Thursday, April 1, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel This week is a study of contradictions. We begin the week we call “holy” by welcoming Christ triumphantly into Jerusalem. Just a few short moments later, we proclaim the story of His Passion from one of the synoptic Gospels. Holy Thursday begins the …

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; John 20:1-9 Happy Easter! This is the greeting we will hear from so many this Sunday. People want us to enjoy our day with family and friends. But the readings for this …

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Loretta Feeney was celebrated March 25 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Loretta, 91, died March 22 at St. Clare Hall, the healthcare facility for her congregation.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Marianist Father Eldon Reichert, a member of his community for almost 70 years, died March 20 in Dayton. He was 87.

Monday, March 29, 2010 Alice Hudson, 85, a member of Precious Blood Parish in Trotwood, died March 27. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated March 31 at Precious Blood Church. Kindred Funeral Home in Englewood handled the arrangements.

Thursday, March 25, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — In most respects Aaron Webb is a typical 13-year-old who likes having fun and hanging out with friends. Yet there is also a more thoughtful, serious side to Webb, an eighth grader at Our Lady of the Sacred …

Friday, March 26, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati continue to respond to the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti with generosity, compassion and the desire to do more for our brothers and sisters in the impoverished nation.

Friday, March 26, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — The College of Mount St. Joseph has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Thursday, March 25, 2010 Robert A. Mathes, 91, of Mt. Washington and Florida died March 22. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated March 27 at Guardian Angels Church in Mt. Washington. T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Thursday, March 25, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke ARCHDIOCESE — Think, focus, click — these are the fundamental steps of any photographer’s process. But for Russ Martin of Shelby County, it’s also the name of one of his photography websites. Since he took up photography just a few years ago, …