Thursday, October 14, 2010 SIDNEY DEANERY — St. Mary and St. Boniface parishes in Piqua are marking the 20th year of 24-hour adoration at St. Clare Chapel, and the anniversary will be celebrated at both parishes with a week of activities.

Thursday, October 14, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Priests should preach God’s word from His perspective, not their own, in helping parishioners form their Catholic conscience. That was among the key messages Father Earl Fernandes shared during a presentation at the annual priest convocation Oct. 7 at Incarnation …

Thursday, October 14, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes It’s October, the month of the rosary. My parents and two oldest brothers came to America from India in 1970. By December 1973, they were proud parents of five boys. My mother told us that since we didn’t have family here, we …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Isabelle Waker was celebrated Oct. 6 at the Mount Notre Dame chapel in Cincinnati. Sister Mary Isabelle, 93, died Oct. 1 at Mount Notre Dame Health Center. She was in her 74th year …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Dominican Sister Marie Elizabeth Doherty was celebrated Oct. 14 in St. Catherine Chapel at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. Sister Marie Elizabeth, 96, died Oct. 11. She was in her 73rd year of religious profession in the Adrian …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Jo Jay was celebrated Oct. 12 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Mary Jo, 73, died Oct. 6 at Mother Margaret Hall.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Cincinnati and WLWT News 5 announce the 9th annual “5 Cares Coat Drive” which begins on Monday, Oct. 18. Coat drive partners are Gold Star Chili, City Dash, Kemba Credit Union, local fire departments and Starr …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The Priests’ Personnel Office announces that Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr made the following appointments:

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 HAMILTON DEANERY — About 90 students at Badin High School shaved their heads last month just to make a freshman they barely knew feel welcome. The school year was only a few days old when it was announced that freshman Kyle Bergen was battling Hodgkins lymphoma …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 If we want something badly enough we will go to great lengths to get it. In the readings for this Sunday Jesus wants us to be just that way when …