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.

April 1, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU CATHEDRAL DEANERY — No one likes discussing end-of-life issues, but the reality is that conversing about such matters in advance of losing a loving one can ease the grieving process.

March 29, 2011 By David Eck ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — A new English translation of the Roman Missal to be launched in November is intended to restore to the liturgy the original language and understanding that was the foundation of the early church.

March 29, 2011 By Sister Eileen Connelly, OSU SIDNEY DEANERY — In her nearly 25 years of ministry in the archdiocesan Family Life Office, Jean Borgert has had the opportunity to hear many people’s stories, to laugh with them, cry with them, advise and counsel them. As she prepared to …

March 16, 2011 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Local Catholics marked the start of the season of Lent — a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving — March 9 at special Ash Wednesday Masses throughout the archdiocese. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, placing …