Totus Tuus missionary and diocesan seminarian Ryan Pierce raises his hands to get students’ attention during a session of the catechetical program at Nativity of Our Savior parish in Portage on June 21. Totus Tutus offers week-long day and evening camps for children and teens teaching the Catholic faith in...

  Boys dry off after a swimming activity in Moss Lake at the Catholic Youth Organization Summer Camp at Camp Lawrence in Porter County on June 20. The CYO camps, which are one-week, stay-over sessions for youth ages 7-14 are in their 61st year at the diocesan grounds. (Anthony D. Alonzo...

  Given the topic "Loving Treasure," St. John Bosco parishioner Judy Tarne suggests "just talking to people (at Mass)," and "sending cards to let people know they are missed at church" as ways to welcome back Catholics who haven't returned to worship since the COVID-19 pandemic suspended in-person activities for several...

  Bishop Robert J. McClory processes with a monstrance under a canopy supported by Knights of Columbus as hundreds of diocesan faithful walk in a Eucharistic procession on June 19 from Our Lady of Grace to St. James the Less in Highland. In his remarks at a liturgy to begin the...

NWI Camino pilgrims walk on a section of the Erie Lackawanna Trail in Schererville on July 10, 2021. This year's Camino, coordinated by the diocesan office for youth and young adult ministry, is set to run on July 23-24, starting at St. Mary, Crown Point. (Northwest Indiana Catholic file photo/Anthony...