Wednesday, September 8, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — The annual Blue Mass celebration will take place on Sunday, Sept. 26, beginning at 10:45 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, 8th and Plum streets in Cincinnati. The event is held to pray for and honor Greater Cincinnati police, fire …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 By Paul McKibben ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz provided insights into what the U.S. Catholic bishops are doing to promote marriage and offered advice for those who work to prepare couples for the Sacrament of Matrimony.     Archbishop Kurtz, who chairs the …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — To celebrate the faith that remains the foundation at Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr was the celebrant as the Alter community witnessed the blessing of its renovated chapel and new altar on Aug. 22.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14;  Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19;  1 Timothy 1:12-17;  Luke 15:1-32 The readings of today’s Mass work around the idea of joy that a person has in recovering what was lost. Luke’s long …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 3 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sister of St. Francis of Oldenburg, Ind., for Sister Anna Marie Stier, who died Aug. 30 at St. Clare Hall. Sister Anna Marie, a native of Greensburg, Ind., was 100 years …

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Anne C. Kruse (nee Rean) of Withamsville died Sept. 4. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Sept. 9 at St. Thomas More Church in Withamsville. T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Friday, September 3, 2010 Virginia Frances Schaffield (nee Wilson), 88, of Anderson Twp. died Sept. 3. A memorial Mass will be celebrated Sept. 8 at St. Rose Church in Cincinnati. T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Monday, September 6, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — To Dominican Sister Monica McGloin, protecting the right of workers to organize goes beyond money and becomes a moral issue. Giving workers a say in their workplaces and the conditions in which they work enhances their self-esteem and role in society …

Monday, September 6, 2010 By David Eck CATHEDRAL DEANERY — From the back of a massive former factory in a decaying neighborhood of Cincinnati, Don Sherman and Dan Moore fight for the rights of workers. They run the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers’ Center — a lifeline for immigrants and other low earners …

Friday, September 3, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Serra Clubs of Cincinnati and Northern will present the Serra Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Regional Convention Oct. 8-10 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel in downtown Cincinnati.