For an up-to-date listing of Mass times for Christmas and Christmas Eve as well as for the New Year’s holiday for all the churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, please click on the following link to access a PDF document. http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Christmas_Mass_Times.pdf

Mass in Celebration of the World Day of Peace will be celebrated on the Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God, Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains with Archbishop Dennis Schnurr presiding. A reception follows featuring the Burundian choir and dancers of …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph Three men following a unqiue call are bringing the Gospel and their commitment to joyful voluntary service to the historic neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine as members of the Cincinnati Community-in-Formation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. “We are committed to building up the …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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, …