By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  Board members and other volunteers of the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati toured the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains Wednesday, April 15 with Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr. The visit was reciprocal, as Archbishop Schnurr had toured the Islamic Center in 2010.

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph Cathy Diehl has a basement crammed with wedding gowns — about 100 have been donated to date. When she started her ministry, she had 10 volunteer seamstresses. Now she has 25. There were no volunteers to make deliveries or pick up donations. Now …

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph The financial condition of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati continues to improve, officials told the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council March 7 at its regular quarterly meeting. Archdiocesan finances are “stable and balanced,” finance review committee member Ron Kienzle told the group.  “Spending is below revenue and …

Staff Report DePaul Cristo Rey High School in Cincinnati has been experiencing a year of firsts. The school’s first graduating class will receive diplomas May 31 (and 100 percent of them have been accepted to college). The basketball team had its first successful season. Now the school has had its …

Staff Report The Priests’ Personnel Office announced the following information regarding assignments on April 8. 

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph About a decade ago, Bradley Duncan was in church with his family when his infant son, Gabriel, started crying. “I was out in the lobby of the church during Mass that day trying to quiet him down and I saw a poster on …

Staff Report Visitation and services for Kelsie Crow will be held in the big gym at the Eveslage Athletic Center, Purcell Marian High School on Monday, April 13 beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Staff Report The Cure Starts Now Foundation confirmed media reports early Friday that Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph University freshman basketball player who suffered from a fatal brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glimoa, died overnight. Hill was 19.

Staff Report The University of Dayton identified the student struck by lightning Wednesday as Sean B. Ferguson, a 23-year-old senior and marketing major from Pittsburgh, Pa. In an email to students and staff from William M. Fischer, vice president for student development, the university announced a prayer service would take …