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Common Core: Catholic school community gives standards mixed grade
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Common Core State Standards — expectations for students to master in each grade level — have a love/hate/ambivalent relationship with the American public. The state-led initiative — adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia — has been embraced by many educators, viewed …
New marketing director hired by Athenaeum of Ohio
Press Release Mary Krutko Massa has been appointed marketing director of The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Massa joins the Athenaeum after 27 years of experience in the local television market as a reporter with WKRC-TV (10 years) as well as the host and marketing coordinator …
The tale behind symbol of light when Pope Benedict visited ground zero
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict XVI visited ground zero in 2008, he knelt alone and prayed inside the cement-walled crater where the World Trade Center once stood. As a sign of bringing light and hope to the dark memory of 9/11, the pope …
Bishops’ Administrative Committee Calls for peace, serious negotiations, humanitarian assistance in Syria
USCCB Release WASHINGTON — The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), of which Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr is a member, issued an urgent call for a political solution to the crisis in Syria. The bishops issued the statement on the first day of their …
Thousands flocked to Rome armed with power of prayer in fight for peace
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For the thousands of people who turned out for a solemn vigil in St. Peter’s Square, the power of prayer and hopes for peace are still mightier than the world’s weapons and wars. “Instead of using hatred, we are using prayer …
Sunday Scripture: The things of God must come first
By Father Timothy Schehr Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 9:13-18; Philemon 9-17; Luke 14:25-33 As we hear Jesus speak in this Sunday’s Gospel, we may well wonder if he was at all familiar with the fourth commandment. Jesus insists that disciples turn their backs on mother and father. He goes …
Archdiocese to sponsor Mass for immigration reform Sept. 8
Staff Report The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will be sponsoring a Mass for Immigration Reform this Sunday, Sept. 8, at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10 a.m. The main celebrant will be Father Len Wenke, pastoral administrator of Holy Family, with concelebrants Father Louis Gasparini, director of Hispanic Ministries for the …
Archbishop Schnurr urges participation in day of prayer for peace
Staff Report Heeding Pope Francis’ call, Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr released a statement Wednesday expressing hope that Catholics under his jurisdiction will participate in the pope’s day of fasting and prayer for peace concerning the conflict in Syria.
Royalmont Academy wants high school expansion to fit into archdiocese ‘Vision’
September 2013 By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Less than two years ago Royalmont Academy was a small, Catholic elementary school in a building with a capacity of less than 200. In June of last year the school moved to the 16-acre former Mason Heights Elementary school and the new …
Pope to lead Vatican prayer vigil for peace in Syria
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — On the evening of Sept. 7, days before U.S. lawmakers vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal for a military attack on Syria, Pope Francis will lead thousands in St. Peter’s Square in a prayer vigil for peace. “We will gather …
