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Leap and there will be a net: message resonates
“Leap and there will be a net.” This little message has resonated in my heart since I first heard it. It is as if the Holy Spirit wants it known that we should be taking risks if we really believe what we profess. Discipleship is no place for people who …
Hispanic Ministries growing in archdiocese
By Mary Bertolini For The Catholic Telegraph More than half the Catholics under 30 in the United States are Hispanic, and that age group in the Church is growing rapidly, Father Louis Gasparini, head of the archdiocesan Office of Hispanic Ministries said.
Did Pope Francis change church teaching on homosexuality?
Dear Father: I keep hearing that Pope Francis changed Church teaching on homosexuality with his question, “Who am I to judge?” Is that true? Dear Reader: Pope Francis did not change church teaching [cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church (2357-2359].
St. Vincent de Paul Cincinnati kicks off 2014 campaign
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph From home visits helping with immediate needs to its charitable pharmacy to its thrift stores and more, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Cincinnati has a major impact in the Cincinnati region of the archdiocese.
Pope tells presidents only God can bring peace to Holy Land (Video)
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By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Praying for peace in the Holy Land alongside leaders of long-antagonistic nations, Pope Francis called on God to act where human efforts had failed, to end what he described as violence inspired by the devil.
Group urges allowing Eastern Catholic married priests in North America
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON —The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation voted in early June to encourage the “lifting of the restrictions regarding the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches of North America.”
Archdiocese’ Catholics to join Protestants, Evangelicals for Pentecost event
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Press Release The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will join with a diverse group of Protestant and Evangelical leaders from a wide variety of Christian churches in Greater Cincinnati to sponsor a large worship gathering for Pentecost Sunday, called “Outpouring 2014.” Together, the churches aim to create a common moment of prayer …
Thank you to all who have assisted this ministry
The life of a vocation director seems to be straight out of the Parable of the Sower that Jesus tells in Matthew 13. Having held this position for eight years, only this year am I finally able to witness men whom I first worked with to discern the seminary and …
Sister Patricia Sammons
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Patricia Sammons was celebrated May 5 at the St. Julie Chapel in the Mount Notre Dame Convent.
Sister M. Valeria Abele
A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Valeria Abele was held May 12 at the Salem Heights Chapel in Dayton.