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Archivist, volunteer earn certificates of appreciation

Sarah Patterson, archivist for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Chancery Archives, and volunteer coordinator Julie Ross received certificates of appreciation in April from the Hamilton County Genealogical Society (HCGS). The certificates were in response to the duo’s efforts in getting the archives genealogical research working again after a more than two-year hiatus. …
Local KoC to take over Rosary Rally; 2016 rally to be May 15

For the past 10 years, a group of Elder High School Alumni have sponsored a Family Rosary Rally each May. This year, that group will begin to pass the torch. The Archbishop Purcell Council of the Knights of Columbus will assist and shadow the event’s founders during this year’s event, …
Note from the Editor: Technical problem slows email response

Friends, Due to a technical problem that remains unresolved, emails sent to The Catholic Telegraph though forms on our website were not delivered to an inbox. CT staffers are in the process of retrieving those messages and will respond to them in the coming week. We hope to have the …
Prayers for vocations responsibility of all the faithful

This month, on May 21, the archdiocese will celebrate the ordination of seven men to the Holy Priesthood, a number not seen in locally in seven years. This is a very exciting moment for the archdiocese. Interestingly enough, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has been the leader of this archdiocese for …
Throwback Thursday: Feast of the Ascension

“…He was lifted up before their eyes, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.” – From Acts 1:9 The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is among the oldest feast days in the Church, making it the focus of this week’s Throwback Thursday story. The image with this post — …
CISE Annual Campaign raises $2,900,000

George Vincent, managing partner and chairman of Dinsmore, was recognized for his contribution to Catholic Inner-city Schools Education Fund (CISE) at a reception at the University Club of Cincinnati. Vincent served as the Chairman for the 2015 CISE Annual Campaign, which raised $2,900,000, well exceeding the campaign goal. Vincent was …
Angels gowns now available at many area hospitals

In October of 2014, Cathy Diehl began her quest: creating a ministry to provide gowns for infant girls who lost their lives within a year of birth. Today, gowns are available — at no cost to grieving parents — at many Cincinnati and Dayton-area hospitals including: Christ, Mercy Anderson, Mercy …
Faith in the age of internet comments

Anyone who sets sail on the digital sea eventually faces the internet’s most contentious waters — the comment section. Should one dare keep scrolling past the end of a post for fear of what they might find? Or is it better to read on and see if some further insight might …
Cardinal DiNardo discusses marriage at LeBlond lecture

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, gave the 2016 LeBlond lecture audience an intimate view of the workings of the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family April 6 at the Athenaeum of Ohio. The lecture provided a preface to the release of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which was …
Father Joseph Raudabaugh dead at 78

Father Joseph R. Raudabaugh, a retired teacher, chaplain, and pastor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, died on Tuesday, April 26. He was born on August 2, 1937 in Piqua, Ohio. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary in Mt. Washington and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of …