As St. Mary Parish in Piqua celebrates 175 years serving the Miami County community, younger parishioners are optimistic about a bright future. “More young families are moving back. A lot more are coming back to town,” said Melissa Galbreath, who with her husband, Patrick, returned from Louisville to their hometown …

DAYTON, Ohio — Step aside, Alexander Hamilton. The University of Dayton will premiere a new musical about one of its own “founding fathers,” Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, who survived persecution during the French Revolution and started the Society of Mary in 1817. The University of Dayton will present the world …

By Gail Finke  A Christian life for women is best centered on the sacraments and the example of Mary, four speakers told the sold-out crowd attending the Greater Cincinnati Catholic Women’s Conference (GCCWC) March 3.      The topics were as different as the speakers’ personalities. Theresa Tomeo’s pithy observations …

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will be taking up The Catholic Relief Services Collection on April 14 and 15. Your support of this collection serves Jesus in disguise in some of the most marginalized communities in our world. This national collection funds six Catholic agencies …

Pope Francis released  third apostolic letter, “Rejoice and be Glad: On the Call to Holiness in the Contemporary World” (“Gaudete et exsultate“) Monday, April 9. The document urges Catholics to seek holiness and to avoid what the pope sees as two special temptations to error popular in modern thought. “My modest goal is to repropose the call to …

  ADDED 4/6: ST. MARGARET OF YORK Our April print issue features the annual Divine Mercy Sunday celebration at St. Bartholomew Parish in Finneytown (Springfield Twp.) It has grown steadily for 15 years, but is not the only local celebration of this feast, which started in Poland but became a …

Thirteen incarcerated women and men experienced the sense of hope and promise of new life that accompanies this season when they were welcomed into the Catholic Church during Easter Masses at three area prisons. Bishop Joseph R. Binzer presided at the joyous liturgies held at Lebanon Correctional Institution (LeCI), Warren …

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati Mass of Remembrance in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 7:00 p.m. at the Church of the Resurrection – Bond Hill, 1619 California Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45237. The Most Rev. Joseph Binzer, …

For those who have responsibility in economic matters. That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths.

By Gail Finke Young men in St. Remy Church, Russia, benefit from a tangible brotherhood. The parish group for high school boys, the Brotherhood of Virtue, meets monthly for activities such as kayaking and paintball, as well as for traditional youth group activities including prayer and service. Once a year, …