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Seminary Ready for Welcome Weekend

Is God calling you to become a priest? Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is hosting a Welcome Weekend March 4-5 for men college age or older interested in discerning a call to the priesthood. “If you think you may be called, you will have an opportunity to allow God to speak …
40 Days for Life campaign needs you

The spring 40 Days for Life campaign runs officially from Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10) to Palm Sunday (March 20), but it kicked off with a special events the preceding weekend in both Cincinnati and Dayton. During the 40 Days for Life vigil a prayerful presence is maintained from 7 a.m. …
Archdiocese parishes ‘light up” with energy efficiency

Parishes across the archdiocese are lighting up anew – ecologically. They range from large to small parishes, several in greater Cincinnati, a few in Dayton. Matt Kolbinsky, president of PRO Lighting & Solar, LLC., said most projects to date are for LED lighting improvements generated by cost rebates made available …
Youth Ministry announces ‘Know Mercy’ video contest

The deadline for submission of entries in a Year of Mercy video contest for sixth, seventh and eighth grade youth in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will be April 1, according to Sean Reynolds, Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Reynolds said those interested should create a …
Throwback Thursday: Consider receiving the print edition

February is Catholic Press Month, and as the primary Catholic media outlet in the region, The Catholic Telegraph has long served the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Subscribe to our print edition at no cost HERE. For today’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking inward. Our history, as you can see from our website logo, …
Local Catholic football program participates in Stations of the Cross workout

SportsLeader, a virtue-based program for coaches based in Louisville, Ky., has come up with a Lenten challenge for high school athletic programs and at least one local school has accepted that challenge. The SportsLeader Stations of the Cross Workout capitalizes on the Lenten practice of reflecting on Christ’s passion with 14 …
Number joining the church at Easter increases for first time since 2013

This year 880 adults and children will enter the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, beginning Sunday Feb. 14 with the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion. For the first time since 2013, the number of those preparing to enter the church at Easter is …
Comboni Missionary becomes chaplain moderator for Hispanic community

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Hispanic community has a newly appointed chaplain moderator in the person of Father Rodolfo Coaquira Hilaje, a Peruvian Comboni Missionary. He was ordained in 1992 in his home country and spent 15 years in pastoral ministry to the people of Zambia, Africa. He also did missionary work …
Cincinnati Mayor declares Feb. 5 Tom Otten Day

Though Feb. 5, 2016 passed in much of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati as simply the final day of Catholic Schools Week, at Elder High School and throughout the City of Cincinnati, it was officially Tom Otten Day. Otten, the 19-year principal of Elder High School, is retiring at the end of …
St. Michael principal treks in support of her school

A long walk can clear the mind, help tone the body and, as it turns out, help fund a school. During the week of Thanksgiving, one principal laced up her gym shoes and took steps to raise more than $3,000 for her school. It was part pilgrimage, part adventure and …