March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Anna Marie Lammert was celebrated Feb. 28 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Anna Marie, 89, died Feb. 23 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for …

March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Marianist Father Cyril Middendorf will be celebrated March 5 in Queen of Apostles Chapel at Mount St. John in Dayton. Father Middendorf, 87, died Feb. 19.

March 2, 2011 A memorial Mass for Franciscan Father Nicholas Lohkamp will be celebrated March 5 at St. Clement Parish in St. Bernard. Father Lohkamp, 85, a member of the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province, died Feb. 23. 

March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Raymond S. Burger was celebrated Feb. 24 at St. Margaret Mary Church in North College Hill. Deacon Burger, 86, died Feb. 20. 

February 25, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — The final results of a Jan. 9-15 referendum in southern Sudan were announced earlier this month, giving Sudanese residents of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati cause to celebrate. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of southern Sudan splitting from the north, paving …

February 23, 2011 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Three parishes in downtown Dayton — Emmanuel, Holy Trinity and St. Joseph — will share a pastor beginning in July under the pastoral region seven plan. The news was recently announced in a letter from Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr and …

February 27, 2011 By Terrance Callan Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 49:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34

February 28, 2011 By Michael Daley I don’t often quote Latin, but if you say this phrase loud enough, you can either scare someone out of hell or condemn them to it — “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus” (“Outside the church there is no salvation”).

February 23, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Glenmary Brother Thomas Kelly was celebrated Feb. 23 at St. Matthias the Apostle Church in Cincinnati. Brother Tom, 81, died Feb. 13 at Mercy Franciscan Terrace.