Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU SIDNEY DEANERY — The 35th annual Northern Area Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Northern Area Office of Evangelization and Catechesis was held Sept. 18 at the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School in Piqua. Approximately 250 catechetical leaders, youth ministers, Catholic school …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Habakkuk 1:2-2:4; 2 Timothy 1:6-14; Luke 17:5-10 Mustard seeds and mulberry trees. Is there any connection? We can be sure if Jesus brings such disparate things together they must serve in some way to teach a lesson …

Monday, September 27, 2010 Joyce Marie Barger (nee Leonard), 67, of Eastgate died Sept. 23. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Sept. 27 at Holy Trinity Church in Batavia. T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — St. Peter Parish in New Richmond will celebrate its 160th anniversary on Nov. 7 with a “Home Coming Mass” at 2:30 p.m. The Mass will be followed by a potluck dinner.

Friday, September 24, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Daniel J. Curran, president of the University of Dayton, will be honored in November with the 2010 Regional Leadership Award from Dayton Business Journal.

Friday, September 24, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Earlier this month the Sisters of Charity issued a formal statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Friday, September 24, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Hundreds of students, alumni, parents, administrators, faculty and staff from three high schools in the archdiocese came together to celebrate Catholic education at a special Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains on Sept. 12.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Students at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Cincinnati witnessed a piece of history Sept. 10 when 81 people became new Americans during a naturalization ceremony at the school.

Thursday, September 23, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Students at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Cincinnati witnessed a piece of history Sept. 10 when 81 people became new Americans during a naturalization ceremony at the school.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Paul McKibben ARCHDIOCESE — Sacred Heart Radio has acquired a new frequency that will allow it to reach more listeners. The Norwood-based Catholic radio station purchased an FM frequency (89.5) from Hamilton City Schools at public auction on Aug. 25, according to Bill Levitt, Sacred Heart …