The first candle of Advent 2015 has been burning for a few days and as the season of joyful anticipation begins, the Throwback Thursday team brings you the attached photo. From a 1950 edition of The Catholic Telegraph, seen here is a formal table setting with decorations and foods appropriate to …

The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council examined the 2015-2016  Teacher-Minister contract at its regular meeting Nov. 7 in Dayton at the University of Dayton River Campus. Archdiocesan HR Director Rob Reid requested the review. The Council discussed the recurring debate over the delineation in the contract of specific activities that are contrary …

The staff of The Catholic Telegraph wishes to express our gratitude to the following women religious celebrating jubilees in 2015 for their steadfast faith and dedicated service to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The following were published in the December 2015 print edition of The Catholic Telegraph. Additional photos and bios will be …

The staff of The Catholic Telegraph wishes to express our gratitude to the following women and men religious celebrating jubilees in 2015 for their steadfast faith and dedicated service to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The following were published in the Novemer 2015 print edition to The Catholic Telegraph. Additional photos and bios will be published in …

The University of Dayton will celebrate “Christmas and Beyond” with its annual exhibit of Nativities from around the world and the installation of a new model train display built to tell the story of Jesus’ young life. “At the Manger: Christmas and Beyond” runs from Saturday, Nov. 28, to Sunday, …

Today (Dec. 1) is #GivingTuesday. The week after Black Friday and a day following Cyber Monday, two of the biggest shopping days of the year, there is now a day to give instead of take. Invented four years ago by a cultural center in New York City #GivingTuesday is a …

  Voting is closed. See the results HERE Every year The Catholic Telegraph’s pages and its website are filled with the stories of faithful Catholics living out the Gospel, important coverage of the pope and bishops and key information on the life of Catholics in the 19-county Archdiocese of Cincinnati. See the …

Through volunteering, Sabrina Burton Simonson has discovered people in situations she did not know existed and a means to help them. “I’m blessed because I do not know what it’s like to be in the position these people are in. I have no idea,” said Simonson, executive assistant to the …

A ministry some called an experiment in new evangelization has ended after a successful two-year run. For the past two years the Cincinnati-Based Franciscan Friars of the St. John the Baptist Province staffed a storefront in Cincinnati’s Northgate Mall from Black Friday through Christmas Eve, selling nothing and providing a …

Brian and Stacy and their three children went on a life-changing vacation on the Carolina shore last summer. One morning, an incident occurred that Brian still cannot shake. As he was walking the pier as the sun rose, he noticed a swimmer struggling in a riptide far from shore. In …