By ERIC GIRTEN THE CATHOLIC KITCHEN My brothers and sisters in Christ, It is this time of year when we…
By KAITLIN KLEIN WONDERFUL ADVENTURE St. Ignatius of Loyola is a household name for most Catholics. The term Ignatian spirituality…
By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI 20-SOMETHING During his downtime at work, a Minnesota surgeon often browses the “New Yorker” in the hospital…
By Sean Gallagher The Criterion On July 26, president of Indiana Right to Life Mike Fichter stood before 1,200 pro-life…
By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers As lawmakers gathered this week at the Statehouse amid the clamor…
Special to The Message “Let Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts” (Pope Saint John Paul II). During…
Special to The Message On July 13, the Indiana Department of Education publicly released statewide and local spring 2022 ILEARN…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Response: Psalm…
By BRENDA HOPF CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE “We are bound to memories, to a past, even to those full of…
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Editor’s note: This column is being repeated by Catholic News Service. Father Doyle is…
By BROOKE SKIPPPER, MSW, LCSW ADVICE FROM YOUTHFIRST In our Catholic faith, we believe everyone is created in God’s likeness.…
By Deacon Tom Cervone, Ph.D., Sister Maureen Houlihan, D.C., and Nicole Cervone-Gish, Ed. M.S. Our Mother Earth Editor’s note: This…
Dr. Bill Blanke By DR. BILL BLANKE CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE St. Pope Paul VI, rocked the Catholic world July 25, 1968,…
Father Juan Ramirez By Father Juan Ramirez Because I am Catholic Editor’s note: The Spanish version of this column appears…
Submitted photo Teens Encounter Christ #110 was held July 16-18 at St. Mary Parish in Ireland. Teens participated in a…
Special to The Message Reitz Memorial High School President Christian Mocek has announced the appointment of John Hurley as the…
Editor’s note: This document was prepared by Father Alex Zenthoefer, based on the full Executive Summary. INTRODUCTION Over the last…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Genesis 18:20-32; Response: Psalm 138:1-2,…
By FR. KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Editor’s note: This column is being repeated by Catholic News Service. Father Doyle is…
By MARIA SERMERSHEIM MEDITATIONE IGNIS As the taxi cab wove through loud, busy streets and the warm “winter” air of…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy…
Maureen Pratt By MAUREEN PRATT LIVING WELL Like many other clans this summer, part of my extended family will gather…
By GREG ERLANDSON AMID THE FRAY Greg Erlandson In the 50th year since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision…
By Matt Miller Special to The Message As many of the pandemic-driven liturgical restrictions have scaled back, one question that…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Volunteers man five stations cutting and sanding lumber to be used in the construction…