Beginning Experience, a peer ministry for people who have lost a spouse through divorce, death or separation, will hold its fall weekend retreat March 9-11 2018 at Bergamo Center, 4550 Shakertown Road, Dayton, OH. It’s a healing weekend, addressing such topics such as grief, anger, trust, forgiveness, and closure. Rooted …

By Gail Finke Ohio’s Senate passed a bill that would require remains of aborted children to be buried or cremated at abortion businesses’ expense yesterday. Sponsored by Sen. Joe Uecker, R-Miami Township, the law would require that abortionists ask mothers to choose from burial and cremation services they have arranged, …

Over the weekend, Scott Brand, Diocese of Youngstown, put his creative talents to good use building snowmen at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary

In 2017, The Sixth Circuit Court in Cincinnati made the decision on April 11, 2017 to deny the request of Maribel Trujillo Diaz which cleared the way for her deportation to Mexico. On January 17, 2018, a Federal Appeals Court has ordered the case to be re-opened. Today’s comment from Tony …

Brother Donald Schaaf, SM, died on Jan. 3, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. He was 81 and had been a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists) for 61 years. Brother Schaaf was a high school teacher and business manager who also ministered in the juvenile justice system in Memphis, Tennessee. …

From Premier Health: DAYTON, Ohio, (January 17, 2018) – Premier Health today embarks on its 2020 strategic plan, a series of initiatives that will best position the health system long-term to fulfill its mission to build healthier communities. The strategic plan calls for a configuration of health care services to …

By Gail Finke The Toronto Right to Life Association filed a suit against the Canadian government this week, alleging that a change to funding the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program amounts to government discrimination against churches and other religious groups that condemn abortion and hold conservative positions on social issues, …

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (January 15, 2018) – Prayer to ask the help of Saint Dymphna, the patron saint of those suffering from neurological and mental health conditions, will take place on Sunday, January 28, in the Shrine Adoration Chapel at Maria Stein. The service begins at 2:30 p.m. It is …

See minute 30.30 for the exchange about free speech between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a student. In it Trudeau said that speech and belief are protected by Canadian law, but acting on beliefs is not. Canadian PM’s clarification on Summer Jobs Program funding seems to affirm that churches and other religions that follow their …

VIA, which means “by way of,” is the way that the Office for Youth Evangelization and Discipleship pursues its vision. It is the fruit of lived experience amongst youth ministers who desire to grow in the interior life, in faithfully living out their vocation, and in giving their lives for …