April 30, 2012 Two parishes signed a “Covenant Partnership” on Epiphany Sunday bringing together two unlikely partners, Our Lady of Visitation, a predominately white parish from the west side of Hamilton County, and St. Leo, a small inner city parish whose members include immigrants from Guatemala and Burundi.

April 30, 2012 By Stephen Trosley They were publically humiliated, stripped of their property, imprisoned, tortured and dragged into the arena to be savaged by wild animals. Some were crucified and others were tested by fire. Those who survived were treated as outcasts.

April 27, 2012 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC   Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22: 26-27, 28, 30, 31-32; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 The readings for this week focus on the early church and explicate the themes that drew the community’s life together in the resurrected …

By Steve Trosley   DAYTON – More than 9,000 students from more than 30 Catholic schools in the 12 northernmost counties of the archdiocese gathered in Dayton Wednesday morning for the first annual Unity Mass.

April 25, 2012 Tony Aretz, Ph.D., president of the College of Mount St. Joseph, formally signed the St. Francis Pledge, a commitment by Catholic individuals, parishes and institutions to assess their community’s energy conservation and impact on global climate change.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis O’Connor, who served as managing editor of The Catholic Telegraph from 1999 to 2008, was celebrated April 13 at St. James the Greater Parish in White Oak. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer presided. O’Connor, 57, died April 8 at Hospice of Cincinnati after …

A Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Rains, a veteran social studies teacher at Badin High School, was celebrated April 18 at St. Peter in Chains Parish in Hamilton.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Gertrudis Pfeiffer was celebrated April 13 in the congregation’s motherhouse chapel. Sister Gertrudis, 90 died April 19. She was a Sister of Charity for 72 years.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Ann Gutzwiller was celebrated April 10 in the congregation’s motherhouse chapel. Sister Mary Ann, 80, died April 3. She was a Sister of Charity for 57 years.

April 23, 2012 By Mike Dyer More than 300 people attended a seminar on April 10 to learn how being a faithful Catholic and good citizen are related.