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Twinning: Cincinnati and Madagascar “This is seeing the body of Christ in a completely different fashion”
In 1999, Divine Providence Sister Francis Maag, visited Madagascar as a representative of her religious community. She returned with a dream. A long-time school principal, Sister Francis was then director of religious education at St. Therese Little Flower Parish in Mount Airy. She was moved by the enthusiasm of the …
Allowing God to teach us contenment
Are you getting tired of listening to everyone complain? Are you annoyed with feisty Facebook reports about our government? Are you tired of folks shouting, “The sky is falling!”? It seems that every time we turn around someone is unhappy about something. The media is the one of the worst …
Archdiocese switching to “marriage catechumenate” for engaged couples
This January during his annual address to the Roman Rota, Pope Francis called on the Church to adopt a catechumenate model for marriage preparation, “I must repeat the need for a ‘new catechumenate’ in preparation for marriage … it is urgent to implement practically what was proposed in Familiaris Consortio,” …
Badin grad Dr. Stephanie Streit ’02 on the front lines of trauma care in Las Vegas
It was 11 o’clock at night in Las Vegas and Dr. Stephanie Streit was ready to go to bed. She was checking her twitter feed, and noticed a couple of tweets about shootings on the Strip. The U.S. Air Force major told her husband she thought she should probably head …
Mission is at the Heart of our Faith
Greetings Fellow Evangelizers/Missioners, On the occasion of the annual World Mission Day, Pope Francis reminds us that this day “gathers us around the person of Jesus, ‘The very first and greatest evangelizer’ who continually sends us forth to proclaim the Gospel of the love of God the Father in the …
Fatima celebration at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
On Friday October 13, 2017 many of the faithful gathered at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun” that took place in Fatima Portugal on October 13, 1917. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr presided at the event which featured, prayer, rosary, and music. …
Elizabeth’s New Life Center announces a banquet with Senator Rick Santorum
Dayton, OH- Elizabeth’s New Life Center announces a fund raising banquet with Senator Rick Santorum on Thursday, October 19th. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m., and dinner at 6:15 p.m. Registration is at 11:00 a.m., and 5:30 p.m.. The banquet will be hosted at A Learning Place in Piqua, OH. Prior …
St. Bernard celebrates 150 years
Growing parish celebrates in stone church built by parishioners Some 150 years ago, when St. Bernard Parish at Harrison Pike and Springdale Road was founded, the new parishioners looked across the pike to Taylor Creek where water cascaded over a stone creek bed. It took a lot of sweat and …
A picture says a thousand words: Blink at St. Louis Church
On the weekend of October 12th through October 15th, the inaugural Blink Festival took place throughout downtown Cincinnati. An extension of the popular Luminocity Festival that combined sophisticated light projections and symphonic music, Blink took the projections to sites around the city. St. Louis Church was one of many projections …
Helping Spanish-speaking families with mental illness
“Temporary”position transforms to lifelong mission for Everyday Evangelist Norma Quinteros By Walt Schaefer After more than 30 years as a teacher, Norma Quinteros is dreaming of a new mission. Faced with a family member coping with mental illness, Quinteros, a native of Argentina and largely educated there, became involved with the …
