January 23, 2012 By Sean Reynolds Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star’s appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently for the child” (Matthew 2:7,8).  

January 23, 2012 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Students from Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), St. Ursula Villa and Summit Country Day School joined forces in 2011 to provide more than 1,000 pairs of shoes and 500 backpacks for their counterparts at the Cultural Center of Batahola Norte in …

January 23, 2012 By Patricia McGeever ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Part of a Catholic education is learning how to put your faith into action. Part of being a good civic leader is finding ways to make your community a better place.

January 20, 2012 By Terrance Callan Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20.

January 20, 2012 By Anna Robertson ARCHDIOCESE — Rural life is very much a part of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and the St. Martin Deanery Catholic Rural Life Conference, which serves Adams, Brown, Clinton, Highland, and a portion of Clermont counties, seeks to make a number of Catholic social teaching …

January 20, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Andrea Koverman is quick to acknowledge that her experience with the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati was “simply unavoidable” because her family is “full of Sisters.” This includes two great aunts, an aunt and a cousin.

January 20, 2012 ARCHDIOCESE — Father M. Edmund Hussey, a church historian and former archivist of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has electronically published a new book,  Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati. The book is available via Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.

January 23, 2012 By Mike Dyer ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Two Mount Notre Dame (MND) High School students have discovered a unique calling in nurturing a passion for helping others across the globe.    

January 20, 2012 ARCHDIOCESE — Twenty-two men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati took a major step on their journey to come permanent deacons Jan. 15 when they were instituted as acolytes by Covington Bishop Roger J. Foys at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption.