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SOLT Sisters Cheer on the Bengals and Pray for Their Guardian Angels

by Jessica Rinaudo From Cincinnati, OH, to Corpus Christi, TX, Catholics are showing their support for the Cincinnati Bengals in this Sunday’s Big Game. Among the team’s top fans are two Sisters of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT). Sisters Mary Mediatrix and Maryam Caritas …
Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for February 2022

Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women We pray for religious sisters and consecrated women; thanking them for their mission and their courage; may they continue to find new responses to the challenges of our times.
Obituary: Sr. M. Pascaline Colling, SFP

Sr. M. Pascaline Colling, SFP (nee: Dorothy Mae) passed quietly into the heart of God on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the age of 95. Dorothy Mae was born on January 29, 1926 to the late Emerson and Bertha Colling in Quincy, Illinois. She was one of two children, preceded …
Obituary: Sister Joan Roach, OSU

Sr. Joan Roach, (OSU) (Also known as Sister Kathleen) died peacefully at Mt. Notre Dame Health Center on December 24, 2021. A member of the Ursulines of Brown County for 65 years. Sister Joan is the sister of Deborah Roach North (Stephen) of Cincinnati, Ohio and Sister-in-law of Jerry Wiedemer, …
January 12: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

On Jan. 12, Roman Catholics remember Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, who not only founded a religious congregation, but was also instrumental in establishing the Canadian city of Montreal. Marguerite Bourgeoys was born on Good Friday of 1620 during a period of both colonial expansion and religious strife for Europe. She was …
Obituary: Sister Anne Schulz

Sister Anne, 80, died peacefully on January 8 at Grandview Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She was born January 1942 in Connecticut, and entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, Ohio, in 1961. For 61 years she faithfully served God and His people. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated …
RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS

The annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious is taken up each December in most U.S. Catholic parishes and helps hundreds of religious communities provide for the current and future needs of senior members. In good times and bad, senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have served our Church …
Evidence for Dorothy Day’s sainthood cause sent to the Vatican

by Jonah McKeown New York City, N.Y., Dec 10, 2021 / 18:00 pm More than a dozen boxes containing evidence of Servant of God Dorothy Day’s reputation for holiness are on their way to the Vatican, after a Mass this week in New York City marked the end of two …
Benedictine nuns in Missouri honor Christ the King with new album

by Carl Bunderson Kansas City, Mo., Dec 3, 2021 / 15:06 pm After the harrowing experience of shootings at their abbey in rural Missouri, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles resolved to record an album for Christ the King in thanksgiving for His protection and governance. “We were talking …
Obituary: Sister Kathleen Kelly CPPS

Sister Kathleen Kelly, 97, died peacefully on November 26 at Maria Joseph Center Dayton, Ohio, under the care of hospice. She was born April 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood Dayton, Ohio, July 1943. For 78 years she faithfully served God and His people. …