December 27, 2011 By Natalie Corzine ARCHDIOCESE — When Paul Timmerman signed up to sponsor a child through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), he never once imagined he would ever have a chance to met the child.  

December 27, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — From donuts with blue icing to T-shirts reading “It’s Not Easy Being Blue,” students, teachers, staff, parents and parishioners at All Saints in Kenwood and St. Columban in Loveland have been celebrating their designation as National Blue Ribbon Schools in a big way.

December 22, 2011 A Memorial Mass for Father Michael D. Beatty, pastor of St. Simon the Apostle in Delhi Township, was celebrated Dec. 19 at the parish. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided. Father Beatty, 73, died Dec. 14.

December 18, 2011   By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC   Fourth Sunday of Advent: 2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Psalm 89: 2-5, 27, 29; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1:26-38 As our Advent reflections continue, our first reading this week tells us about David’s desire to build a …

December 16, 2011   Veteran journalist Stephen A. Trosley, most recently publisher and editor of The Journal-Standard in Freeport, IL, has been appointed by Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to be editor-in-chief of The Catholic Telegraph, effective January 3.  

December 13, 2011 PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, longtime Catholic journalist and advocate of Catholic communication, was being fondly remembered after his Dec. 11 death as a friend to the Catholic press around the world.

December 4, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85: 9-14;  2 Peter 3: 8-14; Mark 1: 1-8. In this beautiful season of Advent, one can realize a sense of expectation of the coming of the feast of the birth of …

On the weekend before Thanksgiving,  Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr released a message to Catholics in the archdiocese to be read from pulpits or distributed in print, calling for solidarity with the poor in these difficult economic times.  The archbishop reiterates his ongoing appeal in this issue of The Catholic Telegraph …

A Mass of Christian Burial for Congregation of Divine Providence Sister Mary Ann Broering was celebrated Nov. 9 at St. Anne Convent, Melbourne, Ky.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Francis Mary Frank was celebrated Nov. 2 at the congregation’s motherhouse chapel in Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Mary, 86, died Oct. 30.