Friday, October 9, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU SPRINGFIELD DEANERY — On a recent Monday evening the historic Holland Theatre in downtown Bellefontaine was filled with enthusiastic local residents. But they weren’t there for a blockbuster movie premiere. In recent weeks, the Holland has become the place to be in …

Monday, October 12, 2009 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — Speaker and author Matthew Kelly will present “The Seven Levels of Intimacy,” Saturday, Oct. 17, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Clovernook Country Club, 2035 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati. The talk is the inaugural event of Cincinnati Catholic Women’s “Speaking Spiritually” lecture series.

Friday, October 9, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — The members of St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Church in Cincinnati welcomed Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr for Divine Liturgy on Sept. 20.

Friday, October 9, 2009 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — The College of Mount St. Joseph will honor Sister of Charity Regina Bechtle with the 2009 St. Elizabeth Seton Medal on Wednesday, Oct.  14, in the Mater Dei Chapel at noon. Sister Regina will then present a lecture, “Harvesting Wisdom: Theological Abundance …

Thursday, October 8, 2009 DAYTON DEANERY — A group of men women and children came together in front of the Women’s Med Center in Dayton Sept. 20 to help kick off the national 40 Days for Life campaign.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Staff report ARCHDIOCESE — Toward the end of his 2009 encyclical Charity in Truth, Pope Benedict XVI included a brief but strongly worded analysis about the “increasingly pervasive presence” of modern media and their power to serve good or immoral interests.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 By Scott Mussari Much of the origin of how the rosary came to be cannot be confirmed with certainty. Most historical theologians think the custom of using beads in prayer began sometime during the 1100s. Some believe St. Dominic developed the form of the rosary from …

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Canterbury Road, a musical written by Mount Notre Dame faculty members Tom Geier of Loveland, and Wayne Peppercorn of Milford, opened at MND last weekend. The show will run this Friday, Oct. 9 (8 p.m.) and Saturday Oct. 10 (3 p.m. and 8 p.m.).

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By Staff Report ARCHDIOCESE — Sibichen Thekveli believes the World Mission Sunday Mass Oct. 18 is the first step in developing the goals and framework for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s five-year Asian solidarity project. As a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Community, Thekveli said very few …

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By Staff Report ARCHDIOCESE — Bill Thoman was equipped with two observations upon returning from his 10-day trip to the Philippines in January. He jokingly said his waistline grew after he ate the daily meals that were a common occurrence in the country. But that didn’t …