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Carey: Office to focus on young adults
By Eileen Connelly, OSU Just after the start of the new year, Luke Carey found himself deep in prayer as he discerned the direction his ministry will take. Carey, the former associate director of the archdiocesan Office for the New evangelization, has been named director of the Office for Young …
Dunlap: Learning to see sports as ministry
By Gail Finke When he looked for young people to work with, Rod Dunlap found that a lot of them didn’t spend much time in church. The former youth and young adult minister for St. John the Baptist Church, Dry Ridge, found them playing sports. “The numbers increase every year,” …
Regional Catholic Men’s Conference features Anthony Munoz and Popular Catholic Speaker
By Gail Finke Cincinnati sports icon and philanthropist Anthony Munoz will headline the 2nd annual E6 Catholic Men’s Conference in St. Leon , Ind., on March 4. Less than an hour west of Cincinnati, the event will also feature author and radio host Patrick Madrid and author, speaker, media host, …
Boy Scouts Pilgrimage Trails in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Christians have been traveling to Holy places since the beginning of the Church and have been actively encouraged to go on Pilgrimages since the Middle Ages. The Pilgrimage participants (pilgrims) are on a spiritual journey as well as a physical journey. The Pilgrimage is a time of leaving our daily lives behind, turning to the Lord, repenting of our …
Learning the Ropes at DePaul Cristo Rey
Students develop skills working for archdiocese Visitors to the ninth floor of the archdiocese’s Central Offices are likely to be greeted by the cheerful and professional presence of Rosemary Morena. A 2015 graduate of DePaul Cristo Rey High School (DPCR), Morena began working at the archdiocese during her junior year …
“You know God has intervened” St. William special needs program changes lives
By Patricia McGeever Starting kindergarten is a big step for any child. It’s no small event in a parent’s life either. But if you have a child with special needs and you want him or her to receive a Catholic education, your options are limited. That’s what Christina Sillies found …
Bishop Leibold a six-time STEM leader
Dayton elementary school recognized for STEM education For the sixth year in a row, Bishop Leibold School in Dayton has been awarded the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Education. It is one of four schools in Dayton and Kettering that received the …
Archbishop Schnurr answers questions from Catholic high school students
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr spent more than an hour Monday answering questions from high school students from throughout the archdiocese to kick off Catholic Schools Week 2017. Students from 15 Catholic high schools had the opportunity to participate in the teleconference, which was broadcast from McNicholas High School in Cincinnati. …
Salesian Guild 2017 Speaker Deacon Greg Kandra on communications in todays world
Catholic blogger and Brooklyn, NY, Deacon Greg Kandra told writers and other area Catholic communicators gathered for the annual Salesian Guild dinner January 28 that media has changed drastically in the past 40 years – and not for the better. A former producer at CBS and current multimedia editor for …
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr’s Statement on Refugees and Immigrants
The human dignity of refugees and immigrants should be the central consideration in any approach to the issues they present. During my annual question and answer session with Catholic high school students from around the Archdiocese yesterday, one of the students showed me a photograph of a Syrian refugee family …
