By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  UPDATE: The Archbishop’s Q&A videoconference with students scheduled for Jan. 26 has been cancelled as a result of school closings and delays. In 2012, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati released “Lighting the Way: A Vision for Catholic Schools.” That unified vision has continued to guide the …

By Dr. Jim Rigg Superintendent of Catholic Schools  Catholic Schools Week begins on Jan. 25 this year. During that week, we will join with Catholic schools across our country in celebrating the success of our Catholic schools. Each of the 113 Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has planned …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Shortly after becoming the Archbishop of Cincinnati, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr started a new Catholic Schools Week tradition of taking questions from Catholic school students. He continued that tradition Monday morning, Jan. 27, at Stephen T. Badin High School in Hamilton. Via networked computers, …

Staff Report Updated: Jan. 27, 2014 at 4 p.m. Due to the extreme cold temperatures expected, the Cincinnati Catholic Schools Week Mass scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, has been cancelled. Another Catholic Schools Week Mass, scheduled for the Dayton area, had not been cancelled as of Monday evening.

Press Release Catholic school students, their teachers, and their communities throughout the 19-county Archdiocese of Cincinnati are celebrating the 40th annual Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26 through Feb. 1 under the theme “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” “Catholic schools have made a clear positive impact upon southwest …

By John Stegeman As the high school basketball season wound down in 2002, a Sports Illustrated cover story introduced the nation to a man most of Ohio already knew. LeBron James, then a junior at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, was dubbed “The Chosen One” by America’s premier sports …

Mrs. Mary Ann Mecher, a fourth grade teacher at Our Lady of Victory School in Delhi Township, was recently named as recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Teacher Award by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Mrs. Mecher was recognized for her outstanding commitment to the religious, academic, and social formation …

By Steve Trosley Bishop Joseph Binzer recited the alphabet in reverse for students from the northern sections of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Wednesday during a homily at a special Catholic Schools Week Mass. Bishop Binzer and priests from the Dayton area concelebrated the Mass at St. Peter’s Church in Huber …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU  During his tenure as Archbishop of Cincinnati, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin recognized that the most valuable way the local church could help the urban poor was to provide children, regardless of their race, religion or economic circumstances, the opportunity for a Catholic school education. From …

By John Stegeman While Catholic students often have opportunities to do community service work or to go on a mission trip, those at Mount Notre Dame (MND) High School have a unique chance to serve in a different way — through the practice of philanthropy. For the past several years …