March 29, 2011 By Sister Betty J. Lillie. SC Third Sunday of Lent: Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9;  Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42. A theme of seeking water to drink when people suffered from thirst works through our liturgical reading for this week. In the time of the Exodus the …

March 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Jesuit Father John “Jack” Beckman was celebrated March 15 at St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel on the campus of Xavier University. Father Beckman, 90, died March 11.

March 25, 2011 A Mass for Sister of the Good Shepherd Rita Braun was celebrated March 15 at Good Shepherd Pelletier Hall in Ft. Thomas, Ky. Sister Rita, 87, died March 11.

March 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Francis J. Conte, former dean of the University of Dayton School of Law, will be celebrated March 26 at Ascension Parish in Kettering. Conte, 68, died March 20.

March 25, 2011 By David Eck Several times each year, local priests accompany young men to meet Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr for an evening of fellowship and prayer.

March 16, 2011 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Five couples originally from the refugee camps of Burundi were married during Sunday morning Mass March 6 at St. Leo the Great Church in South Fairmount.

March 16, 2011 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Local Catholics marked the start of the season of Lent — a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving — March 9 at special Ash Wednesday Masses throughout the archdiocese. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, placing …

March 17, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — The Archdiocese of Cincinnati celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on March 13 at special Masses in Cincinnati and Dayton.

March 17, 2011 By David Eck SIDNEY DEANERY — As a child growing up in Detroit, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno loved looking at the stars through his telescope, but he also enjoyed pretending to be a priest and saying Mass.

March 18, 2011 By Sister Betty J. Lillie Second Sunday of Lent: Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 33:4-5, 16-20, 22; 2 Timothy 1:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9. Our Gospel reading about the transfiguration of Jesus is about an impressive theophany that moves our thinking forward to the resurrection and glorification of Jesus. It helps …