January 11, 2011 By David Eck In 2005 Deacon Dan Hess’ parents figured their only son’s future was set. The young man had a steady girlfriend, had earned a undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy from Franciscan University in Steubenville and was finishing up law school at the University …

January 11, 2011 By Eileen Connelly   Last December The Catholic Telegraph reported on the series of memorial events commemorating the 30th anniversary of four churchwomen slain in El Salvador on Dec. 2, 1980.  But there is an important footnote to that story: In the decades since Ursuline Sister Dorothy …

ARCHDIOCESE Prayer for Vocation Awareness Week Vocation Awareness Week concludes on Saturday, Jan. 15. In a letter to pastors, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr noted that the week’s theme focuses on “the disciples’ request of Jesus to ‘Teach us how to pray.’ In that vein, I would like to introduce a …

January 13, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — On a chilly early fall evening a small group of young women gathered with representatives from several area religious communities to hear their vocation stories and discern their own possible call to consecrated life.

January 6, 2011 By Lynn Williams ARCHDIOCESE — The Roman Missal, Third Edition, the ritual text containing prayers and instructions for the celebration of the Mass, has been approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. First use of the new text of the new …

January 6, 2011 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Peter Bigner doesn’t work in emergency services or the medical field, but he is a lifeline nonetheless for those who run games at parish festivals. Bigner, owner of Ace Toys in Reading, spends most summer weekends on call ready to fix a …

January 6, 2011 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — At Our Lady of Lourdes Parish festival each summer cooks in the food booth use three freezers and two refrigerators to keep the burgers, chicken and other foods cold before they hit the grill. A hand washing station with soap and water …

January 5, 2011  ARCHDIOCESE — Several hundred people gathered in both Cincinnati and Dayton Jan. 1 for Masses celebrating the 44th annual World Day of Peace.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Citizens of southern Sudan —and Sudanese residents of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati — are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to vote in a Jan. 9 referendum on whether the war-torn region will split from the country’s north.   

It was an idea we were more than happy to steal. Back in 1993, the staff of The Catholic Telegraph noticed a holiday campaign that had long been operating in the Diocese of Brooklyn with cooperation from The Brooklyn Tablet diocesan newspaper. The “Bright Christmas” campaign worked with Catholic Charities …