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Seton’s Quinn named coach of the year
Press Release Ron Quinn, EdD, of Wyoming, associate professor of Sport Studies at Xavier University and head girls’ soccer coach at Seton High School, will receive the Coach of The Year award from the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Women’s Sports Association at its 20th Annual Awards Dinner April 23. Coach …
Tree-planting event honors memory of Sister Dorothy Stang
Press Release Tiny seedlings and a prayer service have grown together to form an annual remembrance of Notre Dame de Namur Sister Dorothy Stang, who was killed in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil while protecting the rights of indigenous farm families. Stang was a Dayton, Ohio native but a naturalized …
Archbishop Schnurr to ordain 23 deacons April 27
Staff Report Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr will ordain 20 permanent deacons and three transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 27 at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish, 2300 S. Smithville Road, Dayton. In the Catholic Church today there are two forms of …
Cardinal George of Chicago to speak at Athenaeum April 24
Staff Report (This article originally appeared in the E-pistle Newsletter) The Athenaeum of Ohio’s series of events commemorating the Year of Faith will continue with a visit by Cardinal Francis E. George, Archbishop of Chicago, who will address “Human Rights and Religious Freedom” when he presents the Gardner Lecture in …
Latest priest personnel appointments released
Staff Report The Priests’ Personnel Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has announced appointments by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr. The following appointments have already begun: Reverend Robert Thesing, SJ, part-time parochial administrator of St. Bernard and Mother of Christ effective October 1, 2012; Reverend Daniel Hartnett, SJ, pastor of St. Robert …
New staff member helps archdiocese ‘go green’
By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is making a concerted effort to protect the planet. “My goal is to get the archdiocese to be the greenest in the nation,” says Jeff Bohrer, the new archdiocesan director of property management and real estate. By cutting energy …
Pro life pioneer Barbara Willke dead at 90
Staff Report Cincinnati Right to Life reported on its website Monday that Barbara Willke, co-founder along with her husband Dr. John Willke and former chairman of the organization for 28 years, died at the age of 90 Sunday night. The report said Willke died peacefully at Good Samaritan Hospital in …
City Council resolution calls for parades to be more inclusive
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph A local chapter of a gay rights organization was not permitted to march in the 2013 Cincinnati St. Patrick’s Day parade. As a result, most members of Cincinnati City Council backed out of the parade and the story made national headlines. In early April …
La Salle, McAuley vocal ensembles perform well in New York
Press Release The La Salle High School Vocal Ensemble competed in the Performing Arts Consultants Big Apple Classic Music Festival in New York City and received first place gold in the Men’s choir division and first place gold in the Mixed Concert Choir division. The McAuley Women’s Ensemble took first …
Archdiocese of Cincinnati to celebrate ‘Pacem in Terris’
Press Release More than 300 high school students will take part in a day-long conference and a retired official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will give an evening lecture as the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and other Catholic organizations celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s historic encyclical, …
