June 28, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. MARYS DEANERY — As Uppie Berning walked to Mass on a recent Sunday, the morning fog lifted to reveal the tall steeple of St. John the Baptist Church in Maria Stein rising in the distance. For Berning, a member of the parish …

May 25, 2011 Photos by E.L. Hubbard ARCHDIOCESE — Hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains May 21 for a Mass during which Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr ordained three men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

May 11, 2011 By David Eck ST. MARY MARGARET DEANERY — With a smile and quick nod, La Salle High School senior Matthew Westermeyer delivers a daily joke each morning as part of the announcements broadcast over the school’s closed-circuit television system. It’s usually a groaner, but the students tend …

May 11, 2011 By David Eck ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Purcell Marian High School’s commencement may cause some to do a double take.

May 4, 2011 By Mike Dyer ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Richard Hoehn Sr. has traveled to Italy and China in the past four years, but those trips were quite different than a recent mission trip to East Timor. He and his son, Richard Hoehn Jr., spent four weeks in the …

April 27, 2011 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — As a coalition of businesses, volunteers and churches of different denominations worked to renovate Kathy Atkins’ Kettering house and develop a support system for her three autistic children, Tim Bete saw the body of Christ.

April 27, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — Area Catholics marked Holy Week and Easter 2011 by participating in the ceremonies and rituals that recall the final days in the earthly life of Jesus. It was a week of remembrance and hope as they welcomed new members into the community of faith and …

April 21, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — The first of two 2011 Golden Wedding Anniversary masses for couples marking 50 years of marriage was celebrated April 9 at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church in Dayton. Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr was the principal celebrant for the Mass honoring the vocation …

April 13, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE —  Father Joseph Binzer, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and pastor of St. Louis Church since 2003, has been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati. The appointment was announced April 6 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

April 6, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE —  Father Joseph Binzer, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and pastor of St. Louis Church since 2003, has been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati. The appointment was announced April 6 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.