October 9, 2011 By Father Timothy P. Schehr Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-20; Matthew 22:1-14 Wedding invitations are so special they are easy to spot in a stack of mail. They are often layered with enclosures, the details prominently displayed in embossed ink on …

October 5, 2011 By Maggie Malach SIDNEY DEANERY — The 36th Annual Northern Area Congress for parish leaders and catechists, held at the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School in Piqua, drew an audience that spanned from teenagers to senior citizens. All came for the same reason: to discuss different ways …

October 5, 2011   ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Joan Elizabeth Cook, president, welcomed Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse for Bayley’s Mother Margaret George Honor and Memorial Society celebration Sept. 15.

October 4, 2011 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — A musical celebration of the past, present and future will bring together musicians and choirs from six west side parishes. A Choral Fest will take place Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Cheviot.

September 26, 2011 By Father Earl Fernandes If I had a nickel for every time someone told me they were distracted during prayer or at Mass, I would be a wealthy priest! St. Paul instructs the Thessalonians to pray unceasingly (1 Thessalonians 5:17). How difficult, seemingly impossible, that is! Maximus …

September 26, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt In a world where Halloween is running a close second behind Christmas for most popular holiday, what I have to say is going to sound like I’m raining on the parade. It’s just that the last thing we need to do to our kids …

September 26, 2011 By Father Kyle Scnippel Every year, the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors holds an annual convention that brings my counterparts from across the country together for formation, training (especially for new vocation directors), keynote addresses and just plain fraternization among priests. It tends to be an …

September 26, 2011 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — An ongoing legislative battle was brought to life at the eighth annual Pro-Life Science & Technology Conference, held Sept. 10 at the Engineers Club of Dayton. In ultrasound images ranging from grainy black-and-white to three-dimensional sepia tones, Maureen McDaniel detailed …

September 26, 2011 By Patricia McGeever ARCHDIOCESE – Maxwell Murdock, 7, is a healthy, friendly and polite little boy. The Winton Hills Academy second grader has a bright smile, gets good grades and likes animals. His little sister LeAyeshia, 3, can spell her name and likes to sing. Twice a …

September 26, 2011 By Jennifer Hogan Redmond ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — When Dr. Dallas “Buzz” and Melissa Auvil embarked on their first medical mission trip to Kabingo, Uganda, in 2010, they thought they were organized. “But we were bombarded with hundreds of people every day,” at the rural …