January 31, 2011 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — At Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton the six students with cognitive disabilities at the school spend much of their day in standard classrooms learning side-by-side with their peers and keeping up with the class work as they are able.

January 29, 2011 By Mary Caffrey Knapke   ST. MARYS DEANERY — Bags of small plastic beads in hues from white to blue to black, are piled on a table with strands of cord. It could be a scene from any crafter’s kitchen. But when these beads are strung, cords …

January 26, 2011 By Sister Eileen Connelly   CATHEDRAL DEANERY — During a recent Thursday morning music class at St. Boniface School in Northside the sweet, cheerful voices of preschoolers rang out as they sang “Jesus Loves the Little Ones Like Me.”

January 26, 2011 By Catholic News Service POTOMAC, Md. — Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was “a man for this age,” whose faith shaped his work on behalf of the poor around the world and his work in defending the dignity of all human life, said Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl …

January 28, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zephaniah 2:3-3:13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12 What is our key to happiness? Jesus has the answer in the readings for this Sunday. We will immediately recognize it as the beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount.

January 27, 2011 By Michael Daley I know you’ve heard them, maybe even passed them along.

January 26, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Mercy of the Holy Cross Mary Albert Wehri was celebrated Jan. 19 at Holy Cross Chapel in Merrill, Wis. Sister Mary Albert, 93, died Jan. 16 at Bell Tower Residence in Merrill.

January 26, 2011 A Memorial Mass for Sister of the Precious Blood Mary Iona Taylor was celebrated Jan. 19 at Salem Heights in Dayton, the community’s central house. Sister Iona, 97, died Jan. 26 at the Maria Joseph Center. She was a Precious Blood Sister for 82 years.

January 26, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Rose Adelaide Anderson was celebrated Jan. 25 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Rose Adelaide, 89, died Jan. 21 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of …