Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By David Eck HAMILTON DEANERY — St. Mary Parish in Franklin has agreed to purchase a 17-acre site in Springboro to relocate the parish in the future. The parish will pay $550,000 for the site, which is easily accessible from the new Austin Road interchange off …

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Peter J. Morabito, 52, music director at St. Ann Parish in Groesbeck for 26 years, died Aug. 23. A memorial Mass was celebrated at St. Ann on Aug. 28.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Louise Margaret Williams was celebrated Aug. 30 at Salem Heights. Sister Peg, who was 91, died Aug. 26 at the Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 76 years.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided at three Masses of thanksgiving in August to thank area Catholics for their generous support of the Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) and the vital ministries it funds in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Thursday, September 2, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel“In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure, with His Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit.” With these words, from the introduction to the fourth section of …

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-6, 12-17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Now that summer is morphing into fall and being transformed into the gorgeous colors of the new season, we might be looking back at the …

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Most college internships give students practical experience in their chosen field, but a recent experience in Mexico City allowed University of Dayton junior Ben Girmann to use the skills from both of his majors, visual communications and Spanish.

Monday, August 23, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — There was a time in the not too distant past when a college education in the United States seemed out of reach for Eucabeth Mose. A chance conversation, however, led to possibilities that the young Kenyan woman would …

Friday, August 20, 2010 By David Eck ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Principal Gerry Myers knew there would be issues in moving St. Nicholas Academy to a new campus, but he didn’t expect that arranging for busing would be so complicated.

Friday, August 20, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — Children living in a troubled family situation may sometimes be in danger of being lost in the shuffle of a complex system of courts and social services. But when children work with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) like …