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December 25th- Christmas Day 2017 (Begin this day by asking the Holy Spirit for a heightened awareness of Christ’s presence). Christmas invites us to recognize what it means to be most deeply human. Whether by welcoming people who have no one to share this feast with to our tables; or …

St. Francis de Sales in Lebanon hosted a gathering for young women who are discerning a call to the consecrated life on April 26th. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr was in attendance to meet young women discerning one of the varied Consecrated Life options present in the Archdiocese. Here are some photos …

LCWR PRESIDENTS STAND TOGETHER DURING CLOSING MASS OF ASSEMBLY IN ST. LOUIS
ROME — The leaders of the world’s communities of Catholic women religious were warned against accepting an “entitlement creep” that numbs them from confronting poverty and environmental destruction. At the opening session of a triennial assembly of the International Union of Superiors General in Rome, U.S. Sister Carol Zinn, a a member …

September 2013 By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  LYNCHBURG — It might be a family who has fallen on hard times due to the tough economy and needs assistance with the necessities or one who has lost everything in a fire or flood. Regardless of their situation, residents of …

Press Release Two hundred Ursuline Sisters, their associates, friends and co-workers, along with members of the Companions of St. Angela (Merici, Ursuline foundress) from Chatham, Ontario, and members of the Company of St. Ursula gathered for the North American Ursuline Convocation July 4-7 in Cincinnati at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. …

By Megan Walsh The Catholic Telegraph  Two Cincinnati women will become sisters in the same religious order in Ann Arbor, Mich., when they enter the community in August.

  By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph  Christine Grote is a lot like other young women her age. She likes the band Mumford and Sons, enjoys Facebook and Instagram and has a mountain of college loan debt.  Where she differs from her peers is how she’s paying off that …

We Shall not be moved poster
Press Release We Shall Not Be Moved: The Catholic Sisters of New Orleans has won a 2013 Gabriel Award for Best Religious Television, National Release, announced the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals on May 3.

By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph  When the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus pulls into town as it did in March, 120 performers, 40 crew members, 60 souvenir and concessions salespeople, 93 animals and two nuns come with it. More precisely, two Missionary Sisters of the Sacred …

Press Release The Catholic Sisters of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington in Kentucky have announced a “Nun Run” event April 19-20 for single Catholic women ages 18-40. A Nun Run is a twenty-four+ hour experience during which young women will visit sisters’ houses/convents from the first …