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Friday Photo: Meet *Pope Francis* at local parish festival
Staff Report *Clearly not actually Pope Francis The work week has been nearly put to bed and visions of weekend fun are dancing through your head. What better way to celebrate the weekend than supporting a parish festival and snapping a selfie with the pope — or at least a life-size …
Archbishop: Laudato Si an ‘urgent, spiritual call’ to all people [Video]
Staff Report Responding to the call of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr hosted a press conference Wednesday in the former school building at St. Monica-St. George in University Heights. The archbishop outlined how parishes and offices throughout the archdiocese are putting Pope Francis’s groundbreaking encyclical …
Throwback Thursday: Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge?
Staff Report Just less than a year ago Facebook and Twitter feeds were completely full of people dumping buckets of ice water on their heads and challenging others to do the same to raise money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative condition affecting roughly 30,000 Americans. News …
Missionaries of the Precious Blood celebrate 200 years
By Sarah Anne Carter For The Catholic Telegraph In 1815, a man named Gaspar joined with a few other priests to devote themselves to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus and their legacy has spread through the entire world, with one of their headquarters set in Dayton. St. Gaspar Melchior …
Archdiocese of Cincinnati website gets modern look
Staff Report Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have never struggled to find their digital home. With a name like CatholicCincinnati.org, finding the official website of the archdiocese was always intuitive and now a refresh of its design will further enhance the user experience. The new look of CatholicCincinnati.org went …
Football rosary rally draws big numbers in second year [Photos]
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph In a few weeks, the young men who gathered Thursday as brothers in Christ will spend their Friday nights hitting each other with extreme force on the gridiron field. On this evening, though, they knelt together before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and prayed the …
Friday Photo: Food for All kickoff nets massive food donation
Staff Report For the second-straight week, Food for All serves as the subject of Friday Photo. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati officially launched its Food for All campaign in early July, but its unofficial kickoff event happened Tuesday at the offices of Stelter and Brinck in Harrison, Ohio.
Archbishop message concerns defunding Planned Parenthood
Staff Report Recently released videos in which officials of Planned Parenthood traffic in human organs, tissues, and body parts from their abortion clinics are chilling and appalling, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati said today in a message to priests of the archdiocese. Archbishop Schnurr’s statement was sent to priests …
Throwback Thursday: Remember your religious obligation
Staff Report Anyone blessed to work for a company that offers vacation time knows the entire workforce of the planet many people are on vacation this time of year. In an age of hyper planning and online research, we often plot out our vacations to the minute detail, knowing where we will …
Nearly 500 turn out for peaceful rally against Planned Parenthood
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph In 65 cities across the nation Tuesday, people gathered by the thousands to stand against the practices of Planned Parenthood, a national organization that provides abortion as well as other services. In Cincinnati, nearly 500 supporters of life assembled on the sidewalks in front of …