Friday, October 1, 2010 By David Eck  ARCHDIOCESE — When Beth Christopfel was 18 she found herself pregnant, unmarried and in a negative relationship with the baby’s father.   The pregnancy was unexpected, and Christopfel knew she wasn’t ready to raise a child. So, at her family’s urging, she turned …

Friday, October 1, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Students, faculty, staff, parents, representatives of the archdiocesan Catholic Schools Office and members of the local community came together at Mother Brunner Catholic School in Dayton Sept. 22 for the opening Mass of the academic year. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided.

Thursday, September 30, 2010 By David Eck  ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Sometimes families who have members with special needs don’t participate in parish life, or they skip Mass altogether because they don’t feel welcomed or accepted. But a new ministry at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Liberty Township is working …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Mike Dyer ARCHDIOCESE — October will be a busy month for members of the Parishes for Life (PFL) task force in many area faith communities. The task force, which evolved through the archdiocese’s Advocates for Justice Greater Cincinnati Parish Collaborative and receives support from the archdiocesan …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 COLUMBUS — The Pontifical College Josephinum began its 123rd year of formation with more priests on its faculty than it has had in more than a decade. The faculty of 14 includes a Jesuit, a Father of Mercy, two Dominicans, a Franciscan and priests from dioceses …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has entrusted Holy Family Parish in Dayton to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) for celebration of the Catholic traditional Latin Mass and sacraments in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU SIDNEY DEANERY — The 35th annual Northern Area Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Northern Area Office of Evangelization and Catechesis was held Sept. 18 at the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School in Piqua. Approximately 250 catechetical leaders, youth ministers, Catholic school …

Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — St. Peter Parish in New Richmond will celebrate its 160th anniversary on Nov. 7 with a “Home Coming Mass” at 2:30 p.m. The Mass will be followed by a potluck dinner.

Friday, September 24, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Daniel J. Curran, president of the University of Dayton, will be honored in November with the 2010 Regional Leadership Award from Dayton Business Journal.

Friday, September 24, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Earlier this month the Sisters of Charity issued a formal statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: