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Many Catholic schools quit ‘painful tradition’ of Native mascots, but holdouts remain

May 23, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend (IN) said he was “very happy” that a school in his diocese is no longer nicknamed “the Indians.”

“It was what I’d hoped for,” he said.

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Tue29 April
Easter

Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). She was born Catherine Benincasa in Siena at a date that remains uncertain, was favored with visions from the age of seven. Becoming a tertiary of the Dominican Order, she acquired great influence by her life of prayer and extraordinary…

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