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The Catholic Telegraph
‘A high place in heaven’
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY – After 30 years in ministry Deacon Henry Beck has never forgotten why he entered the diaconate in the first place: to help people. Now 93 and slowed by age and illness, Deacon Beck still cares about the parishioners at Our …
Bishop Garland marks milestones in hometown
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — Bishop James Garland recently returned to his hometown of Wilmington to celebrate two milestones in his years of service to the church.
Franciscan friars make grace-filled trek
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — With an unflappable trust in God, six Franciscan friars set out on foot one morning from Roanoke, Va., on a trek that would take them 300 miles through the Virginia countryside to Washington.
Mercy Sister professes vows
Monday, August 10, 2009 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Sister of Mercy Susan Ruedy made her perpetual profession as a Sister of Mercy during a eucharistic celebration July 18 at Mercy Center Chapel in Cincinnati.
Language program inspires Incarnation students
Monday, August 10, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard DAYTON DEANERY — Students at Incarnation School in Centerville are getting a jumpstart on learning a foreign language through a program that has evolved in the 10 years since its inception. “We needed to have this. We’re in this homogeneous community but …
A career from the heart
Friday, August 7, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU DAYTON DEANERY — It’s a true blessing to follow a career path that enables us put our faith info action and have the sense that we are fulfilling God’s call for us. As she retired as executive director of Catholic Social Services …
Precious Blood priests named to worldwide council
Thursday, August 6, 2009 ST. MARYS DEANERY — Two natives of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have been named to the general council of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Rome. Father Larry Hemmelgarn, formerly of St. Mary Parish, Philothea, newly appointed to the council, joins another Father William Nordenbrock, …
Local celebration marks Precious Blood Sisters’ anniversary
Thursday, August 6, 2009 ST. MARYS DEANERY — The Sisters of the Precious Blood will host an outdoor Mass on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Maria Stein Center/Relic Shrine. Precious Blood Father Kenneth Schroeder will preside.
Book examines 10 testaments of Jesus
Thursday, August 6, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — There was time when professional and material success came first in Scott Campbell’s life. A 1980 graduate of McNicholas High School, he readily admits that his ongoing pursuit of wealth and status left him feeling unhappy …
Ohio bishops voice dismay over state budget cuts
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, speaking on behalf of Ohio’s Catholic bishops, has issued a letter voicing dismay with specific cuts in the state budget and disappointment with a political process that disregarded the concerns of many members of the General Assembly. In a letter …