Thursday, July 2, 2009 By Scott Mussari “While the storm clouds gather far across the sea. Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free. Let us all be grateful for a land so fair. As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.” These are the introductory lines penned …

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Hugs, handshakes, the sharing of fond memories and heartfelt prayers marked the closing of a beloved faith community on June 28 as hundreds came together at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Roselawn. It was standing …

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity Ruth Vanderhoff was celebrated on June 25 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati’s motherhouse. Sister Ruth, 84, died June 22 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for …

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Francis Mary Rachel Schulte was celebrated June 19 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Mary, who was 91, died June 16 at St. Clare Hall at the Oldenburg motherhouse.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 A Mass of Christian of Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Anna McDermott was held on June 27. She died on June 23 at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center in Cincinnati. Sister Anna was 96 years old.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dolores Mueninghoff died June 26 at Mount Notre Dame Health Center, Reading, at the age of 94. A native of Cincinnati, she was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 70 years.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ezekiel 2:2-5; Psalm 123:1-4; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6a By Father Timothy P. Schehr This weekend we remember the thirteen colonies and their rebellion against, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, “a long train of abuses” by a monarch …

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. MARYS DEANERY — Members of St. Teresa Parish in Rockford celebrated the expansion of their faith community and the opportunity to prepare a place for future generations to worship with a Mass on June 21 during which the building that will …

Friday, June 26, 2009 ST. MARYS DEANERY — Missionary of the Precious Blood Kevin M. Scalf was ordained to the priesthood June 13 at Immaculate Conception Church, Celina, by Bishop Joseph L. Charron, retired Bishop of Des Moines and also a Precious Blood priest. During the same liturgy, Vincent Wirtner …

Friday, June 26, 2009 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — The College of Mount St. Joseph announces its participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.