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The Light is ON for You is Tuesday
Staff Report As we journey into Lent, we are a week away from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s The Light is ON for you. This is a wonderful night to take advantage of the Sacrament of Penance and spend some time with the Lord in quiet prayer. Perhaps in preparation …
Dr. John “Jack” Willke, champion of unborn, dies at 89
By Walt Schaefer The unborn have lost a dear friend, a protector, and a champion. Dr. John C. “Jack” Willke, perhaps the most visible and outspoken advocate for the life of the unborn, died Feb. 20 — two months short of his 90th birthday. Dr. Willke was preceded in death …
Catholic Families sought for century farm honor
Catholic Rural Life of St. Marys and Sidney deaneries is encouraging Catholic farming families in those deaneries to apply for enrollment in the Catholic Century Farms Registry. Active Catholic families who have farmed and nurtured the same land for 100 years or more are eligible for this distinction. Deadline …
Guatemalan Bishop comes to Cincinnati to mark feast
By Mary Bertolini For The Catholic Telegraph Why would an extremely busy bishop come to the United States just to help a small community celebrate a feast day? When people flee their country, Guatemalan Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini explained recently during a visit to Cincinnati, they take only a bag of …
Willke, a Catholic doctor and longtime pro-life advocate, dies at 89
By Catholic News Service CINCINNATI — Dr. John “Jack” Willke, an obstetrician and a former president of the National Right to Life Committee who is credited with helping shape the pro-life movement, died Feb. 20 at his home in Cincinnati. He was 89. A funeral Mass was to be celebrated …
St. Joseph Parish in Fort Recovery celebrates its 175th anniversary
By Sarah Anne Carter For The Catholic Telegraph Renovations made it possible for one 175-year-old church to show the community its building in a close to original state during a recent anniversary celebration. A mural of St. Joseph and Jesus had been hidden behind a drop ceiling at St. Joseph …
Pro-life leader Dr. John Willke dies at 89
Staff Report Doctor John Willke, who with his wife Barbara founded Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati in the 1970s died Friday, Feb. 20. He was 89.
First Lenten Friday Fish Fry’s and more
Staff Report We’ve reached the first Lenten Fish Fry Friday. If you’re looking to get out of the house as many have come down with cabin fever, head out this evening to enjoy the great food and friendship at our Parishes and Knights of Columbus Halls! With this very …
Ash Wednesday 2015 Mass times for after work
Staff Report If the weather kept you away from attending an Ash Wednesday Mass this morning or early afternoon, fear not. Below are the Ash Wednesday Mass times we have on file from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. If your parish isn’t listed here, check out the Mass Calendar HERE …
Father Fernandes to talk Light is ON For You, confession on 700 WLW at 12:30
Staff Report Father Earl Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West in Cincinnati and columnist for The Catholic Telegraph will appear on the Bill Cunningham Show on 700 WLW radio today, Ash Wednesday, at 12:30 p.m.