins, ends with the glorious, fiery victory of Christ within us
      • Challenge of Lent not to be distracted by details, but instead, seek who God truly desires us to be
      • Church is truly ‘Catholic’ when authentic differences serve to enhance beauty of the Body of Christ
      • While culture of death seeks to dehumanize, destroy; Jesus comes to save, love and forgive
      • Embracing true leisure in our lives creates sacred space for contemplation to flourish
      • Looking back, 2017 was a year filled with many blessings and moments of grace
      • Perhaps this season of hope and expectation finds fulfillment when we fall in love with God
      • In welcoming the immigrant, the Church continues the work of charity and justice
      • Relationships forged in Haiti become transformative expressions of universality of the Church
      • Advent a time to ask how we can best get ready for the Lord to break into our lives in a new way
      • God calls us to be unique saint of our own destiny, the person he has dreamed from the beginning
      • Thanksgiving: A reminder that all received is a gift meant to be cherished, celebrated and shared
      • If grounded in the love of Christ, everything else falls into harmony, right relationship
      • Faith teaches us to surrender gracefully to the seasons of life knowing God is eternal
      • Faith versus science? Compelling questions find answers in the vast mystery of God
      • Pope John Paul II brought Catholicism to the world, lifting up Christ as redeemer of the world
      • Catholic Christians persevere in Serbia with aid from U.S. collections for Eastern Europe
      • Solitude practiced becomes the basis of intimacy with God and others
      • A gift of God’s presence, grace is all around and within us, an act of love
      • Humility is the foundational virtue that builds up the spiritual life within us
      • Use Jesus as the model of resistance to the deadly cycle of fear, anger, revenge and hatred
      • Through Christ’s saving death, we learn there is no room for exclusion or hatred
      • ‘Buen Camino!’ as we continue to walk toward God in this mysterious pilgrimage of life
      • In the midst of a world increasingly filled with noise, the Lord speaks to us in silence
      • Step out of the ‘whatever’ culture and into the vast, beautiful, limitless world of Christ
      • In the midst of sobering facts about religious priorities are many reasons for hope
      • Building on synod, our future will bear much fruit to the extent we remain open to the Spirit
      • Synod is work of Holy Spirit, but also requires human response to put it into actions
      • Virgin of Fatima calls us to deep prayer and courageous action which is transformative
      • How different the world would be if people lived with awareness of sanctifying grace
      • Salvation, success, fruitfulness usually all won or lost in the middle of the struggle
      • If allowed, our experience of the Holy Spirit can shake our souls to the core
      • Once people encounter the Risen Christ, they stop moving in wrong directions
      • Resting in the Lord’s love through prayer, sacrament can exorcise the angry demon within
      • The Risen Lord beckons us to live in the vast beautiful world of his resurrection
      • Lesson to be learned by Christ’s total obedience to the Father, even unto death on the cross
      • Even though evil inflicts great damage, Jesus has gained victory over power of sin and death
      • With God as the center of the home, family and Church become most important in life
      • Sacred grounds and sites throughout Holy Land prove to be awe-inspiring for local pilgrims
      • Consider what sports can teach us about Christian community and the practice of faith
      • Reading - a reminder that each human life is a drama of grace and sin, opportunity, limitation
      • Death is our most creative act; the ultimate gift of self to God and others
      • Liturgy of the Hours, a way to prayerfully mark our lives by lifting minds, hearts to God
      • See Lent as an opportunity to live in greater peace and reconciliation with others
      • Cross imbues our experience of suffering with light of the Risen Christ
      • Religious apprenticeship: A handing on the faith as it has been handed on to us
      • The Church never tires of prophetically proclaiming that every human life matters
      • Through the Church, God reaches out and saves us from the abyss of despair and loneliness
      • U.S. remains a nation of immigrants seeking same blessings and opportunities as ancestors
      • A Christmas message from Bishop Donald J. Hying
      • Through patience and in God’s time, the Kingdom slowly and steadily unfolds
      • Glory of God is mysterious reality which breaks into human experience
      • Advent calls us to realization that God breaks into our lives at any given moment
      • Through gratitude and humility comes the secret of joy and peace in life
      • Synod process continues as we seek to become more fruitful, effective within Church
      • Year of Mercy ends but calls us to continue the work of love and forgiveness
      • In the admission of our own weaknesses, we most often find the grace of God
      • Loss, change and death a necessary, yet beautiful part of God’s plan for us
      • The fundamental right to life is at the core of our social ethics, our constitution
      • Respect Life Month calls us to ponder the dignity, value, of human life at any stage
      • The question is not whether one has a vocation, but what is my vocation in life?
