The 2024 Community Makeover in Bond Hill is being hailed as a “Home Run” by Xavier Jesuit Academy Fr. Nathan Wendt, S.J., president of the new and only Jesuit Catholic grade school in Cincinnati. “The Bond Hill Community is on a roll and today’s announcement that the Community Makeover will …

The Archdiocesan Choir offers opportunities for those with limited time (because of their own parish music responsibilities) to join with the Cathedral Choir and Brass in singing for our ordination masses this spring. This is a great way to serve our local church and participate in joyful solemn liturgies at …

How to return to confession If you have been away from the church, or if you have been reluctant or unable to see a priest for confession, you are invited to experience the reconciling peace of Christ through the grace of this sacrament, also called the sacrament of reconciliation. Peace …

The Very Reverend Anthony R. Brausch, President & Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) announced a pair of promotions for members of the MTSM faculty this week. Dr. Kenneth Craycraft’s is now a Professor of Moral Theology, having his promotion from associate professor approved by …

Did you know that Cincinnati has the longest continually running passion play in the United States? In years past, The St. John Passion Play had a cast and crew of over 200 people and reached thousands through its performances. COVID could have meant the end of the play, but a …

MCCW Forum 2024 Dates: April 25 – 28, 2024 Location: Hilton Netherland Plaza Cincinnati, OH Contact: MCCW Forum Director, Rebecca Lockhard: [email protected] Contact: MCCW Interim President, Joan LaPore: [email protected] Open to all current, retired, active duty, veteran, military spouse/retired spouse dependent, embassy, and DoD Catholic women over the age of 18. …

The original building used for Masses (celebrated by visiting priests) at what is now Holy Angels Parish in Sidney was blown up by the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party (strongly supported in Ohio) in 1855. 1848 First Masses celebrated in parishioners’ homes. 1852 20 x 60-ft. former cooper’s shop purchased for …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 14:00 pm Registration opened on Thursday for the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, a “milestone” in the third year of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) initiative to renew the Catholic Church through the Eucharist. The five-day congress will be held in …

Ash Wednesday is February 22. 2023. Below are some of the rules and regulations binding on Roman Catholics on Ash Wednesday and throughout the penitential season of Lent. Summed up succinctly, Roman Catholics must fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, February 14, 2024 and Good Friday, March …

By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2019 / 12:25 am (CNA).- With the Lenten season here, Catholics immerse themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries. But did you know that Catholic monks once brewed beer specifically for a liquid-only Lenten fast? Back in …