Monday, October 5, 2009 By Dean Preston COLUMBUS — I’m Catholic, and I’m in prison. I converted to Catholicism in prison and was baptized just over a year ago. Before this, I was lost in contradiction and depression, and although I didn’t formally call myself this, I was militantly anti-Catholic. …

Friday, October 2, 2009 MILWAUKEE — Project Rachel, the post-abortion reconciliation ministry of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has been healing hearts of those affected by abortion since 1984.

Friday, October 2, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — A Catholic woman from the Cincinnati area, Carole Adlard, has been named a 2009 Angel in Adoption for her outstanding advocacy of adoption issues. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption program, honored Adlard along with more than …

Thursday, October 1, 2009 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center is sponsoring a year of events devoted to writer, activist and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 By Mike Dyer ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Mary Bridges stood in the front of the undercroft at St. Mary Parish in Hyde Park with a microphone in hand and spoke candidly to the audience about the struggle she had endured to remain in her …

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — Some 5,000 Catholic educators from Ohio are expected be in attendance at the Ohio Catholic Education Association (OCEA) Convention Oct. 8-9 at the Duke Energy Center.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — A 64-page page book, Our Dear Old Julienne, from Notre Dame Academy to Chaminade-Julienne and Beyond, is set to be published in December.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The Athenaeum Chorale will present Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. The chorale is under the direction of Athenaeum music director Anthony DiCello.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Students, faculty, staff and parents at Royalmont Academy in Mason celebrated their many blessings during a special Mass of Thanksgiving with Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk on Sept. 25.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU God has blessed me with many loving, supportive relationships among my fellow Ursuline Sisters, family and friends. As we prepare to mark the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the lover of all creation, it also seems fitting to celebrate …