      • Embracing stewardship means being sacrificially generous to the mission of the Kingdom
      • Jesus’ divine embrace of our broken humanity heals, forgives and saves us
      • When given some thought, thanksgiving, glory and joy abound in our lives
      • Remaining spiritual awake means living lives that help further the reign of God
      • WYD hold the promise of God doing amazing things in and around pilgrims
      • Love, understanding, comes easier with realization we are all children of God
      • Young people, as an integral part of Church, need to be part of the process
      • Family life not a problem to be solved but a gift to be fully embraced
      • Catholic Social Teaching call us to transform world into civilization of love
      • Now is the time to take a realistic look at what can unite and make us stronger
      • Catholic faith is a ‘joyous adventure’ that takes a lifetime to absorb
      • Holy Spirit is the fire, energy and inspiring force of God in our lives
      • Celebration of the sacraments are at the heart of our faith and humanity
      • Mercy calls us to sacrifice on behalf of those starving for food, love, joy
      • Evangelism call us to proclaim Jesus, the Gospel, from the housetops!
      • Synod reminds us of the important work to be done to build our legacy in local Church
      • Catholic doctrine on the respect for the human dignity of all central to the faith
      • Allowing the mercy of God to flow in inspires us to be instruments of mercy to others
      • Through the Paschal Mystery, we embrace, in faith, movement from death to life
      • Choking in the deadly grasp of sin, Jesus in breaks, wraps us in his net of grace and mercy
      • Life’s crosses to be born lead us to awareness of our ‘radical’ need for God
      • Faithful asked to prayerfully reflect on many Church issues posed by pastoral letter
      • We can’t fix it alone; through the sacrament of reconciliation, we don’t have to
      • Work of faith is about helping each person to flourish as child of God
      • Ask not ‘what can I get,’ but rather how can I give to others
      • Questions to ponder as we enter into the forty days of Lent
      • Consider how the forty days of Lent can become a spiritual ‘game-changer’
      • The Gospel call us to a ‘profoundly different’ response to violence
      • Living the Works of Mercy
      • Making 2016 resolutions public increases one’s accountability
      • The bishop's Christmas message
      • Rooted in the love of the Lord, no suffering, setback, sadness can rob us of joy
      • In the spirit of St. Nicholas, generously practice love and kindness
      • Allow Advent to be a time of silence, prayer and patience
      • We are called to give thanks and praise to the bounteous Giver of all gifts
      • Synod to move the diocese joyfully along the path of discipleship, evangelization
      • Bishop invites faithful to join him in prayer, action during Year of Mercy
      • World always in needs of saints to point us toward God as a common goal
      • Paschal Mystery show us the way through death into God’s light and joy
      • Respect for life teaches us that all lives matter; all are children of God
      • Papal pilgrimage proves to be energizing and inspiring
      • The Eucharist is God’s way of giving us his very comforting Presence
      • Christians are challenged to truly build and foster a culture of life
      • All are called to recognize the dignity and worth of every human being
      • Life’s journey calls us to self-surrender in light of the transforming love of God
      • Education and health care fundamental to ending cycle of poverty
      • Work and family bring us to full dignity as children of God
      • Local Catholics called upon to address the devastating effect of poverty within Indiana
      • Basic human rights need to remain an inherent and constitutive part of human dignity
      • All of us can help foster a culture of Christian vocation in our young people
      • As Christians, we are called to illuminate the darkness of the world
      • God waits lovingly for us in the ‘kairos’ moments of our daily life
      • Outpouring of the Holy Spirit calls us to live the mission of Jesus
      • When considering death penalty, consider Catholic belief in sacredness of all life
      • Mary continues to play a unique and indispensable role as Mother of God
      • Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage is not rooted in hatred
      • Protecting children goes deeper than just the stranger among us
      • The Resurrection narratives teach us to look for God in the most ordinary
      • Through the resurrection, Jesus’ wounds become trophies of victory
      • 'He has been raised; he is not here.' (Mk 16:6)
      • Holy Week: Time to contemplate the enormity of God’s love for us
      • Letter on poverty focuses on family, jobs, education, health care
      • Energy of New Evangelization calls each to witness Jesus to others
      • Dedication to a prayer brings grace to spiritual life that overflows into others
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      • Ordinary Time, Summertime, and the Sabbath
      • Pentecost: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
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      • What are your “religious roots”?
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      • The Christmas Season and our mission in the New Year
      • The Eucharist: “Emmanuel, God is with us”
      • Thanksgiving: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart.” (Ps 9).
      • Celebrating all saints, grateful for their presence and prayers