Friday, October 8, 2010 By David Eck  ARCHDIOCESE — Grounded in their religious traditions, Catholic colleges and universities in the Cincinnati archdiocese maintain academic programs that help instill in students a lifelong commitment to service. A key mission for the schools, service opportunities include international immersion trips, service learning experiences, …

Friday, October 8, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The feast of St. Daniel Comboni, missionary to Africa and founder of the Comboni Missionaries, falls in the month of October, which is also World Mission Month in the Catholic Church.

Friday, October 8, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Young people from throughout the archdiocese converged upon Moeller High School Sept. 24-26 for CREDO: I Believe, a Eucharist-centered retreat that offers the opportunity to grow in relationship with Christ and the church and encourages them to be active in their parishes and programs …

Thursday, October 7, 2010 By David Eck  ARCHDIOCESE — At an age when most high school seniors don’t even know what careers they want to pursue, much less how they can serve others throughout their lives, Zach Starkey is an exception.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 ST. MARYS DEANERY — There will be a public welcoming of members of the Little Sisters of the Poor on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics. The shrine has recently received a relic of St. Jeanne Jugan, founder of the …

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — “That’s all I hear about in this school is Jesus.” When Kathy Borchers, assistant principal at Bishop Leibold School in Dayton, recently heard a kindergartner utter those words, “It warmed my heart,” she said, because “we want our students to live …

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 By Paul McKibben ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Leslie Kuhlman says her friend of nearly 25 years, Jenny Berg, “is a gifted leader and a real visionary when it comes to strategizing and working in an organization.”

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — St. Henry Church in Dayton was filled with about 600 people Oct. 3 for a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr in honor of the parish’s 50th anniversary.

Thursday, October 7, 2010 By Jeanne Hunt Well, it’s that time of the year when many of us first-world, rich people clean our closets and give last year’s stuff away. I was in the midst of this ritual when I had an epiphany: I looked at those eight pairs of …

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 In last Sunday’s Gospel the disciples learned that the smallest bit of faith can lead to great things. This Sunday’s Gospel shows such faith in action. Jesus is on His …