By Gail Finke Dozens of people prayed and sang in the streets of Cincinnati on a chilly Saturday morning in March, recalling Christ’s Passion and death with Scripture, reflections, and hymns. The second annual “Seven Stations Walk” sponsored by the Cincinnati Oratory brought a Roman tradition to Ohio on March …

By Gail Finke An OSU basketball standout who is now a religious sister spoke to Russia, Ohio, students and their families Sunday afternoon – and shot some hoops with them in the Russia High School gym. The former Sarah Schulze, now Sister Mary Xavier (of the Sisters of St. Francis …

There will be a third member of the Badin High School guidance department starting this week … and she will belong to the whole school. Rudy, a black multigenerational Australian labradoodle therapy dog, will be a welcome presence at Badin as she becomes a valuable member of the Badin Family. …

Why palms? Why washing of the feet? How do we as Catholics celebrate Lent? In preparation for Holy Week, check out this 2 minute video

   

Editor, CEO, area civic leader receives lifetime achievement award  By Walt Schaefer William R. Burleigh, one of Cincinnati’s most esteemed journalists, was honored in February with the Salesian Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the Catholic  organization’s annual meeting.       Burleigh served a chief executive officer, president and chairman of …

Woman’s plight that made national news reconsidered By Walt Schaefer A January ruling by the United States Sixth District Court of Appeals remanded the deportation case of Fairfield resident Maribel Trujillo Diaz back to the Cleveland-based Bureau of Immigration Appeals for a new hearing. Tony Stieritz, director of the Archdiocese …

Tonight and throughout Lent, many have and will participate in the Stations of the Cross throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The stations grew out of pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem and walking the Via Dolorosa to Calvary. On March 15, La Salle High School football players continued that tradition in a …