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 …

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. …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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! 

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 …

November 2, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Franciscan Fathers Cyprian Berens, 88, and Valens Waldschmidt, 92, may be officially retired from active ministry, but the friars of the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province are still finding ways to share the spirit of St. Francis and reach out to other …

November 1, 2012 By Steve Trosley Does walking in the footsteps of Mother Theresa help prepare one for the rigors of pastoral life?  

November 1, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Whether he was handing out utensils to guests or cleaning tables at the Over-the-Rhine Kitchen, William “Bill” Kenney always had a smile on his face and kind word for everyone he met. The longtime volunteer at Cincinnati’s oldest soup kitchen, who died Sept. …