Wednesday, May 5, 2010 WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops called the introduction of a framework on immigration reform by Senate leadership April 29, an “important first step” in the process of achieving enactment of comprehensive reform legislation. The framework, developed by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and endorsed by Senate leadership, attempts …

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Catholic bishops in Mexico and the United States must work together to address the complex, ethical issues of immigration, Mexican Bishop Eduardo Carmona Ortega told Cath­olics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mexican church leaders want their parish communities to understand that …

Friday, April 30, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Immaculate Heart of Mary School was selected as one of only 12 Catholic schools in the nation to be awarded the 2010 Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 By Sister Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Growing up in an Italian Catholic community in Pittsburgh, Darla Wainscott recalls how much her faith was part of daily life from an early age. “The Catholic community made me who I am,” said Wainscott, now a married …

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — St. Monica-St. George Parish will host Jamaican Jam-Reggae with a Cause on Saturday, May 8, to promote awareness of plight the Jamaican people.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Students at Royalmont Academy, a private, Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, participated in several activities to show their support for Pope Benedict XVI and to pray for him.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Cincinnati Arch­bishop Dennis M. Schnurr ordained 36 men to the diaconate on April 24 at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church in Dayton. Three seminarians, Daniel K. Hess of Holy Trinity in Coldwater; Adam Puntel of Incarnation Parish in Centerville and Charles …

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Andrew Rammel When Andrew Rammel was asked by his pastor to take a class, the Precious Blood parishioner couldn’t have known that he would end up with a new vocation. “I really wasn’t aware of what I was committing to when I started this journey six …

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Mike Hinger The first time Mike Hinger, 55, felt a calling to the diaconate he was advised by a mentor — a deacon himself — to wait until his children were older. The call came again about decade later and Hinger followed it.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 John Paul Back ARCHDIOCESE — In the course of one year, several people approached John Paul Back and told him he would make a good deacon.He looked into the vocation, and when he learned that the archdiocese’s Lay Pastoral Ministry Program classes were going to be …