April 1, 2011 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Standing in the rain watching a hearse leave the grounds of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville on March 10, about 30 students from Catholic high schools in the Cincinnati archdiocese experienced the reality of capital punishment.

April 1, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU CATHEDRAL DEANERY — No one likes discussing end-of-life issues, but the reality is that conversing about such matters in advance of losing a loving one can ease the grieving process.

April 1, 2011 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — While most people might think of boxing as two individuals just trying to “beat each other up,” McAuley High School sophomore Cristi Farwick knows better.

April 1, 2011 DAYTON DEANERY — Students, faculty and staff at Incarnation School in Centerville welcomed Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr as he visited their school community for the first time and celebrated Mass with them March 18.

April 1, 2011 By David Eck ST. MARGARET MARY DEANEY — The LaSalle High School boys basketball team won the Ohio state basketball tournament March 25, as head coach Dan Fleming viewed the championship with a new perspective.

March 31, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Fourth Sunday of Lent: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41.

March 31, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel I was raised in a very small town, roughly 1,000 people total, even including the surrounding countryside. To say that everyone knew everyone would be an understatement. Despite the

March 31, 2011 PEORIA, Ill.  —  Father John J. Dietzen, the foremost question-and-answer columnist in the Catholic press for 35 years, died March 27 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was 83.

March 31, 2011 NEW YORK — Bishop Patrick V. Ahern, 92, who served as an auxiliary bishop in the New York Archdiocese for nearly a quarter century, died March 19 at the Mary Manning Walsh Home in Manhattan.

March 31, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph Acito was celebrated March 28 at Holy Family Church in Price Hill. Acito, 66, died March 24 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.