By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph “Since 2014, at least 270 children who entered the U.S. without an adult guardian have arrived in Hamilton County alone. This does not include those who may have avoided encounters with border guards or arrived in surrounding counties.” This startling fact, provided by literature …

Staff Report You’re probably familiar with Food for All, but if not, you will be soon. A creative branding effort, featuring a fish and bread, the campaign name, and the slogan Be Multiplied, the branding calls to mind Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000 with only five loaves of bread and …

By John Stegeman  The Catholic Telegraph Here’s a take on the importance of marriage, as God designed it, that you may not have heard. “The child has the right to be conceived, carried in the womb, brought into the world and brought up within marriage: it is through the secure …

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has granted his permission and supports efforts to name Old St. Mary’s Church, Over-the-Rhine, a minor basilica. Old St. Mary’s, the oldest standing Catholic church in continuous operation in Cincinnati will be celebrating its 175th anniversary on July …

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph On August 2, 2010, 750 people came to the first Mass at the then newly formed Church of the Resurrection in Bond Hill, a largely African-American congregation created by the merger of four parishes in the heart of Cincinnati. “We’ve not had that …

Staff Report Today’s Friday Photo follows a resident of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati all the way to Germany. Moeller High School student Riley Jones received a free study trip to Germany after placing above the 90th percentile on the AATG National German Exam, which allowed him to apply and interview for a …

Staff Report Catholic Journalism in the 1800s was a different thing. If a diocese became an archdiocese in the U.S. today, it’d probably make the front page as soon as word reached the editor. The situation played out differently in 1850. On July 19, 1850, Pope Pius IX elevated the …

Staff Report The Major League Baseball All-Star game will be played tonight in Cincinnati. While the Archdiocese of Cincinnati isn’t directly involved with the festivities on an official level, there have been some Catholic connections. Chaminade Julienne High School got a renovated baseball field thanks to the Reds and MLB …

Staff Report As part of the lead-up to tonight’s All-Star game, the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund and Major League Baseball decided to renovate nine tri-state area baseball facilities and one of the chosen few was Howell Field — home of the Chaminade Julienne Eagles. The projects are part of MLB’s …

Staff Report After the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the nearly century-old Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the University of Dayton was renovated. The changes, which took place in the early 1970s, included turning the alter around to face the people, removal of pews  for chairs and a …