September 9, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU CATHEDRAL DEANERY —  Behind a plain blue steel door off an alley in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine, God’s unconditional love abounds. Once inside Tamar’s Place, women struggling within a lifestyle of prostitution and chemical dependency find a place of hospitality and respect and a host of …

September 9, 2011 Archdiocesan initiative aims to keep Christ at center of our lives By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — With support from Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, the offices of the archdiocese have responded to the call for a new evangelization by developing the initiative Christ at the Center.

September 11, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sirach 27:30-28:9; Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12; Romans 13: 8-10; Matthew 18:15-2

September 8, 2011 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — The archdiocesan Catholic Rural Life Conference of the St. Martin Deanery and Catholic Social Action Office will hold a farm Mass hosted by St. Benignus Parish on Sept. 16, 7 p.m. at the home of Pat and Elaine Hays, 13075 State Rt. 41/753 …

September 8, 2011 Five students from Xavier University traveled to Madrid Aug. 12-22 with Jesuit Father James Riordan, assistant director of of XU’s Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice.

  September 6, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Rita Kurry was celebrated Sept. 6 in St. Julie Chapel at the Mount Notre Dame Convent in Cincinnati. Sister Rita, 95, died Aug. 29 at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center. She was a …

Sept. 4, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9; Romans 13: 8-10; Matthew18:15-20

August 29, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — Young people, grades eight through 12, have the opportunity to participate in a weekend eucharistic retreat when CREDO: I Believe takes place at Moeller High School Sept. 23-25.

August 29, 2011 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES — The Adult Spirituality Institute has announced its 2011-12 course offerings. The institute offers short term, non–credit courses and seminars in conjunction with, and held at, the Athenaeum of Ohio. Its mission is to foster ongoing spiritual development by providing courses and events …

August 29, 2011  SIDNEY DEANERY — The 36th annual Northern Area Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Northern Area Office of Evangelization and Catechesis will be held Saturday, Sept. 17, 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua.