At Ss. Peter and Paul, longtime parishioners Ramon Barajas (left) and his wife Maria Del Carmen (center) greet Schools Sister of Notre Dame Karin Walther, who served as pastoral associate from 1986 to 2009, at the conclusion of the final Mass in the Merrillville church on Jan. 9. Bishop Robert...

  Fort Wayne-based civilian educator Kathy Bledsoe, of the Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, holds up her smartphone as she speaks about how predators make use of technology to ensnare children and teens in abuse and exploitation., at the SHARE Group winter dinner and fundraiser at the...

  Following a rally in the Federal Plaza during the March for Life in Chicago, thousands of people walked the city streets in support of the sanctity of life. The Diocese of Gary organized two busses that helped transport individuals from Northwest Indiana to the march on Jan. 8. (Sandra Perez...

  Diocesan seminarians (left to right) Ivan Alatorre, Robert Ross and Steven Caraher are served dinner items by Susan Schulz of Gino's Banquets of Ace Catering, at St. Matthias church in Crown Point on Dec. 29. An annual diocesan tradition, Bishop Robert J. McClory hosted a Mass and a Christmas fellowship...

  Hosted by the Serra Club of NWI, attending its annual Christmas Mass and Dinner at St. Bridget in Hobart on Dec. 30 are (front row from left) Father Terry Bennis, Father Jeff Burton, Father Dominic Bertino, Father Ben Ross and Father Nate Edquist, and seminarians (standing) Ethan Vinyard, Ryan Pierce,...