Catholic dating in Indiana
Catholic dating in Indiana: Notre Dame, young adult groups by age, Latin Mass parishes, Polish and Vietnamese Masses, and Mass times on two clocks.
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Short answer
Indiana tells the time twice. Most of the state keeps Eastern time, but the north-west corner around Gary and the south-west corner around Evansville keep Central, and the Catholic Church there prints it. The Diocese of Evansville's yearbook marks many of its parishes' schedules "All times Eastern" or "All times Central Time", and its list of Spanish Masses puts "Hora Este" and "Hora Centro" side by side. St Joseph in Dale is on Central time; St Ferdinand, fifteen minutes away, is on Eastern.
For anyone arranging a first coffee after Mass across that line, the hour on the schedule is not always your hour.
Twenty places are listed below, each with an address and a link to its own page or its diocese's: Notre Dame's basilica, young adult groups that name their ages, three parishes of the traditional Latin Mass, a Melkite Liturgy, and Masses in Spanish, Polish, Vietnamese and French, with a Filipino Mass once a month. They are not every parish in Indiana; they are the places whose pages we could read.
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Catholics in Indiana
The state has five dioceses: the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and the dioceses of Fort Wayne–South Bend, Gary, Lafayette and Evansville. Gary's whole territory, from Lake County to Starke, lies west of the time-zone line. The Lafayette diocese's site and the campus sites we tried there were closed to automated visitors, so it has no card on this page.
Several young adult groups say plainly whom they are for. St John the Evangelist in downtown Indianapolis, named a hub for young adult ministry in 2009, welcomes ages eighteen to thirty-five; the young adults at the basilica in Vincennes are eighteen to thirty-nine; Rooted in Newburgh is nineteen to thirty-nine, married or single.
From the dioceses', the parishes' and federal pages, opened 24 September 2026
The traditional Latin Mass is celebrated every Sunday by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter at St Stanislaus in South Bend and at Sacred Heart in Fort Wayne, and by the Institute of Christ the King at the Polish shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Merrillville. Sacred Heart in Evansville also lists a Sunday Latin Mass at noon.
Where the community gathers
The twenty places fall into four parts of the state: Indianapolis, the north-east from Fort Wayne to South Bend, the north-west around Gary, and the south-west around Evansville.
Indianapolis
Indianapolis holds three: St John the Evangelist downtown, with its young adults and college students; the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, with a Filipino Mass once a month; and St Monica, with Masses in English, Spanish and, once a month, French.
Fort Wayne and South Bend
The north-east holds seven: the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame and the Melkite Liturgy on the same campus; St Stanislaus and Saints Casimir and Adalbert in South Bend; and in Fort Wayne, Sacred Heart, St Patrick with its English, Vietnamese and Spanish Masses, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Gary and the north-west
The north-west holds four, all on Central time: the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Merrillville, the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, the Catholic student center at Valparaiso, and St Margaret Mary in Hammond.
Evansville and the south-west
The south-west holds six: the Basilica of St Francis Xavier in Vincennes, St John the Baptist in Newburgh, St Benedict Cathedral and Sacred Heart in Evansville, the Catholic ministry at the University of Southern Indiana, and St Joseph in Dale.
Meeting places worth knowing
A downtown parish and the archdiocese's young adult hub since 2009, with a Sunday Mass at seven in the evening followed once a month by a social, and a young adult retreat for ages eighteen to thirty-five.
126 West Georgia StreetIndianapolis
IN 46225
The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, dedicated in 1906, with Sunday Mass at ten and a Filipino Mass on the fourth Sunday at half past three.
1347 North Meridian StreetIndianapolis
IN 46202
A parish with Sunday Masses in English and Spanish, a Mass in French on the second Sunday of the month, and a chapel of perpetual Adoration.
6131 North Michigan RoadIndianapolis
IN 46228
The university's basilica, consecrated in 1888, with Sunday Masses in the morning and at noon, a Spanish Mass at half past three, and Vespers in the evening; weddings are held here regularly.
101 Basilica DriveNotre Dame
IN 46556
A Melkite Greek Catholic Divine Liturgy on Sundays at ten during the academic year.
Malloy Hall ChapelUniversity of Notre Dame
IN 46556
A parish of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, with a low Mass at half past seven and a sung Mass at ten on Sunday, and Compline on Tuesday evenings.
415 North Brookfield StreetSouth Bend
IN 46628
A west-side parish of two churches, with three of its five Sunday Masses in Spanish.
2505 West Grace StreetSouth Bend
IN 46619
A parish of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, established by the bishop, with three Masses in the traditional form on Sunday.
4643 Gaywood DriveFort Wayne
IN 46806
A parish served by the Divine Word Missionaries, with Sunday Mass in English at nine, Vietnamese at a quarter to eleven and Spanish at half past twelve.
2120 South Harrison StreetFort Wayne
IN 46802
The cathedral of the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend, with Sunday Mass at half past eight, half past eleven and five.
1105 South Calhoun StreetFort Wayne
IN 46802
A shrine with Sunday Masses in Polish and a traditional Latin Mass at eight, served by the Institute of Christ the King; Central time.
5755 Pennsylvania StreetMerrillville
IN 46410
A parish of 1906 that became the cathedral when the Diocese of Gary was founded in 1956, with Sunday Mass at eleven; Central time.
640 Tyler StreetGary
IN 46402
The Catholic center for Valparaiso University students; Central time.
1511 LaPorte AvenueValparaiso
IN 46383
A parish whose Sunday Masses are listed by the diocese among its Spanish Masses; Central time.
1445 Hoffman StreetHammond
IN 46327
What the Diocese of Evansville calls the state's first parish, with sacramental records from 1749, and a young adult group for ages eighteen to thirty-nine after the Wednesday evening Mass; Eastern time.
