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Meet Matthew Montag
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. My parish growing up was St. Columban in Loveland, OH. We lived in Loveland, but I went to school in the Kings School District for most of my life, graduating …
Meet Benjamin Mersch
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I grew up in Germantown and attended Valley View Schools through High School. I am the oldest of four siblings, I have two sisters and one brother. Growing up both …
A Mother’s Day Prayer
A Mother’s Love There are times when only a mother’s love Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears. There are times when only a mother’s love Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve dreamed about Quite suddenly is real. There are …
Meet John Grusenmeyer
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I grew up on the farm with my extended family in Miami County, near Tipp City. I loved being on the farm from the cows, to our pond and creek …
Meet Adam Berning
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I grew up in the countryside of Shelby County and attended Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in McCartyville and graduated from Anna High School in 2014. I have four siblings …
The Power in a Mother’s Name
I was a brand new speaker preparing a talk that I had struggled to put together for over a year. There I sat, tapping my pencil on another blank sheet of paper next to a growing pile of crumpled up ideas. I was out of time. In just a couple …
Mothers & Priests: Giving Ourselves to Others
I remember the moment I realized my mother was a person. It’s a strange thing to say; but prior to my twenties, my mom more closely resembled a resource. I could turn to her with my needs, confident she would have the solution. As a mother, she gave; and as …
Meet Brice Berger
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. When someone asks me where I am from, I never know exactly what to tell them. To many in seminary, I am from the middle of nowhere. I grew up …
Obituary: Worldwide Praise For Charismatic Leader, Sr Teresita Weind, SNDdeN
Ipswich MA, USA – April 29, 2024 Sr. Teresita Weind, SNDdeN, Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) for 14 years, died on April 28, 2024 at 81 years of age, after some months of painful suffering at Mount Notre Dame Health Center (MNDHC) in Cincinnati, …
The Marianist Story and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Father William Joseph Chaminade founded the Society of Mary in 1817, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Born in 1761, as a young priest he barely survived the Revolution’s carnage and terror. When the revolutionary government demanded every priest in the country swear allegiance to the new government or …