Thursday, September 16, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — Before St. Augustine became a church father and doctor of the church, he was a young man who had fallen away from the Christian faith in which he was raised. His mother, St. Monica, prayed fervently for him until …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — A new school year is just underway, but admissions personnel at the Catholic high schools in the Cincinnati archdiocese are looking ahead to the 2011-12 school year. A key tool in the recruitment of grade schools students is the annual high school open house. …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY —  Presentations on the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and The Catholic Telegraph filled an agenda at the Sept. 11 meeting of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. Chairperson Marvin Koenig turned the morning session of the meeting, held at the Athenaeum …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The annual Red Mass will be celebrated by Covington Bishop Roger J. Foys on Friday, Sept. 17, 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington.  Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr., of the Kentucky Supreme Court will deliver a special address …

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 By David Eck ST. ANDREW DEANERY — It’s not often that a school’s namesake is honored with a U.S. postage stamp, but the students at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School celebrated that special occurrence last week. The 44-cent stamp was unveiled at the school during an …

Friday, September 10, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Missionaries of the Precious Blood have announced that several area priests are celebrating silver jubilees this year:

Thursday, September 9, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio has teamed up with UC Bearcats Football to raffle off a private suite for the Saturday, Nov. 20, Big East Football Game between the University of Cincinnati and Rutgers University at Nippert Stadium.

Thursday, September 9, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — A local broadcaster and an author will be among the main speakers at the 2010 Serra regional convention to be held Oct. 8-10 at the Netherland Plaza hotel in Cincinnati. The convention is hosted by the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Serra …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Men interested in learning about the role of deacons in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are invited them to attend one of this year’s information meetings.  The meetings, which are from 7-8:30 p.m., will include information about the requirements for admission into the Deacon Formation …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — The annual Blue Mass celebration will take place on Sunday, Sept. 26, beginning at 10:45 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, 8th and Plum streets in Cincinnati. The event is held to pray for and honor Greater Cincinnati police, fire …