Ancestors of Joyce Hoben moved from Maryland to Kentucky in the 1790s and early 1800’s. There, they put down deep roots and helped build up the Catholic faith. Both of Joyce’s parents were well educated and skilled in music and literature. Joyce was the youngest of the Hoben’s seven children, …

Although Ardis Weseman was born and baptized in Wisconsin, she lived most of her childhood in Chicago, Illinois. There she attended public school for seven years and finished her elementary education at St. Genevieve Parish School. Ardis was confirmed at St. Genevieve Parish in 1943. With other young women from …

Sister Anne Cecilia took to Ancestry.com like a duck to water. Small wonder! Her life was well grounded in a wide network of well cultivated roots. Take, for example, her affection for the town of her birth, Washington, DC. She delighted in calling it by its playful nickname, Swampoodle, and was …

Sarah Joyce was just 18 when she left her “father’s house” for the “new land” of Notre Dame at Ilchester, MD. As we’ve just seen, she “never planned beyond ‘entering.’” She counted on the God of Abraham (and, let’s not forget, the God of Sarah, as well) to show her …

Ruth Ellen once wrote, “I was blessed in life with very good women and men to love – my parents, family and friends, and the Sisters of Notre Dame.” Ruth Ellen was the youngest of four children born to her German Catholic father and Irish Catholic mother in the small …

Welcome! We’re glad that you have decided to study, reflect and pray with Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr’s pastoral letter, Radiate Christ. As we anticipate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Cincinnati, we hope you will seize upon this moment in our Church’s history to deepen your …

The weekly programs via Zoom offer food for thought to go along with your lunchtime CINCINNATI, JUNE 16, 2020 – St. Vincent de Paul is offering everyone the chance to add some food for thought to their Wednesday lunch menu during the next seven weeks. The organization is opening a …

Father Case looks at the pandemic has forced us to adjust the way we worship together, resorting to online masses and highly sterilized, private worship experiences. It’s great that have these things at all, but they are not a replacement for the real thing.

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 19, 2020 / 05:20 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis Friday appointed Fr. Michel Mulloy as the next bishop of the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. Bishop-elect Mulloy, 66, has been diocesan administrator of Rapid City since August 2019, leading the diocese while the bishop’s seat …

Su Casa Virtual Gala 2020, Thursday, July 16 at 7 p.m. The Su Casa Hispanic Center missed gathering with all their friends and supporters when the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to postpone their annual awards dinner in April. But they didn’t give up on finding a creative way to celebrate! …