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 …

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — In recent years, the church’s pastoral attention has been as focused on the East as it has on the West. Around the turn of this current century, the Vatican began gearing up for a new missionary push in Asia. While the Bible has fully or …

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — In 1834 Maria Anna Brunner, an elderly widow in Switzerland inspired by the redemption, reparation and reconciliation through the Precious Blood of Jesus, began spending her time in prayer, taking care of the men in a seminary started by her …

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 1764: Maria Anna Probst born 1793: Maria Anna Probst marries John Baptist Brunner

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By Father Timothy Schehr 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 7:7-11; Hebrews 4:12-13; Gospel Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27. What do we want most from God? In the first reading for this Sunday King Solomon has an answer that question: he prays for wisdom. What he means …