Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Throughout the past year, members of St. Joseph Church in North Bend marked their 150th anniversary with a variety of activities including a concert and a parish picnic. The anniversary celebration came to a close with a Mass …

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 17 at Grailville for Grace Rogan. Rogan, who died Aug. 4 in Bellingham, Wash., was formerly secretary to the late Dan Kane, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. She was 90.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Sarita Cordova was celebrated on Sept. 17 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Sarita, 96, died Sept. 11 at Mother Margaret Hall.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Bernard “Ben” Bruening was celebrated Sept. 20 at Our Lady of Good Hope Parish in Miamisburg. Retired Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk presided. Father Bruening, 77, died Sept. 15 at Berkeley Square Retirement Community.

Thursday, September 23, 2010 By Michael Daley It was the closing hymn. Fittingly, since it was the feast of the Assumption, the selection was “Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly.” Turning the pages to that song, I was stopped in my tracks. Someone had written in the hymnal.  I was …

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Amos 8:4-7;  Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8; 1 Timothy 2:1-8;  Luke 16:1-13 In keeping with the purpose of Luke’s journey narrative (Luke 9:51-24:53) we have in our Gospel reading this week some instruction about what Luke saw …

Friday, September 17, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — There has been great reason to celebrate in 2010 as St. Ursula Villa marked 50 years of Ursuline education.

Thursday, September 16, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — As Holy Cross-Immaculata Church in Mt. Adams nears the end of its sesquicentennial jubilee as a parish, the parish celebrated a special Mass Sept. 12 to honor the 99 years that the Sisters of Charity devoted to the Catholic community of Mt. Adams.

Thursday, September 16, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — Before St. Augustine became a church father and doctor of the church, he was a young man who had fallen away from the Christian faith in which he was raised. His mother, St. Monica, prayed fervently for him until …

Thursday, September 16, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes In early September I visited retired priests at St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena. Father Jim Byrne had just celebrated his 99th birthday, and Father Anselm Boeke his 92nd. Father John Bensman at 80 was the “spring chicken.” They were inspirational and truly …