Thursday, June 24, 2010 By Michael Daley After a long day of teaching, I returned home to an unexpectedly quiet house. This was surprising, given that my wife was out of town and our three kids were with a babysitter. A little alarmed, I looked around the house. Nearby I …

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — Established in 1860, St. John the Baptist Parish, 5361 Dry Ridge Rd., will hold its closing ceremonies to the year-long 150th anniversary celebrations on Saturday, June 26.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Clara Marie Tumbush was held June 23 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Clara Marie, 90, died June 20 at the Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She had been a Sister of the Precious Blood for 68 …

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Joannes Pardo was celebrated June 15 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Joannes, 93, died June 12 at St. Clare Hall, the health care facility for the congregation.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9: 51-62 The readings of this week continue last week’s idea about forming a whole new way of thinking about the Messiah and …

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — For five years the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have remembered the life and ministry of Sister Dorothy Stang on the anniversary of her murder, but now the community will celebrate Sister Dorothy’s legacy on her birthday. About 250 people …

Friday, June 18, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — The Sisters of the Precious Blood invite single women 18-35 to be part of a Summer Ministry Week in Appalachia July 9-14. Participants will work with the sisters in a variety of projects at St. Joseph the Worker Mission in Elkhorn City, in …

Friday, June 18, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Seven individuals made commitments as Associates in Mission of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati recently. Mary Hirsch, Richard Meder, Jennifer Melke, Rose Mullen, Gloria Santoro, Kathy Vogelpohl and Debbie Weber made their commitment on June 13 at the Sisters of Charity …

Thursday, June 17, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Catholic Telegraph will adopt a summer publishing schedule for the months of July and August.

Thursday, June 17, 2010 COLUMBUS — The Ohio House and Senate last month restored $15 million to programs that benefit students in Catholic and other chartered nonpublic schools. The restoration offers partial relief from several rounds of budget cuts during 2008 and 2009.