205 Church StreetVincennes
IN 47591
A parish whose young adult ministry, Rooted, gathers married and single people from nineteen to thirty-nine for Bible study, dinners and outings; Central time.
625 Frame RoadNewburgh
IN 47630
The cathedral of the Diocese of Evansville since 1999, with Sunday Mass at eight and half past ten; Central time.
1328 Lincoln AvenueEvansville
IN 47714
A church of St Boniface parish with a Sunday Latin Mass at noon and a Monday evening Holy Hour and Mass where young adults gather; Central time.
2701 West Franklin StreetEvansville
IN 47712
The campus ministry, with Mass on campus on Wednesday afternoons followed by dinner; Central time.
8600 University BoulevardEvansville
IN 47712
A church of St Francis of Assisi parish, with Sunday Mass at nine and a Spanish Mass at eleven, on Central time, a quarter of an hour from Ferdinand on Eastern.
8 East Maple StreetDale
IN 47523
Some places appear without a card. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter also has an oratory near Brookville, south-east of Indianapolis, whose exact location we could not place on the map. Saint Meinrad Archabbey and the Lafayette diocese's campus ministries at Purdue and Ball State had websites closed to us.
Distances that decide everything
A diagram, not a map. Driving times, as in the text.
Indianapolis to Fort Wayne is about two hours, to Vincennes about two and a half, and to Notre Dame, Gary or Evansville around three. Notre Dame to Gary is a little over an hour, and Fort Wayne to Notre Dame about two. Inside each region distances are short: Gary to Merrillville a quarter of an hour, Evansville to Newburgh the same.
So Catholic Indiana is four regions with Indianapolis in the middle, and two of them keep a different hour. A couple in South Bend and Gary share a drive of an hour and a clock that differs by one.
The cana.love form asks where you live and whether you would move, so the distance, and the time zone, are clear from the start.
The Catholic year in Indiana
A social after the evening Mass
St John's in Indianapolis, after its Sunday Mass at seven in the evening.
Young adults in Vincennes
At the Vincennes basilica after the six o'clock Mass, for ages eighteen to thirty-nine.
Holy Hour for vocations
Sacred Heart in Evansville, with Mass after the Holy Hour; young adults come regularly.
Mass en español at the basilica
Notre Dame's basilica at half past three, open to visitors.
The Filipino Mass
At the Indianapolis cathedral, at half past three.
Theology on Tap
In Fort Wayne and in South Bend, for Catholics in their twenties and thirties, married or single.
Dating as a practising Catholic in Indiana
A Melkite Liturgy at Notre Dame, the old rite in South Bend and Fort Wayne, Polish in Merrillville, Vietnamese in Fort Wayne and French once a month in Indianapolis: Catholics in Indiana pray in many ways. cana.love asks which is yours.
Mass, fasting and Scripture, each asked
On the form, how often you go to Mass has five answers, from every Sunday to rarely, and fasting and Scripture are asked about separately, as is what you hope to find. Every answer has its own setting for who may see it.
Parish and meaning, in your own words
You describe two things in your own words: your parish, and what gives your life meaning. A list would not work where one person's parish is a basilica on a campus and another's is a shrine that prays in Polish.
Spanish is one of five languages
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What cana.love is and is not
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Orthodox Christians, Protestants and people still finding their church are members as well, provided they want the same kind of marriage, and your settings decide who sees you. The parishes on this page pray in half a dozen languages, and a site that shut others out would be narrower than they are. What cana.love commits to can be checked: faith, practice and intentions are on the form, there to read before you reply. It is run by Cana SpA, a company in Chile; the About page has more.
Meeting safely
- For a first meeting choose daylight and a public place, and agree a time to leave: coffee after Mass, or a café on Mass Ave in Indianapolis or downtown in South Bend. Tell a friend where you will be and, if it means I-65 or I-69 in the evening, when you expect to be back. Check which time zone the other person means. Keep your address private for now.
- On money there is one rule: until you have met in person, send none, lend none and pay for nobody's travel, whatever the reason. One report is enough for us to look into it.
The community guidelines explain how reports are handled and how to appeal a decision.
Common questions
Why do Mass times mention Eastern and Central?
Because Indiana keeps both. The Gary diocese and the Evansville corner are on Central time, the rest of the state on Eastern, and the Evansville diocese marks each schedule accordingly.
Which young adult groups name an age?
St John's in Indianapolis eighteen to thirty-five, the young adults in Vincennes eighteen to thirty-nine, and Rooted in Newburgh nineteen to thirty-nine.
Where is the traditional Latin Mass?
At St Stanislaus in South Bend and Sacred Heart in Fort Wayne, both of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter; at the Czestochowa shrine in Merrillville on Sunday at eight; and a Sunday Latin Mass at noon is listed at Sacred Heart in Evansville.
Is there an Eastern Catholic Liturgy?
A Melkite Divine Liturgy at Notre Dame on Sundays at ten during the academic year.
Are there Masses in other languages?
Spanish in many parishes, Vietnamese at St Patrick in Fort Wayne, Polish at the Merrillville shrine, a Filipino Mass at the Indianapolis cathedral and French at St Monica once a month.
Can I use cana.love anywhere in Indiana?
Yes, from eighteen, on either clock. It runs in a browser, so there is nothing to install.
Next steps
In Indianapolis, go to the Sunday evening Mass at St John's and stay for the social. In the south-west, try the Wednesday young adults in Vincennes or Rooted in Newburgh. And to learn how someone practises before you set a time to meet, and a time zone, make a free cana.love profile and read theirs.
Reviewed on September 24, 2026.