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Distinguished Speaker Event Will Highlight Challenges and Opportunities Surrounding Refugees and Immigrants
Dayton, Ohio (September 7, 2017) – A global leader on migrants and refugees will be the featured guest at the 2017 Distinguished Speaker event on Thursday, October 5. The event is sponsored by Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley and the Catholic Social Action Office of the Archdiocese of …
Marriage Milestones, Meet three of the couples honored at Wedding Jubilee Masses
Two Masses for couples marking 50 years of marriage were celebrated Aug. 12. Bishop Joseph R. presided at the annual Golden Jubilee liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, with Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr serving as celebrant at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Dayton. Married …
Annual Red Mass Celebrated at St. Xavier Church in Cincinnati
Lawyers and judges from both sides of the Ohio River gathered on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the the 19th annual Red Mass. Held every year in the Queen City until 1965, it was revived by a determined group of lawyers and judges. Sponsored by …
Badin High community steps up with ‘Helping Houston’ campaign
Michelle Martin-McDulin was near tears. The Badin High School art teacher was thinking about her friends and family in Houston, Texas … about the wrath of Hurricane Harvey … and about the generous response of the Badin community she is now a part of. “The way our community responds is …
Catholic Charities Feeds the Hungry
CINCINNATI – September 1, 2017 –Catholic Charities is encouraging everyone to feed the hungry to Hunger Action Month in September. “The harsh reality is that there is enough food in the world yet people go hungry,” said Ted Bergh, CEO of Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio. “We should share our daily …
Catholic Charities Receives $730,000 Bequest
CINCINNATI – September 5, 2017 – Philanthropy was woven into the fabric of John and Joan Scahills’ lives. Their legacy of serving others will continue through a bequest of $730,000 that will advance Catholic Charities’ mission. “Their Catholic faith was very important to them. They shared it by example in …
Catholic Charities of Southwest Ohio Statement on DACA
Catholic Charities is saddened by today’s actions because we believe all people are made in the image and likeness of God. All people – including migrants – are worthy of our respect and support. The Catholic Church has been welcoming immigrants to the United States since the nation’s founding and …
Adult children of divorce suffer a “Primal Loss”
Donors from around the country ensure every parish gets groundbreaking book on hidden pain Thanks to donors from around the country, every parish in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati received a copy of a groundbreaking new book on adult children of divorce this month. “Primal Loss: The Now-Adult Children of Divorce …
Fall Priest assignments in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Father Michael Pucke, appointed Parochial Administrator of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Greenhills, Saint Matthias Parish, Forest Park, and Saint James of the Valley Parish, Wyoming, effective August 6, 2017 through January 31, 2018. Father James Smith, C.PP.S., appointed Parochial Vicar of the Saint Henry Cluster, which includes Saint …
175 years in Over-the-Rhine
Old St. Mary’s keeps it’s German roots while focusing on the future If any edifice in Cincinnati bears testament to the work ethic and craftsmanship of the city’s German immigrants, it is Old St. Mary’s, an Over-the-Rhine (OTR) landmark dating to 1841. It rose under the backbreaking work of German …
