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As a way to acknowledge the gift that religious brothers day are to the church, a new annual celebration was held for the first time on May 1, the feast of St. Joseph Worker. Titled Religious Brothers Day, it was organized by the Brothers Think Tank, a group of religious …

Parents, teachers, and underclassmen applauded the Lehman Catholic High School graduating class of 2017 when the school held its annual Senior Awards Assembly to recognize academic achievement. The top award winners were those students selected for the Lehman Academic Hall of Fame. To qualify, students must be named valedictorian or …

Pictured are Giovanna Alvarez of Su Casa; Elliot Grossman, President of the Cincinnatius Association and Ted Bergh, executive director of Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio, at the presentation of the Donald and Marian Spencer Spirit of America Awards May 9. (Courtesy Photo)
The Cincinnatus Association presented the Donald and Marian Spencer Spirit of America Awards for the third year, honoring Su Casa and other Cincinnati area businesses and nonprofits for promoting diversity and inclusion. The 97-year-old civic organization recognized: Su Casa, a program of Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio. It was honored …

Missionary program encompasses whole parishes, changes lives By Gail Finke A “totally” Catholic summer program for first grade through high school is coming to a dozen area parishes this year. Totus Tuus (Latin for “totally yours,” the papal motto of Pope St. John Paul II) celebrates its 30th anniversary in …

For the first time, week-long Totus Tuus summer camps will be held at Archdiocese of Cincinnati parishes this summer. Popular around the country, the camps are led by seminarians and college student missionaries. Parishes hosting Totus Tuus sessions for elementary school-aged children and high school-aged youth include: Church of the …

A marvel of engineering, the round labyrinth at St. Joseph Gardens has one path to the center and back, bordered in rock and decorative liriope grass. The paths themselves are laid out in limestone gravel. The central bench features a slab of Tennessee Crab Orchard stone (the same kind of stone used in the nearby Stations of the Cross prayer pathway that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.
  By Gail Finke St. Joseph Gardens, planted at an empty lot on the site of a high school across the street from St. Joseph Church in North Bend, will soon be home to a large, open shelter. Father Andrew Umberg broke ground last week for the third and final …

Editor’s Note: This is the entire inaugural address by Dr. H. James Williams, the seventh president of Mount Saint Joseph University. The story is in the June 2017 edition of The Catholic Telegraph. I woke this morning thinking, how blessed I am to be associated with a Living Legend. And …

Meghan Kemphause of White Oak has been named the 2017 recipient of Ursuline Academy’s Sister Xavier Ladrigan Excellence in Education Award. The award was presented at the annual faculty recognition dinner May 24, 2017. The Sister Xavier Ladrigan Award was inaugurated in 1992 to honor Sr. Xavier Ladrigan, OSU as …

Badin High School’s Class of 2017, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the school’s opening in 1966-67, has amassed nearly $19 million in college academic scholarship offers. “It’s a measure of the opportunity a Badin High School education provides,” said Principal Brian Pendergest as Badin hosted its 11th annual Academic Signing …

Beautiful Lengths 2017 -Beth Hobbs (7th grade) and mother Julie Hobbs (Courtesy Photo)
St. John XXIII Catholic School, Middletown, hosted a Pantene Beautiful Lengths event May 5 to provide natural hair wigs for those suffering from the side effects of cancer treatment The school day began with their faculty, staff and students supporting an indoor walk-a-thon due to bad weather. While it was …