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Finding Common Ground: Twinning Parishes Break Down Distance and Cultural Barriers
By Susie Bergman Imagine boarding a plane to leave the comfort and security of your homeland to begin a mission solely focused on relationship-building with people you’ve never met. It’s a mission that will take you to places you have never experienced before, with an unfamiliar culture and a significant …
Moeller High School Updates Chapel Students, Faculty and Staff Collaborate on Worship Space
By Patricia McGeever An artist, a craftsman, a generous donor and staff skilled in construction have created a beautiful space in Moeller High School’s updated chapel, a space intent on inspiring students to grow deeper in their faith. “The existing space wasn’t respected the way a chapel should be,” said …
IHM Supports Nicaraguan Training Center Batahola Notre Provides Security Amidst Political Unrest
By John Stegeman For almost 20 years Cincinnati’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (IHM) has partnered with the Cultural Center Batahola Norte in Managua, Nicaragua, but that support took on new importance in April of 2018. Police and paramilitary groups violently suppressed a series of political protests, and the resulting …
The Athenaeum of Ohio Expands Campus with $12 Million Building Project
The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West is expanding its campus in Mount Washington. On Sunday, October 13, 2019, at 2 p.m., Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr will dedicate and bless Fenwick Hall. This $12 million building project has been under construction for two years, it’s …
Fall Theology on Tap in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
FALL THEOLOGY ON TAP CLIFTON You’re invited to this Fall’s Theology on Tap. We are in some troubled times — the Church abuse crisis, the separation of families at the border and raids on immigrants, mass shootings, and a host of other things. With all of this going on, …
Seize the Moment: Manual Labor and the Master’s Work
I can do a great deal of thinking on the top rung of a ladder. Chief among my thoughts is “Dear God, don’t let me fall,” but I’m also thinking other things too: “Go slow,” “Be careful,” and “You got this.” And then, on my most recent ascent, a new …
Photo Essay: Out and About in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Out and About in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati! Click photo to click through the photos.
Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the Dedication of Spoerl Bartlett Field at Carroll High School
Story and photos by Jeff Unroe. The dedication ceremony began at 6:30 p.m. on September 6, and featured the traditional pregame performance by the Marching Patriots, an address from Carroll Principal Matt Sableski, a blessing of the field by Father Ethan Moore, and a ceremonial ringing of the Victory Bell …
Did you know: Old St. Mary’s Church in Over-the-Rhine (St. Marien Kirche)
“I’ve been coming down here since the 1960s, and they’ve always had this rathskeller. It’s an old tradition in Germany. They needed someone new to run it, so I’ve done it for probably 20 years now. In Germany, the farmers would come to town and have beer after Mass and …
Catholic at Home: Go Home and Change the World
October is Respect Life Month, a celebration and call-to-arms compelling Catholics to “renew their personal commitment to defend human life” (USCCB). The idea itself brings to mind the unborn and those sentenced to death as well as those who are dying; and while these are some of the most vulnerable, …