Feb. 27 conference on environment at UD
Friday, February 19, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — A senior official with Catholic Relief Services will discuss how agriculture and the environment figure in emergency response to natural disasters during a conference Saturday, Feb. 27.
Knights of Columbus salute religious vocations
Friday, February 19, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the Knights of Columbus held its biennial Salute to Religious Vocations dinner Feb. 4 in the undercroft at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains.
Buy Local Foods seminar held
Thursday, February, 18, 2010 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — As part of an ongoing effort to link local agricultural producers with consumers, the Catholic Rural Life Conference and the OK River Valley Chapter of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) held the third annual Buy Local Foods Seminar on Jan. …
Local efforts to help Haiti continue
Thursday, February 18, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Local parishes have collected more than $1,144,248 for Haitian relief, and area schools and parishes are continuing to do their part to help in the earthquake recovery effort.
The Catholic Moment: The clunker and conscience
Thursday, February 18, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes In 1982 my father came home from work one day with a brand new car for my mom. It was a maroon Ford Fairmont. We children were jumping up and down with excitement as we saw it for the first time through …
IHM steps up its Project 5000 for late winter months
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY— Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Cincinnati was one of the first parishes to start a yearly collection to aid Cincinnati’s Mercy Franciscan at St. John with its food collection. In 2009 there were 14 parishes helping, and IHM parishioner Ed …
Year for Priests: ‘Father Tom’s Bread’ is a gift of comfort
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke ST. MARYS DEANERY — On a recent morning at the St. Charles Senior Living Community in Carthagena, Precious Blood Father Tom Beischel placed flour, yeast, dry milk, butter, water and grain in a well-used bread machine. A few hours later, loaf number …
‘Every day is filled with new graces’
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — “Every day is filled with new graces.” That’s how Chris Pramuk describes life since he and wife, Lauri, completed the faith-filled journey that brought their two newly adopted children home from Haiti in late January. It could …
Sunday Scripture: Back to the basics
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 By Terrance Callan First Sunday of Lent: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 This is the first Sunday of Lent, a 40-day period of preparation to celebrate Easter. Lent can be seen as a retreat undertaken by the entire church to deepen our faith before our …
Spend a year with Thomas Merton
Friday, February 12, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center’s “Year with Thomas Merton” continues in February with a Lenten retreat led by Jonathan Montaldo. “Becoming Communities of Forgiveness: Thomas Merton’s Teaching on Living in Contemplative Relationships” will take place in the parish center on Friday, Feb. …