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Stephen E. Bittner, CCCE, CCE To Retire from Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society, Jerome E. Auer to Serve as President
Cincinnati, Oh, Release: December 1, 2021. For Immediate Release Press Release Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society, today announced that Stephen E. Bittner, the Society’s President, has decided to retire effective December 31, 2021. Jerome E. Auer will serve as President of the company upon Steve’s retirement. Steve has served in his …
St. Nicholas is Coming to the Shrine!
MARIA STEIN, Ohio (November 15, 2021) – On Sunday December 5th at 2pm, children and their families are invited to meet in the Adoration Chapel at Maria Stein Shrine for a special visit from St. Nicholas. He will share details about his life and how his generosity mirrored that of …
Students reflect on Black Catholic History Month
Imani Todd DePaul Cristo Rey High School Class of 2023 Black Catholic History Month is important because it is a time to celebrate and learn about how God has reached so many people in the African-American community and how those people were changed by Him. One way we can learn …
National Catholic Interracial Federation
Early 20th Century America saw a modern, concerted effort to promote the Black community’s rights, needs and dignity. However, movements were difficult to sustain. In Cincinnati during the 1880-1890s, Daniel Rudd published the short- lived, groundbreaking newspaper American Catholic Tribune to evangelize the Black community, and founded the Black Catholic …
Letting Faith Lead the Way
Running a high school of 565 students is no small feat, especially when every student is a boy finding his way through his teen years. But that challenge was exactly what Aaron Marshall, principal at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, was looking for when discerning how to merge his …
New School coming to Bond Hill
Breaking the cycle of poverty and providing a faith-based education transforms lives. Firm in that belief, and with proven results, CISE and the Jesuits USA Midwest Province have come together to establish a new all-boys school in Cincinnati’s Bond Hill neighborhood. Tentatively named Cincinnati Jesuit Academy, it opens in the …
Meet the Moms
“I always encouraged my kids to be who they were created to be… share what they are and what they have with God. Everyone has their own gifts, so whatever that is should be used to bring glory to God’s name and bring people to the Church.” These words were …
Did you know? Saint Boniface Northside
by Emma Cassani and Gail Finke Four Chaplains Mass Held every February for more than 40 years, the Four Chaplains Mass at St. Boniface honors the chaplains (a priest, a rabbi, and two ministers) who died together on the SS Dorchester in 1943. The service includes color bearers from the …
A Question of Faith: Donating your Body to Science?
I am considering donating my body to science. What is the Catholic Church’s perspective? The question of anatomical donations, including donating one’s body to science, engages both the Church’s teaching about the human person and the related understanding regarding an individual’s freedom to discern and offer direction for how they …
Original Unity Part 1: Flesh of My Flesh
This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). In previous articles, we saw how Pope St. John Paul II used the term “original solitude” to refer to the human search for identity. As we interact with the world around …