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‘Rey of Light’ scholarship benefit at DePaul Cristo Rey to be April 27
Press Release Rey of Light, a scholarship benefit for students, will shine at DePaul Cristo Rey High School April 27. This gala evening will begin at 6 p.m. in the DPCR Student Center and include dinner as well as silent and oral auctions. Rey of Light is presented by the …
Three Theology on Tap series underway in Archdiocese of Cincinnati

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Young adults often gather with friends among food and drinks in a social setting. Keeping with the church’s desire to meet people where they are, Theology on Tap aims to make those gatherings of a more spiritual nature. Theology on Tap started in the …
Upcoming lecture offers analysis of Second Vatican Council
Press Release The inaugural lecture in the University of Cincinnati’s Catholic Studies speaker series will be held Thursday, April 11, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Monica-St. George Church, 328 W. McMillan St. in Clifton. The presenter is Richard Gaillardetz, Joseph Professor of Catholic Systemic Theology at Boston College and president-elect of …
Education Briefs: Scout’s Eagle project builds new outdoor classroom for IHM
Staff Report The students of Immaculate Heart of Mary School have a new classroom – outdoors. Students sit on wooden benches at long tables while their teacher works from a deck with a sheltered whiteboard. All of this started when former IHM student Dale Lakes developed an idea for his …
Student, teacher plan to scale mountain to help others
By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph If you have something to say that you really want people to hear, shout it from the mountaintop. You have to climb up there first, and that’s what Kelly Palmer, 16, plans to do. Not just any ‘ole mountaintop, mind you. For him …
Archdiocese hires new assistant Director for Office of Evangelization & Catechesis
Press Release Mary Montour has agreed to serve as an Assistant Director in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Office of Evangelization & Catechesis (OEC) beginning April 15. Prior to joining the Archdiocesan staff Montour served as the Pastoral Associate for Catechesis at St. Maximilian Kolbe in Liberty Township. Montour has …
Honduras trip: ‘Experience that will last a lifetime’

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph Their time in Tegucigalpa, Honduras was short, less than week for most, but it was enough to be a life changing experience for visitors from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati who traveled to the Central American country in early February. They were warmly welcomed …
Priest availability drives vital parish project
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a multiple-part series on the Vital Parishes Project, an ongoing effort to mitigate the impact of a decline in the number of available priests for assignment as pastors on the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The first installment examines efforts to mitigate …
WLWT dubs Archbishop Schnurr, ‘Archbishop of optimism’

Staff Report In a nearly three minute video segment now posted online, WLWT reporter John London dubbed Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr the “archbishop of optimism.” The interview was an opportunity for the archbishop to give a “state of the church” type of update to the people of the archdiocese. London visited …
St. Francis de Sales sees mass attendance increase
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Father Bernard Weldishofer is not claiming that if you build it they will come. He does, however, acknowledge that since the opening and dedication of the new church building, St. Francis de Sales parish in Lebanon has seen a 40 percent increase in mass …