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Founded in 1831, The Catholic Telegraph is the official news source of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Archbishop Dennis Schnurr during the Solemn Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Chains "Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” LK 22: 19 (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)
Sunday, April 5: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Live Streaming Mass at 9:30 a.m. (Spanish) Live Streaming Mass at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 7: Chrism Mass at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 8: Mass for Frontline Wokers at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 8: Tenebrae Service from Maria Stein Shrine, 7:30 …

This year The Catholic Telegraph has reached out to those that work with Youth and Young Adult Ministries, as well as Young Adults throughout the Archdiocese for our 2020 Lenten Reflections. Thank you for reading The Catholic Telegraph’s Lenten Reflections. This same team are providing Easter Reflections, which can be …

As one walks away from a prayerful morning, Holy Cross Immaculata Church in the distance. (Greg Hartman/CT Photo)
Holy Cross Immaculata Church in Mount Adams has announced they have tentatively rescheduled the Praying of the Steps to Wednesday, May 13, 2020 which is the Feast day of Our Lady of Fatima or Saturday, August 15, 2020 which is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary …

An image of St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre from Wuhan, China courtesy of Dr. Anthony Clark.
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 9, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- China’s first canonized saint was martyred by suffocation on a cross in Wuhan, the epicenter of today’s coronavirus pandemic. St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, a Vincentian missionary priest from France, was betrayed by one of his catechumens for money, bound …

A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome, Italy. June 9, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA
WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the faithful to join him in a moment of prayer on Good Friday (April 10) to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart.. . . Praying together as a nation, …

Damage to St. Mary of Czestochowa in New Kensington on April 8, 2020. Credit: Brian C. Rittmeyer/triblive.com
CNA Staff, Apr 8, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A Catholic church in the Diocese of Greensburg was among the buildings heavily damaged by a tornado in western Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning. Much of the roof of St. Mary of Czestochowa church was blown off during strong winds and heavy …

by Walt Schaefer There’s a knack to turning the complexities of academic thought and making the intricacies of Church teaching understandable to the population in the pews. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk had it. His 15 books, his homilies, even his work post Vatican II translating the Latin Scriptures into English, …

Sister Irene Holz CPPS. Holz, Sister Irene, 92, died peacefully on April 6 at Hospice of Dayton. She was born March 1928 in Cleveland, OH, and entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, OH, February 14, 1957. She faithfully served God’s people for 63 yrs. in Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, …

As Badin High School wraps up four weeks of online school this week heading into Easter break on Good Friday, Principal Brian Pendergest said he was pleased with the efforts of all concerned. “None of us have ever been in a situation like this,” Pendergest noted. “Our faculty and students …