Michael D. Pitman, politics reporter for the Journal-News, owned by Cox Media Group Ohio, will be honored as the Salesian Guild’s Distinguished Communicator of the Year at the group’s annual dinner meeting in Cincinnati on Saturday, Jan. 28. Guest speaker for the event will be popular blogger Deacon Greg Kandra. …

Mount St. Joseph University, a Catholic university located in Cincinnati, announced Monday the selection of the school’s seventh president. The new president, H. James Williams, will take over for interim president Joel Thierstein, who led the school during the search and following the resignation of previous president Tony Aretz. Aretz served …

Staff Report Perhaps one of this publication’s most moving stories of the past couple years involved a non-Catholic and a story not entirely tied to religion. The story of this Throwback Thursday is Lauren Hill. An Indiana native, and standout student-athlete in high school, Hill was diagnosed with, and later died of, …

Staff Report Lauren Hill, the Mount St. Joseph University basketball player who’s battled with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) captivated the nation before her death earlier this year, was not likely to be forgotten by anyone who knew her story. A collaboration between The Mount and fellow Catholic institution Xavier University was crucial …

Staff Report Mount St. Joseph University announced Monday morning that Joel Thierstein, J.D., Ph.D., has been named interim president while the school conducts a national search to replace Tony Aretz. Aretz announced his resignation earlier this year after seven years as president. In February, Aretz was a finalist to be named …

Staff Report The four Catholic colleges located within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have each made new in recent weeks. Here’s a look at what’s happening at each school.

Staff Report The Cure Starts Now Foundation confirmed media reports early Friday that Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph University freshman basketball player who suffered from a fatal brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glimoa, died overnight. Hill was 19.

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph   Word spread quickly in mid-January that the Mount St. Joseph University men’s volleyball team was getting a new locker room courtesy of Cincinnati Reds‘ closer Aroldis Chapman. The All-Star pitcher donated nearly 80 percent of the needed funds for the locker room renovation. …

Staff Report Below are news and notes from Around the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. ESPN, V Foundation, announce grant in honor of Lauren Hill The V Foundation for Cancer Research, one of the nation’s leading cancer research funding organizations, and ESPN announced a grant of $100,000 to fund pediatric brain cancer …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  Lauren Hill, the Mount St. Joseph University freshman dying of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), has issued a challenge to the world to help raise funds for the rare form of brain cancer that is killing her.