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Seize the Moment: Who are you, really?
Before I started working for the Church, I was a counselor. Sometimes I would ask my clients to complete an “I am” statement: “I am ____.” It’s amazing how varied the answers can be: I am worthless. I am hopeless. I am unlovable. I am a failure. Each one is …
President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Issues Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Legal Definition of “Sex” in Civil Rights Law
June 15, 2020 WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, provided a statement on the decision issued today by the Supreme Court of the United States – combining Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., Altitude Express v. Zarda, and …
World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests Encourages Priests to Reflect on Their Vocation
June 12, 2020 WASHINGTON – The World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests will be celebrated by the universal Church on June 19, 2020. Occurring annually on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests was established by …
Catholic at Home: How to pray as a couple and why it is essential
My friend was a new blushing bride when she suggested to her husband that they start praying together. Daunted by the idea and clueless as to how to go about it, her husband nervously declined, saying that he needed to work on his one-on-one relationship with God before he worked …
The Corpus Christi Procession at Emmanuel Church in Dayton
The 19th Annual Corpus Christi Procession took place on Saturday, June 13th following the 5:15 p.m. Mass. A large crowd assembled to participate in this beautiful old tradition which takes our Lord out to the world.
Today’s Video: Reconciling the Body of Christ (An Interview with Fr. Josh Johnson)
Fr. Mike Schmitz sits down with Fr. Josh Johnson to discuss racial division in the Church and how Catholics can strive to restore unity in the Body of Christ.
Corpus Christi Processions 2020
In the past few years, processions on Corpus Christi Sunday were prevalent throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Due to the pandemic, many were cancelled, however he is a listing for 2020: Thursday June 11, 2020 Holy Family Church (Dayton) 140 S. Findlay St., Dayton OH 45403 Mass at 7:00 p.m. …
THE FINAL WORD with Corynne Staresinic
BE IN MY EYES, BE IN MY HEART I could not sleep the night before I met a Catholic priest for the first time. Until that year of my life, my knowledge of Catholicism had been informed by negative headlines, my Evangelical pastors’ condemnations of the Church, and an encounter …
Archdiocese celebrates life and legacy of Sister Dorothy Stang
By Eileen Connelly, OSU It’s a long way from Ohio to the Amazon rain forest, but a young woman from Dayton courageously followed her heart and answered God’s call to become a missionary and outspoken advocate for the poor and the environment. This would ultimately lead to her death at …
