Growing up as the oldest of three girls, I was the rule-follower in the family. I was especially respectful and obedient to my mom and her directives. From “clear your plates and empty the dishwasher” to “hurry up and get ready for Mass,” I generally lived with a simple trust …

In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s northern area, the many competitive sports teams foster small-town rivalries that provide good viewing and camaraderie among communities and families (even when cousins play against each other). One such team, the Marion Local Flyers, are noteworthy for both their successful athletic program and how their …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Sep 10, 2022 / 06:00 am The Catholic Church’s teaching on purgatory — the “cleansing fire” that prepares the elect for heaven — can be difficult to understand. But for one saint, the Catholic imperative to pray for the dead was made very real …

Coach Steve Kuhlman led the Moeller rugby squad for eight years and Coach Sara Kuhlman runs the Mount Notre Dame lacrosse team. Although these sports have little in common, the player experience under these two leaders is comparable: Winning counts, but faith comes first. Sara and Steve, both 30, are …

Last January and February, all of southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana were caught up in what might be described as a religious experience: the Bengals’ improbable run to the Super Bowl. We came together across economic, racial and ethnic identifications, committed to a single cause and united in …

“Run so as to win.” St. Paul wrote these words to the Christians at Corinth, a city with a large stadium and anchored in the centuries-old Greek athletic tradition. “Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one” (1 …

A cross-country journey by two young friars was a baseball lover’s dream come true, but there was much more to it for Franciscan Fathers Casey Cole and Roberto “Tito” Serrano. These “Bleacher Brothers” hit the road in May to visit every Major League Baseball stadium in the U.S. (30 total!) …

Students and faculty at The Summit Country Day School welcomed the school’s state championship relay team back to campus, gathering Upper School students for a celebratory assembly. Runners Braeden Austin ’23, Oren Jenkins ’22, Oscar Loehrer ’23 and Matthew Shuler ’22 plus alternates Grant Desch ’24 and Luke Bulla ’22 …

8/15/2022 (Nashville, TN) – Eight religious sisters of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tennessee, professed perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on July 25, 2022. Among those who made their Perpetual Profession was Sister Monica Marie Slonkosky, O.P., a former parishioner of St. Augustine Parish …