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Global Solidarity Conference focus is families
Nurturing families both in the United States and around the world and studying the issues that assault family life will be the focus of the seventh annual Catholic Relief Services Global Solidarity Conference. Adakole and Mary Beth Iduh, who met while working for Catholic Relief Services in Nigeria and later …
Men’s Day of Reflection announced
Bishop Joseph Binzer of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will lead a men’s day of reflection set for Feb. 2, 2013. The Saturday event will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Church of the Transfiguration, 927 Miami Street, in West Milton. The program includes a discussion of service, …
Contest boosts online engagement
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Stewardship Department and the Office of Evangelization & Catechesis are hosting a Year of Faith Giveaway for an iPad Mini. This giveaway, instigated to build on-line engagement on our Archdiocesan Facebook pages and the Being Catholic blog, will run in conjunction with the Advent and Christmas …
Human service agency reps warn of threat to circle of protection
By The Catholic Telegraph The representatives of 11 Catholic human service agencies will be meeting with local congressional staffers, including that of House Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Steve Chabot and Sen. Rob Portman in the next few weeks to make a case for protecting funds that help maintain the welfare …
Annual Mass Honors Religious Jubilarians
Sisters, brothers and priests from throughout the archdiocese who celebrated jubilees in 2012 came together for an annual Mass in their honor at Mount Notre Dame in Cincinnati Oct. 27. Eighty-four jubilarians were invited to participate in the Mass and lunch that followed, and 32 were able to do so. …
Marianist creates Garden Way of the Cross
DAYTON — In 1993, while serving as pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Portage, Mich. Marianist Father Thomas A. Stanley, wrote a booklet of flower meditations for the faith community’s Mary Garden. For “The Garden Way of the Cross,” Father Stanley drew upon the religious legends and flower …
Retirement Fund for Religious collection set for Dec. 8-9
The 25th annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be taken up Dec. 8-9 in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., and offers financial support for the day-to-day care of over 34,000 senior Catholic sisters, …
Archdiocese sues former parish business manager
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and three of its parishes (Holy Family, St John the Evangelist, and St John the Baptist) filed suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Monday against a terminated employee and former business manager, Thomas Shaun Martin. The archdiocese and the parishes seek the return of not …
Angel Night is back at Calvary Cemetery
DAYTON — Last year¹s Evening of Song and Celebration is back by popular demand, this time in partnership with Carillon Park, and bigger and better than ever!
Post election statement from Archbishop Schnurr
My Dear Friends in Christ, One of the most contentious and divisive elections in recent memory is now behind us. And, like many communities around our nation, our Catholic parishes at times succumbed to its negative effects. Now, we and all people of good will must forge ahead. Before …