Thursday, June 10, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Chatfield College has announced the appointment of Wanda W. Hill as the new director of the college’s Cincinnati location in Findlay Market. Hill will officially begin her responsibilities on July 1.

Thursday, June 10, 2010 ST. ANDREW DEANERY — There were multiple reasons to celebrate at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Lebanon on June 6.

Thursday, June 10, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Nearly 180 young men have been encouraged to consider the possibility of becoming priests during a series of Andrew Dinners held across the Cincinnati archdiocese over the past year. There have been eight dinners so far. The first was in April …

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Orientation sessions for the archdiocesan Decree on Child Protection will be held in August for persons planning to facilitate orientation workshops at a parish or institution of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. A person must be designated by the pastor or administrator of a parish …

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Rosita Purler was celebrated June 4 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Rosita, 93, died June 2 at St. Clare Hall, the healthcare facility for the Sisters of St. Francis.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame Mary Joann Pitstick was celebrated May 26 at St. Joseph Heights convent chapel. Sister Mary Joann, 91, died May 23 at Lourdes Hall at St. Joseph Heights in Covington.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Christine Marie Stahl was celebrated June 3 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Christine Marie, 85, died May 29 at Mother Margaret Hall.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Anna Frances Portisch was celebrated June 7 in the Mount Notre Dame convent chapel. Sister Anna Frances, 103, died June 1 at Mount Notre Dame Health Center. A native of Columbus, she was a …

Thursday, June 10, 2010 By Jeanne Hunt In the month of June every parish church will have one or two weddings each Saturday. The bride will be radiant. The groom will be handsome and strong in his determined resolve to wed.  Everyone will gather around them, resolving to support them …

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-8:3. During this period of Ordinary Time our liturgical readings remind us of some of the important teachings of our faith tradition. …