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St. Ignatius Loyola School announces new Principal
On February 27, 2018. St. Ignatius Parish announced that Mr. Kevin Vance has accepted the position as the next principal of St. Ignatius School. Mr. Vance brings with him experience as a Catholic school principal and a strong background in meeting academic, spiritual, social, and emotional needs of students. Fr. …
Fish Fry Friday Roundup 2
Our New Media Editor Greg Hartman missed the first week of the fish fry season – but made up for it by hitting three fish fries on week two. “It was fairly warm for the last Friday in February and a very cloudy evening,” he said, “yet enthusiasm was out in droves as …
Stations of the Cross
Also known as the Way of the Cross, the Stations of the Cross is a devotion especially popular for Fridays in Lent. Brought to Europe by the Franciscans, they represent spots where pilgrims to Jerusalem stop to pray while retracing the steps of Christ. Since the Middle Ages, European Catholics …
The Catholic Ministries Appeal 2018: How YOU can impact the story.
The Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) is a once-a-year outreach, when all our parishes, more than 200 strong, join together to support these ministries, doing more than one parish could alone. The goal for the 2018 CMA is $5 million, the same amount as last year. Your help is needed to …
St. Vincent de Paul-Cincinnati Announces New Assistance Fund and West End Building
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul-Cincinnati announced ambitious plans to build a new outreach center in Cincinnati’s West End and double the amount of financial support it provides to parish-based SVdP groups at a press conference Feb. 28. The new “Upward Spiral Comprehensive Campaign” will raise $12 million for …
Ruah Woods speaker traces unlikely alliance between Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II
By Gail Finke At the Ruah Woods annual breakfast Feb. 28, author Paul Kengor traced the unlikely way that the lives of a former actor who became president and a former actor who became pope continued to intersect, and how together they ended Communism in Eastern Europe. Kengor, a professor …
Obituaries: February 2018
Sister Ann Catherine Merkle A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Ann Catherine Merkle was celebrated Jan. 25 at the Salem Heights Chapel. Sister Ann, 94, died Jan. 23 at the Maria-Joseph Center in Dayton. She had been a Sister of the Precious Blood for 72 years. A …
A painter’s prayer: Canvas captures David Mueller’s gratitude to God
First new painting in Cincinnati’s cathedral since the 1960s features Children of Mary Sisters By Gail Finke On Christmas morning, Children of Mary sisters visiting Cincinnati’s cathedral got a surprise gift when they walked in the door: They found a painting of themselves at prayer hung in the marble narthex. …
Fish Fry Recap
Our staffers have been hitting the fish fry circuit. Production Manager Gail Finke shared these photos from the first two Fridays of Lent, with the following comments: St. Francis Seraph School/Christian Moerlein Malt House Taproom (Over-the-Rhine) “This is the fish fry featured in Enquirer food critic Polly Campbell’s …
Pope Francis Intentions for March
Formation in Spiritual Discernment; That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels.
