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The Catholic Telegraph

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

Today the Archdiocese of Cincinnati marked Memorial Day 2017 with a Mass at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr was the Celebrant. Hundreds of the faithful gathered around the Bishops Memorial to remember those that have gone before us, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our …

Dennis Charek Mary Garden 1st place
First place: Dennis Charek, Dayton, Mary Garden in spring Second place: Mary Lynn Cole, grandchildren with container Mary Garden they made at a Good Shepherd Parish function Third place: Trey Rouse, him and daughter Marissa after completing their Mary Garden father-daughter project on Mother’s Day Now accepting Mary Garden photo …

Editor’s Note: This is the entire inaugural address by Dr. H. James Williams, the seventh president of Mount Saint Joseph University. The story is in the June 2017 edition of The Catholic Telegraph. I woke this morning thinking, how blessed I am to be associated with a Living Legend. And …

Meghan Kemphause of White Oak has been named the 2017 recipient of Ursuline Academy’s Sister Xavier Ladrigan Excellence in Education Award. The award was presented at the annual faculty recognition dinner May 24, 2017. The Sister Xavier Ladrigan Award was inaugurated in 1992 to honor Sr. Xavier Ladrigan, OSU as …

Badin High School’s Class of 2017, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the school’s opening in 1966-67, has amassed nearly $19 million in college academic scholarship offers. “It’s a measure of the opportunity a Badin High School education provides,” said Principal Brian Pendergest as Badin hosted its 11th annual Academic Signing …

Forty years ago this weekend, the tragic Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate KY occurred Memorial Day weekend. Following is the statement Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin issued after over 150 persons lost their lives in the May 28, 1977 fire: I wish to extend my sympathy to all those …

Deacon Dave Shea (Immaculate Heart of Mary) threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Reds this week to mark his retirement from The Athenaeum of Ohio, where he taught for 15 years. His grandson Aiden McCracken was the ceremonial catcher and his grandson Liam McCracken got to say “Play …

Beautiful Lengths 2017 -Beth Hobbs (7th grade) and mother Julie Hobbs (Courtesy Photo)
St. John XXIII Catholic School, Middletown, hosted a Pantene Beautiful Lengths event May 5 to provide natural hair wigs for those suffering from the side effects of cancer treatment The school day began with their faculty, staff and students supporting an indoor walk-a-thon due to bad weather. While it was …

Tyler Lachey (Courtesy Photo)
SIDNEY – Tyler Lachey a junior at Lehman Catholic High School in Sidney, Ohio has been selected to be among 1,000 attendees at West Point’s prestigious Summer Leaders Experience (SLE) in June. More than 5,000 juniors nationwide applied to SLE, which offers outstanding high school juniors the opportunity to experience …

Pictured (l to r): Very Rev. Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh, Most Rev. Joseph R. Binzer, Rev. David Doseck, Most Rev. Dennis M. Schnurr, Rev. Alexander Witt, Rev. Peter Langenkamp and Rev. Anthony Brausch.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s newest Priest received their assignments. Beginning July 1, 2017, Reverend David Doseck will be at St. John Fisher and St. Veronica Parish; Reverend Peter Langenkamp will be at Holy Angels and teaching at Lehman High School; and Reverend Alexander Witt will be at the Coldwater Cluster …