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Making Space for Faith and Science at Roger Bacon
by Lisa Fletcher Preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2027, Roger Bacon Catholic High School looks toward the future. With more than 520 students, the Cincinnati coed high school is preparing for the next century through its We are the Good Soil Capital Campaign, which includes a new atrium …
Lenten Reflections 2024
February 14 – Ash Wednesday Readings: Jl 2:12-18, Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17, 2 Cor 5:20—6:2, Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Invitation to Prayer: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering. Reflection: It seems each day we are faced with various forms …
Q&A: What are the rules for godparents?
Dear Father: I have a question regarding godparents. It seems mandatory that a godparent be a Catholic. I could have a Catholic be a godparent and move three years after the baptism to another state. The child would only rarely see them, possibly only on holidays. I could ask a non-catholic …
Pope Francis Prayer Intention for April 2024
For the role of women We pray that the dignity and immense value of women be recognized in every culture, and for the end of discrimination that they experience in different parts of the world.
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr’s Easter Message 2024
May the loving power of God be at work in your heart and home this Easter, and may the life of the Risen Christ strengthen you today and every day.
Celebrating Easter All Season Long
by Rebecca Sontag Easter is everything. Easter is God’s ultimate gift of love, mercy and sacrifice. It is how we are reconciled, where we find forgiveness and hope. It is where death is overcome by life everlasting. But in the rush for the next season or the next holiday, we …
Praying the Steps at Holy Cross Immaculata on Good Friday
Praying the Steps at Holy Cross – Immaculata Parish on March 29, 2024 . Where do I start the steps? There are three phases of the Good Friday steps. The most popular phase begins on St. Gregory and ends at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church – Phase One: from Riverside Drive (at …
Stations of the Cross by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
This beautiful video of the Stations of the Cross in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about
By CNA Staff CNA Staff, Mar 27, 2024 / 08:00 am The Visitation to Seven Churches is a Holy Thursday devotion primarily practiced in Latin America, Italy, Poland, and the Philippines — though it is also practiced in many other places. The devotion involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass …
U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairman of International Justice and Peace Issue Holy Week Call to Prayer for an End to the Israel-Hamas War
March 23, 2024 WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and …