May 9, 2012 By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – The proposed funding cuts in programs that meet the needs of poor and vulnerable people being weighed in the House of Representatives fail a “basic moral test,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. …

Sister Therese Beringer   A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Joseph Therese Beringer was celebrated April 11 at the Mount Notre Dame Chapel in Reading.

May 3, 2012 By Patricia McGeever The Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm bring Christ to everyone who is under their care. For the last 50 years they’ve been bringing Him to the residents of a yellow brick building on Madison Road in O’Bryonville.  The congregation runs St. Margaret …

May 2, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Whether a guest speaker in period costume is sharing her ancestors’ experiences during the Civil War or a retiree is giving a group of students a hands-on lesson in recycling, the emphasis is on enrichment and learning from each other.

A Mass of Christian Burial for David Rinderle, founder and chairman of Sacred Heart Radio, was celebrated April 30 at Immaculate Heart of Mary  (IHM) Parish in Anderson Township. Rinderle, 65, died April 23 during a business trip to Florida.  

A Mass of Christian Burial for William Schumacher, former director of the archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office., on April 27 at St. Gabriel Church in Glendale. Schumacher, 87, died April 20.  

May 1, 2012 By Mike Dyer A few days before Easter, Joe D’Ambrosio started yet another chapter in his life when he was hired as a maintenance employee at St. Clarence Parish in North Olmsted, Ohio.

May 1, 2012 By Father Earl Fernandes They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken …

May 1, 2012 By Michael Daley On a daily basis I encounter them — disturbing, startling, discomforting, angering, humorous, ironic, sarcastic, irreverent, damning, uplifting, and insightful words and images. Though you may be led to think that I’m referring to the newspaper, television, books, or a billboard as the source, …

May 1, 2012 By Jeanne Hunt The Gospel for the Feast of the Ascension is for go-getters — not for lazy believers with lead-feet disease. In this Gospel reading the angels offer us the timeless question, “Why do you stand here looking into the sky?” In other words, they prod …