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LEHMAN FOUNDATION TRUSTEE TO BE INDUCTED INTO LEHMAN HALL OF FAME

SIDNEY, OH- The Lehman Catholic High School Alumni Association announced the school’s 11th annual Lehman Hall of Fame Induction. This year’s inductees include a former educator, a lawyer, two staff members, and a Piqua Catholic High School graduate. The five distinguished individuals –John E. Ferman, John M. Garmhausen, Mike and Joyce …
Obituary: Sr. Jean Patrice Harrington

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sr. Jean Patrice Harrington, who died Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Mother Margaret Hall. Visitation for Sr. Jean Patrice will be Friday, July 7 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Motherhouse chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at …
A picture says a thousand words: Summer School

Though we’re just about the halfway mark for our Archdiocese of Cincinnati Students summer break, they’ve been busy this summer.
Mary Garden July Contest Winners

Congratulations to our Mary Garden photo contest winners for July. Lisa House took first prize with her photo of her statue of Our Lady crowned with lavender flowers next to purple clematis. Christine Noble of Anderson Township came in second with a photo of her Marian rose garden and rose …
Scouts refurbish a Mary Garden

A reader sent in these photos for our ongoing Mary Garden photo contest. Although the contest is for home gardens, we wanted to feature the hard work of fourth and fifth-grade Girl Scouts at St. Christopher Parish. After learning about Marian flowers and Marian gardens for their gardening badge, the …
Jeanne Hunt for July: Catholics can’t be quitters

Have you ever dropped out or given up? Do you have piles of uncompleted projects? “Never, never, never give up,” said Winston Churchill after the London blitz. “Move forward, at all cost, move forward,” said Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at the battle of Gettysburg. “I have fought the good fight. I …
Pope Frances Prayer Intentions for July

Lapsed Christians That our brothers and sisters who have strayed from the faith, through our prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life.
Beating Traffic Delays in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

When you hear these words, Brent Spence Bridge, you immediately tense up. We’ve arrived at summer and the orange barrels have blossomed throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. They make ones live miserable. Seen on Interstate 75 Saturday: I-71 at Ohio River 85 minutes. (16 miles away). There’s a way to …
Obituary: Father Martin Smith-Soucier

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Father Martin Smith-Soucier, Chief Chaplain at Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, and President of the National Conference of Veterans Affairs Catholic Chaplains (NCVACC), died June 19th at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati with his family and dear friends at his side. He was 69 …
A Couples Evening Out at Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (June 28, 2017) – A prayer service specifically for married couples will take place at Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics Sunday evening, July 23 at 7 p.m.. The night will include dinner and prayer together. Father Sean Wilson will lead a talk on holiness and …