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Measles are making a comeback, so what does the Church teach about vaccines?
By Mary Rezac CNA/EWTN News Disneyland is supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth, not the place where you contract a highly contagious, once-eradicated disease. Unfortunately, that is what happened at Disneyland in California, starting back in December. The measles virus, likely carried by a tourist from a foreign …
CISE schools keep Catholic education strong in low-income neighborhoods
By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph Inner-City Catholic Schools illustrate how education can succeed in some of Cincinnati’s less affluent neighborhoods. In the past six years, each of the eight schools operated by the Catholic Inner-City Education Fund (CISE) have shown a steady increase in enrollment largely attributed to …
Thomas More head football coach accepts position at La Salle
Staff Report La Salle High School announced late-Wednesday afternoon that Jim Hilvert, most recently head of the Thomas More College football program, has been selected as the Lancers’ new head coach.
Pope to dads: Play with your kids, be strong, loving, moral role models
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When their lives are all work and no play, men turn their children into “orphans” who lack a father to guide them, show them love and teach them values, Pope Francis said. “They are orphans in a family because their fathers …
Congress aims to fight dark side of Super Bowl
By Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News Just days before Super Bowl XLIX, the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing for a bipartisan crack-down on the hidden menace of sex trafficking, which some human rights advocates refer to as “modern-day slavery.”
Office of Religious answers all your questions on Consecrated Life
Staff Report Consecrated Religious have been crucial to the life and development of the Church throughout the ages. Recognizing this, Pope Francis has set aside Nov. 30, 2014 through Feb. 2, 2016 as the Year of Consecrated Life.
Religious communities hosting open houses
Staff Report In conjunction with the Year of Consecrated Life,the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor invite Greater Cincinnatians to an Open House on Sunday, Feb. 8, that will offer the opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of consecrated life.
Cincinnati CYO to dissolve after this school year
Staff Report The Catholic Youth Sports Organization, Inc., better known as Cincinnati CYO, informed the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Youth Athletics Commission in late December that it would dissolve at the end of the current school year.
CSW Profile: Fenwick experience brought Eckart back
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Even students who enjoy the high school experience typically can’t wait to leave upon graduation. For Meg Eckart, now the director of campus ministry at Bishop Fenwick High School, she felt a call to come back.
Iowa Catholic school one of 10 in U.S. to get football helmet sensors
By Joanne Fox Catholic News Service SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Micah Herbst of Sioux City does not have a son on the football team at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. But her quick eye — that caught a contest through her employer — resulted in the Sioux City school being …