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 …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — A new school year is just underway, but admissions personnel at the Catholic high schools in the Cincinnati archdiocese are looking ahead to the 2011-12 school year. A key tool in the recruitment of grade schools students is the annual high school open house. …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY —  Presentations on the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and The Catholic Telegraph filled an agenda at the Sept. 11 meeting of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. Chairperson Marvin Koenig turned the morning session of the meeting, held at the Athenaeum …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Joshua Pflum, a senior at Archbishop Moeller High School, was celebrated Sept. 16 at St. Columban Church in Loveland. Pflum, 17, died Sept. 10 after being struck by a car while skateboarding on Paxton Road near Loveland-Miamiville Road in Miami Township.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Rosemary Stewart was celebrated Sept. 9 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Rosemary, 79, died Sept. 5 at St. Clare Hall, the congregation’s healthcare facility.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146:7-10; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16: 9-31 As the summer wanes and we all would like to sit back and rest, we are challenged by readings that deal with some heavy …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The annual Red Mass will be celebrated by Covington Bishop Roger J. Foys on Friday, Sept. 17, 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington.  Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr., of the Kentucky Supreme Court will deliver a special address …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 By David Eck ST. ANDREW DEANERY — It’s not often that a school’s namesake is honored with a U.S. postage stamp, but the students at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School celebrated that special occurrence last week. The 44-cent stamp was unveiled at the school during an …

Friday, September 10, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Missionaries of the Precious Blood have announced that several area priests are celebrating silver jubilees this year: