Thursday, September 24, 2009 DAYTON DEANERY — Two weekend events Oct. 3-4 will highlight the 175th anniversary year for the Sisters of the Precious Blood. The events are open to the public.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 By David Eck SIDNEY DEANERY — As they have for more than three decades, religious education teachers in the northern reaches of the archdiocese gathered Sept. 19 to network, share resources and attend workshops at the Northern Area Congress for Parish Leaders and Catechists.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — Runners, walkers and pet lovers are invited to join the Sisters of the Monastery of St. Clare for the sixth annual Run for the Nuns on Oct. 3 at Harbor Point, Winton Woods (east side of Winton Road at the park’s …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Catholic young adults will gather together for Cincinnati Theology on Tap on Wednesdays in October from 7-9 p.m. at Martino’s on Vine, 2618 Vine St., Cincinnati.  This informal event is am opportunity for young adults to meet in a comfortable setting to explore …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — On the surface it might seem odd for a one-time farm boy to serve as pastor of an urban pastoral region but for Father P. Del Staigers, a love of nature and the outdoors is never far away. The office …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — It’s not many high schools that can claim to have had the daughters of a major Civil War hero as students. But U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman sent two daughters to study at Mount Notre Dame Academy, a boarding school on …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Lawrence Ann Scheidler died Sept. 16 at the age of 83 in Mother Margaret Hall at the Sisters of Charity motherhouse. She was a Sister of Charity for 60 years.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Kevin Le, a junior at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, died Sept. 17 from injuries he suffered after being hit by a car Sept. 8 in Fairfield. A special Mass was celebrated at the school Sept. 18, followed by a moment of silence at that …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 137  Numbers 11:25-29;  Psalms 19:8, 10, 12-14;  James 5:1-6;  Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 When a ministry or a project is going well it is a human inclination to protect it from the intervention of other …

Friday, September 18, 2009 By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — John and James were pals in high school who kept up that friendship after they graduated from St. Joseph Prep School in Philadelphia more than 55 years ago.