Dec. 2, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Franciscan Father Pat McCloskey has been responding to peoples’ questions about Catholic faith and practices in his column “Ask a Franciscan,” featured in St. Anthony Messenger magazine, for years. A new book, Ask a Franciscan: Answers to Catholic Questions (St. Anthony …

Dec. 1, 2010   By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Retired Archbishop of Cincinnati Daniel E. Pilarczyk spoke of the giving relationship God has with His people during a special Mass Nov. 21 celebrating the feast of Christ the King and the closing of the 50th anniversary year of St. …

Nov. 30, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Marita Ganley was celebrated Nov. 30 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel of the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Marita, 81, died Nov. 22 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for 61 years.  …

Nov. 30, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister M. Melitta Barga, 92, was celebrated Nov. 24 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Melitta died Nov. 22 at Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 76 years.   A native …

Nov. 30, 2010 Carol Luebering, a longtime author and editor for St. Anthony Messenger Press and other Catholic publishers, died Nov. 24 at the age of 75.   A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 1 at Bellarmine Chapel on the Xavier University campus.    A native of Topeka, …

Nov. 30, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke  SIDNEY DEANERY — “There’s no such thing as coincidence. That’s what my experience has been with Schoenstatt. It’s an interesting feeling of being led.”    Curtis Kneblik recently explained the series of experiences that culminated in the construction of a Schoenstatt Wayside Shrine …

Dec. 3, 2010   By Father Kyle Schnippel  “There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left …

Dec. 1, 2010 By Terrance Callan  First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44 With this Sunday we begin the season of Advent, our time of preparation for Christmas. The readings for Advent speak about the coming of Christ. They recall the first coming of Jesus about 2000 …

Nov. 26, 2010    By Kathy Schwartz   ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Of course photographer Robert A. Flischel wants you to get his “Messages of Glory” greeting cards.  Even more, he wants you to get them.  

Nov. 25, 2010 By David Eck CATHEDERAL DEANERY — Jesuit Father George Coyne gave the nearly 200 people at the Huether Lasallian Conference in Cincinnati Nov. 18 an in-depth lesson on the development of the universe, but he left it to them to ponder God’s role in creation.