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.

Friday, June 26, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard SIDNEY DEANERY — Amid acres of farmland as far as the eye can see sits the German Catholic community of Ft. Loramie and its only church, St. Michael Parish. Its parishioners and neighbors have always helped one another during times of need. …

Thursday, June 25, 2009 The Catholic Conference of Ohio is asking for your immediate help on the state budget bill. Poverty programs are poised to take massive cuts, and programs supporting our Catholic school students may be cut by $59M over the next two years.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — At a time when school budgets are being strained by an economy in deep recession, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has distributed nearly $1 million to 16 Catholic high schools.