Ray Moreno, coordinator of the St. Joseph Soup Kitchen, moves a cooked turkey for meal preparation in the kitchen at the Manna for Hammond ministry on March 17. The longtime downtown Hammond charity was one of several ministries throughout the diocese that received expedited monies from the Mercy Fund during...

  Sacred Heart Thirft Shop co-director Maryann Frysztak (left) greets longtime customer Dave Brinson (right) of Hammond  during the store's grand opening in Whiting on April 6. The shop was afforded space in the parish school building by administrator Father Jayababu Nuthulapati, who responded to the volunteers of the All Saints...

  Bishop Robert J. McClory (front) reads a prayer as he stands at one of the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John on April 2. The Good Friday event drew hundreds of local faithful and visitors and was broadcast live on the Relevant Radio...

  Diocesan clergy view vessesls filled with sacred chrism and holy oils that await being consecrated and blessed by the bishop, at the start of the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary on April 1. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)   BY MARLENE A. ZLOZA Northwest Indiana Catholic                   GARY –...