June 7, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Madonna Winkeljohn was celebrated June 1 at Salem Heights, the congregation’s central house in Dayton. Sister Madonna, 95, died May 28 at the Maria Joseph Center. She had been a Sister of the Precious Blood for 76 years.

June 7, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dolores Stephans was celebrated June 3 at Mount Notre Dame Convent chapel. Sister Dolores, 79, died May 30 at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center. She was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for …

June 7, 2011 BALTIMORE — Cecil “Chic” Davis, longtime advertising director and general manager of The Catholic Review in Baltimore, died May 31. He was 71.

June 8, 2011 Local Briefs Peter’s Pence Collection scheduled ARCHDIOCESE — The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will hold the Peter’s Pence Collection the weekend of June 25-25.

June 1, 2011 By David Eck ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — For more than a decade members of St. Therese Little Flower Parish in Mt. Airy have been building a relationship with the Sisters of Divine Providence ministering in the rural areas of Madagascar.

June 1, 2011 DAYTON DEANERY — Members of Ascension Parish in Kettering gathered May 15 for the “Fiesta Latina,” a benefit for Nuestra Senora de la Luz (Our Lady of the Light) Parish in Lima, Peru. The event was sponsored by Ascension’s Twinning Committee and the Knights of Columbus Our …

June 5, 2011 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. The Ascension of the Lord:  Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47: 2-3, 6-9; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28: 16-20. Our first reading for this Sunday from the Acts of the Apostles follows the tradition that through 40 days Jesus presented himself alive to the …

June 1, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel When I was teaching high school, my final exam question was simple: “In your own words, with support from Scripture, tradition and material gleaned from class, answer the following: Who is Jesus Christ?”  

May 31, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Leo A. Hoying was celebrated May 26 at St. Augustine Parish in Minster. Retired Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk presided. Father Hoying, 80, died May 22 at the St. Charles Center in Carthegena.

May 31, 2011   A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Joseph Phyllis Manda was celebrated May 26 at St. Thomas More Church in Baton Rouge, La. Sister Phyllis, 71, died May 23 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge.