Thursday, April 22, 2010 ST. MARYS DEANERY — “Stepping Up the Call,” the seventh annual pilgrimage for vocations awareness, will be held Saturday, May 8. The event includes stops for prayer/presentations at up to six churches and religious sites in Mercer and Auglaize counties, beginning with morning prayer at St. …

Thursday, April 22, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — A young mother has lost twin babies to serious illness because her village is separated from the nearest hospital by a checkpoint that is closed at night. A family has lost their freedom and land due to the wall that …

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The Athenaeum of Ohio’s George C. Findley Memorial Lecture, “Marriage in Minority Communities: The Contribution of the Catholic Church.” will be presented by Helen M. Alvaré on Wednesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m., in the Bartlett Pastoral Center on the …

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Nearly 700 Greater Cincinnati area Catholic school employees — from teachers, teacher’s aides, principals and maintenance personnel to pastors and deacons — will be on hand next week to celebrate Catholic schools at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s annual Cincinnati Catholic Schools Banquet.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 By Mike Dyer and Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Community outreach and service to others have been a tradition for the Ursuline Sisters of Cincinnati for 100 years, so when the idea of sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity house developed nearly two …

Monday, April 19, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Delicious food and good conversation made for a meaningful evening March 23 when approximately 120 laypeople and women religious gathered at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Pleasant Ridge. The potluck dinner was organized by members of …

Friday, April 16, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — The National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors (NPCD) has selected Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart Sister Angela Ann Zukowski, a religious studies professor and director of the University’s Institute for Pastoral Initiatives, to receive the 2010 Emmaus Award for Excellence in Catechesis.

Friday, April 16, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — The qualities of a competent leader in ministry include a collaborative nature and the ability to be present to others, resolve conflicts, build relationships and balance professionalism with the spirit of the Gospel. Religious Sister of Charity Edith Prendergast, archdiocesan director …

Thursday, April 15, 2010   ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The archdiocesan offices of Mission and African-American Catholic Ministries, in cooperation with the Alliance for Progressive Africa, will sponsor an African Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, April 24, at St. Agnes Church in Bond Hill.

Thursday, April 15, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — The University of Dayton presented its Oscar Romero Human Rights Award to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Migration and Refugee Services on March 29 during a special ceremony in the Immaculate Conception Chapel.