Xavier University’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved plans to establish the nation’s first Jesuit College of Osteopathic Medicine on the university’s campus, addressing a critical future need to train more primary care doctors while bolstering Xavier’s status as a leader in mission-driven, health sciences education. The medical college’s focus on …

Eight Sisters of the Precious Blood recently celebrated milestone anniversaries of entrance into the Congregation: Sister Berenice Janszen — 80 years Sister Dorothy Koenig — 80 years Sister Genevieve Volk — 75 years Sister Joanne Belloli — 60 years Sister Patricia Gist — 60 years Sister Joyce Langhals — 60 …

Sr. Jeanne Marie Suerth, SNDdeN July 11, 1934 – July 24, 2023 Sr. Jeanne Marie Suerth (Sr. Jeanne Patricia) was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1934, the youngest of three children, and entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1953. She taught in elementary schools …

For World Youth Day We pray the World Youth Day in Lisbon will help young people to live and witness the Gospel in their own lives.

Todos hemos escuchado la frase: “Hace falta una aldea para criar a un niño”, y con razón. A lo largo de los milenios, los miembros de una determinada comunidad se han ayudado mutuamente en la formación y el desarrollo de sus jóvenes para asegurarse de que cada uno aprenda las …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jul 11, 2023 / 10:18 am Pope Francis has named Dominican Father Steven Maekawa, a former active duty military chaplain, as the next bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Vatican announced the appointment on July 11. Maekawa will take on the role of leading a diocese that …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 11:00 am Thirty Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter on the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision vowing to continue to support abortion despite the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The group of Democrats, …

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (June 19th, 2023) – The Shrine is pleased to be able to offer the St. Peregrine Relic for prayer and veneration. Three times per year a prayer service is held for those who are on a journey with cancer, whether it be as a patient or as a …

The Principal Search Committee and the Board of Trustees are excited to announce that Ms. Kristen Rojas, Ursuline Academy alumna (Class of 1985), will join us as our next Principal. “We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Rojas back home to Ursuline,” said President Ramona Payne. “As an alumna, Ms. Rojas …

Reverend John E. Porter  passed away on May 22, 2023, in Englewood, Ohio. He was born on April 4, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio, and baptized at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Dayton. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati, and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s …