Thursday, March 11, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — The annual Cincinnati Catholic Men’s Conference will be held March 20 at Cincinnati’s Music Hall. More than 2,000 men from across the archdiocese and several states will attend the daylong event of speakers, song and prayer.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 Lou Stegeman, 87, a member of St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Bridgetown, died March 6. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 10 at St. Jude Church. B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — The students at St. Andrew-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School consider the priests that serve their parishes to be pretty special. They also know that priests need prayers to carry out their ministry. So, the children have been happy …

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — The Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Division will host a special exhibit, “Sacred Relics: History of the Irish in Cincinnati,” on Sunday, March 14, 1:00-7:00 p.m., at St. Xavier Church, 607 Sycamore St., in downtown Cincinnati.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — There are five elements that make a parish truly viable, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr told a group of Catholics March 6: The parish must celebrate the Mass and sacraments; it has to have a solid and effective religious education program; it must …

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — “Holding the Earth Lightly: A Call to Care for People and the Planet” was the theme of this year’s Catholic Relief Services Global Solidarity Conference, held Feb. 27 at the University of Dayton. The conference addressed what the United …

Thursday, March 11, 2010 By Jeanne Hunt I often begin my talks to children preparing for their first holy Communion with these words, “Hello, I am Mrs. Hunt, and last Sunday I made my 4,124th holy Communion. You should be so lucky!” I then tell the children a story about …

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Fourth Sunday of Lent: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; Psalm 34: 2-7;  2 Corinthians 5:17-21;  Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 It may seem a little strange to hear the words celebrate and rejoice on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. But that is what …

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Ursuline Sister Mary Carmen Johnson was celebrated on March 8 in the Sacred Heart Chapel of the Ursulines of Brown County in St. Martin. Sister Mary Carmen, 73, died March 3 at Mount Notre Dame Heath Care Center.

By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, S.C.  Third Sunday of Lent: Exodus 3: 1-8a, 13-15; Psalm 103:1-4, 6-8; 1 Corinthians 10: 1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9   Our Gospel passage this week gives us a focus for understanding the message of our liturgical readings. It falls into two parts: one stresses the …