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Bishop Murry installs 16 as acolytes at seminary

Staff Report Sixteen men took a formal step on their journey to ordination Nov. 4 when Bishop of Youngstown George V. Murry, SJ, installed them as acolytes. Bishop Murry presided at the Mass and installation in the Chapel of Saint Gregory the Great at the Athenaeum of Ohio. The bishop handed …
Mass honors religious jubilarians

Staff Report Sisters, brothers and priests from religious communities throughout the archdiocese who are celebrating jubilees in 2015 came together for an annual Mass in their honor at Mount Notre Dame in Cincinnati Oct. 10. Nov. 1 through Nov. 7 is National Vocations Awareness month Celebrated by Archbishop Dennis M. …
Final 2015 regular season standings and playoff opponents for week 11

Staff Report Seven Catholic football-playing high schools from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are continuing their gridiron campaigns this weekend in the first round of the OHSAA high school football playoffs. Here’s a glance at each game of week 11. Badin (7-3) at Fenwick (10-0) Saturday Bishop Fenwick wrapped up an undefeated regular season …
Ohio bishops: Vote no on marijuana proposal, yes on issues 1, 2

Staff Report The Catholic Conference of Ohio recommends a no vote on Issue 3 in a statewide election Nov. 3. Issue 3 allows production and sale of marijuana for personal and medicinal purposes. The Catholic Conference is made up of the Catholic Bishops of the state and is the official …
Members of archdiocese celebrate, share memories of papal visit

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph Fifty-four seminarians, along with Father Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh, president and rector, and Father Tom McQuillen, dean of men, boarded a bus Sept. 22 and traveled through the night to Washington, D.C. The next day, the group will attended Mass celebrated by Pope Francis as …
Some early Family Activities for November
As November begins, here are a few family activities for the first few weeks in November. All Saints Day Sunday November 1st: Take a large piece of paper, or poster size paper and write a “Family Litany of Saints.” You may want to do just the immediate family or the …
St. Francis Seraph students trick-or-treat at archdiocese offices

Staff Report Roughly 160 students and their chaperones made the walk from St. Francis Seraph Catholic School in Over-the-Rhine to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati central offices building in downtown Cincinnati for some trick-or-treating in a safe environment on Oct. 30. The students started on the eighth floor and worked their …
Week 9 standings and week 10 opponents for Catholic high school football teams

Staff Report For many teams, this is it. Week 10 marks the end of the regular season but not everyone is going home after the lights shut off this weekend. Here’s a look at the playoff and league championship situations for Catholic high school football teams heading into the final …
Cathedral to seal ‘Door of Mercy’ in Sunday ceremony

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph The Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains has announced on its website that it will seal a “Jubilee Year Door of Mercy” in a ceremony 5 p.m. Nov. 1, following Evening Prayer. The door is being sealed as preparation for the Extraordinary Jubilee of …
Archdiocese to hold Holy Hour for vocations

Press Release The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will hold a Holy Hour for Vocations on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. at more than 20 parishes across the archdiocese. Even more parishes will open their doors for Holy Hours on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of the same week. A …