There is a certain peace and beauty as we begin our Lenten Journey with Mass during Ash Wednesday. This video was released several years ago, and this year Ash Wednesday in March 5, 2025. Check out the video:

At 100 years old, and after 46 years as a permanent deacon, Mike Ascolese still shares his wisdom and faith with all who meet him. As he rested on a bench in Eden Park when in his later 90s, Deacon Ascolese took in the Ohio River view while his now …

A cathedral is the home church for the bishop or archbishop of a Catholic diocese, and those appointed to these roles are often referred to as shepherds, for they are modeled after Jesus the Good Shepherd and the local faithful are entrusted to their care. BISHOP EDWARD D. FENWICK, OP …

Carl Paternite knows the importance of mental well-being to a person’s overall health. After years of serving patients and forming students as a faculty member, the now-retired clinical psychologist helps lead a volunteer mental wellness ministry for the St. Gregory the Great Family of Parishes, encompassing Guardian Angels, Immaculate Heart …

Great Catholic theologians have said to “begin with beauty” when sharing the Good News of Christ, for beauty has the ability to bypass reason and appeal directly to our heart and soul. In art, our commitment to this beauty portrays the truth of our faith, which pierces the culture surrounding …

1) Admission to Candidacy Congratulations to our seminarians who were initiated in the Admission to Candidacy in December by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, with Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Columbus Diocese among the concelebrants. From the Archdiocese of Cincinnati: Nick Barsala and William Rannells. From the Diocese of Columbus: …

Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). We have been exploring Pope St. John Paul II’s reflections on the resurrection of the body and life in the world to come. In that final state, the unity of …

The gas pump was irritatingly slow; and for a mama with a rare hour to herself, I was not excited about how long it was taking to fill my tank. Using this opportunity to clean out the van, I stepped away to toss the trash, and he approached. “’Scuse me …

Imagine if, overnight, every phone, computer and television stopped working: no notifications, no screens, no newsfeed. You can’t even check your email. The next day would feel like a different world, unfamiliar and unnerving. Even if this silence lasted for just 24 hours, what would it be like? Aside from …

O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look favorably on your servant Francis, whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd; Grant, we pray, that by word and example he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that, together …