Friday, August 20, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — Children living in a troubled family situation may sometimes be in danger of being lost in the shuffle of a complex system of courts and social services. But when children work with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) like …

Wednesday, August 18. 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has chosen Fifth Third Band as the provider for its new 401(k) plan. This follows the May 31 announcement that the archdiocese is freezing both the defined benefit pension plan and its 403(b) plan for lay employees effective Dec. 31, …

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Archdiocesan group learns firsthand lessons about the Holy Land By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — A group of teachers and administrators from Catholic schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have been urged to share stories of their Palestinian counterparts following a July trip to …

Monday, August 9, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, in honor of 175 years of the Precious Blood ministries in Ohio, will hold a series of programming on Precious Blood history. Four separate programs held on Saturdays at the Spiritual Center will focus on the call of …

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 By David Eck ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — Every weekday morning Alma Panzeca bustles about the pharmacy in a Walgreen’s store, counting pills and waiting on customers. Panzeca, 75, has been working at Walgreen’s part-time for about three years to bolster her finances.

Monday, August 9, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — From maintenance-free cottages for independent seniors to skilled nursing care, senior living communities offer older adults a variety of lifestyles to accommodate their specific needs. Some senior communities offer cottage or garden-type individual homes. Targeted to active people as young as …

Friday, August 6, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — It takes a person of strength and deep faith to turn personal losses into an opportunity to help others. Lois Martin, a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Reading, has managed to do just that through the …

Friday, August 6, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — In 2001 Donna Long and her two siblings realized that their 78-year-old mother, Ruth Graf, needed to move from her southeastern Indiana home, where she lived alone, into a senior living community.

Friday, August 6, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Mary Ann Stansfield, a retired teacher and administrator at St. Rita School for the Deaf, was honored recently by the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council with a Voices of Giving Award. The school made the nomination.

Thursday, August 5, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Eight members of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind., with ties to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are celebrating their golden jubilees in 2010.