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December 2014

By Dr. Jim Rigg Superintendent of Catholic Schools  Catholic Schools Week begins on Jan. 25 this year. During that week, we will join with Catholic schools across our country in celebrating the success of our Catholic schools. Each of the 113 Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has planned …

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Staff Report God’s mercy knows no bounds, and an Archdiocesan event highlighting that fact was the runaway top story of 2014 according to readers voting at TheCatholicTelegraph.com. The Light is ON For You, a one day event that saw every parish in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati offer confession during the …

By Sarah McCarthy Catholic News Service  WASHINGTON — “The biggest human rights rally in the world,” as one regular participant described it, will return to the nation’s capital for the annual March for Life Jan. 22. The 42nd rally on the National Mall and march to Capitol Hill marks the …

Women Religious sing during the Mass for the Opening of the Year of Consecrated Life at Emmanuel Catholic Church in Dayton Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)
By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  The season of Advent reminds us to be hope-filled, holy and faithful, to be grateful for the abundant blessings in our lives and keep our lives centered on Christ. 

CNA/EWTN News Pope Francis issued a strong message to members of the curia this week, warning them against careerism and urging them to live the reality of the priesthood – as servants. “Sometimes,” the Pope said Dec. 22, curia members “feel themselves ‘lords of the manor’ – superior to everyone …

Staff Report Photo Gallery added Dec. 29. See Below. A native son of the parish laid prostrate before the St. Remy altar Dec. 27. Before the same altar where he received his First Holy Communion and was later confirmed, Andrew Cordonnier was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati …

Students visit with Santa Claus. (Courtesy Photo/McAuley HS) Staff Report Getting in the Christmas spirit, the 21 seniors in McAuley High School’s Child Development class concluded their semester by making toys, like Santa’s elves. The seniors planned and directed 12 preschool classes with area children over the course of the …

Staff Report When Throwback Thursday falls on Christmas Day, the choice of topic can only be one thing — the birth of the Savior of the World, Jesus the Christ. The Catholic Telegraph‘s first edition came out Oct. 22, 1831, a little more than 1800 years too late to be …

Editor’s Note: This post is from 2014. For the 2015 story, click HERE. Staff Report Residents of or visitors to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati now have a one-stop shop to find Christmas Mass schedules for nearly every parish in the archdiocese. Launched in July of 2013, The Catholic Telegraph’s Mass …