Saint Augustine Parish

1501 W. Washington St | South Bend, Indiana

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https://d2wldr9tsuuj1b.cloudfront.net/17761/slideshows/homeLarge/DSCN2514.JPG Welcome to St Augustine Parish A multi-racial faith community, rooted in the African-American tradition

https://d2wldr9tsuuj1b.cloudfront.net/17761/slideshows/homeLarge/DSC_0090-Edit.jpg Bishop Rhoades visits St. Augustine Parish to celebrate the parish's 90th Anniversary.

Catholic News Service
- Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media, via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all...
- Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God's...
- Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By PARIS (CNS) -- A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with...
National Catholic Register
- The Ultimate Last-Minute Kid-Gifts for Easter
  
  By Shaun McAfee | Buying Catholic gifts for my kids is never difficult. Even if they're attached to it for a month, the use was well worth the price. Thankfully, religious hand-me-downs are always a...
- The Sudarium of Oviedo: The “Other Shroud” of Jesus
  
  By Kathy Schiffer | “And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the...

Today's Readings
- Holy Thursday - Chrism Mass
  
  Reading 1 Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 89:21-22, 25 and 27
  Reading 2 Rv 1:5-8
  Gospel Lk 4:16-21
News from the Vatican
- Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet
  
  Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and...
- Pope urges priests to know the names, faces of their flock
  
  Speaking to fellow priests Thursday, Pope Francis compared the flocks they lead to the crowds that constantly surrounded Jesus, who was able to recognize individual people, heal their wounds and who...