By Jaycob Knazur Guest columnist         Never before has Catholic education been more relevant and needed in Northwest Indiana and our nation. Plagued and inundated with division, fear and despair, the tenets of our Catholic faith call us to unity, boldness and hope. Each day in our diocesan schools, we take on...

  Counselor Samara (on screen) speaks about coping mechanisms that can reduce stress with the eighth-grade students in Deborah Shea’s class during a group counbseling session last fall at St. Mary Catholic Community School. (Provided photo)   BY MARLENE A. ZLOZA Northwest Indiana Catholic         CROWN POINT – Schools are about much more than reading,...

  Lillian Schreiner Radigan, a 1938 graduate of Catholic Central High School, is shown on her 99th birthday in January 2019. She is believed to be Bishop Noll Institute’s oldest living graduate. (Provided photo)   Special to the NWIC         HAMMOND – As Bishop Noll Institute alumni around the world ring in 2021, they...

  Longtime area educator Mary Ann Chapko (left) displays her Sagamore of the Wabash, signed by Governor Eric Holcomb, with her husband of 43 years, Max Chapko (right), at their Crown Point home on Sept. 28. Chapko, a graduate of four diocesan Catholic schools served as a teacher, teacher trainer and,...

Gripping a baseball bat with his Notre Dame baseball jerseys hanging nearby, Marquette's new principal Casey Martin poses in the classroom he leaves behind. (Bob Wellinski photo)   BY BOB WELLINSKI NWIC correspondent                    MICHIGAN CITY - Casey Martin has seen his share of pitches during his years of playing baseball. Off the...