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The Catholic Telegraph
Meeting Students Where They’re At
What a blessing our Catholic schools are for the children and young adults in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati! As attendance at Mass continues to wane, our Catholic grade and high schools often become the only avenues by which we can teach the beauty of the Gospels—where students attend Mass and …
A Missionary Presence
“Every Christian is called to be a missionary and witness to Christ.” This prompting by Pope Francis might seem like a tall order in western Ohio, but for Sarah Niekamp, a lifelong member of St. Bernard Church in the St. Henry Family of Parishes, the calling to become a missionary …
On Mission in Romania
Three students from Holy Angels Parish in Sidney, who attend St. Franciscan University in Steubenville, embarked on a life-changing mission trip to Deva, Romania. For Carianne Rindler, Agnes Schmiesing and Max Schmiesing, the experience was a profound journey of faith, love and service and a chance to connect deeply with …
Men’s Eucharistic Procession Saturday October 19
Join men from around the region for the 10th annual Men’s Eucharistic Procession through downtown Cincinnati. Following the 8 AM Mass celebrated by Archbishop Daniel Schnurr at Cincinnati’s cathedral, the procession will follow a two-mile route through the streets to Old St. Mary’s Church in Over-the-Rhine for Benedication at 11 …
Bringing Teens Face to Face with Jesus
The archdiocese plans to bring our next generation face- to-face with Jesus Christ: the new Live Vertical program will guide teens to Christ, working with campus ministers and Catholic high school staff to build a structure for transformative and long-term evangelization. “I believe that our students need to personally know …
Guardian Angels
1890 St. Gregory Seminary established in Mt. Washington for high school and college men, opening in 1891. It moved to downtown Cincinnati in 1904, when Mount St. Mary’s Seminary moved from Price Hill into the building. 1892 Guardian Angels Parish organized at the seminary with 45 families, and a small …
The Vice of Irritation
After recovering from a recent bad bout of COVID, I found myself reflecting on a cultural malaise that seems to have lingered since 2020: irritability. This pandemic hangover has woven itself into the fabric of our half-digital, half-physical society. Now, I was irritable as a child and vividly remember dreaming, …
Home Away from Home
Like many college freshmen, Miami University student Ben Breunig felt he didn’t fit in. Lonely, the Louisville native, raised Catholic, said he was about to leave when, on a whim, he attended Mass at St. Mary Church in Oxford. After that, everything in Breunig’s life changed. “I had never prioritized …