SOUTH BEND, Ind. OSV News – At St. Augustine Parish, South Bend's only historically Black Catholic Church, plans for an All Saints' Day celebration Nov. 1 had been thoughtfully made.The goal was to celebrate the saints but also to expand everyone's understanding of saints. Who are the saints? How did they become saints? And what…...
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Father Kareem Smith, left, and Deacon Mel Tardy, center, pose at St. Augustine Church in South Bend, Ind., on All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, 2025, with Holy Cross Brother Roy Smith after he received an award from the Black Catholic Advisory Board of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend for his long community service as an educator, social worker and development director. BCAB member Wendy Summers, right, presented the award. Father Smith, a New York archdiocesan priest, is president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, and Deacon Tardy serves at St. Augustine. (OSV News photo/Catherine Odell) Best quality available. (OSV News photo/Catherine Odel/Trenton Monitor)
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