December 18, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Xavier Sercombe was celebrated Nov. 28 in the motherhouse chapel. Sister Mary Xavier, 77, died Nov. 21 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 58 years.  

December 28, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Jesuit Father Theodore Thepe was celebrated Nov. 28 at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, Mich. Father Thepe, 87, died Nov. 23.  

December 28, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Juliana Mislovic was celebrated Dec. 6 at the Mount Notre Dame convent chapel. Sister Juliana, 93, died Dec. 2 at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center.  

December 28, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Joseph “Ted” Schmidt was celebrated Dec. 9 at St. Boniface Church in Northside. Deacon Schmidt, 86, died Dec. 6.  

December 28, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Susanne Wittwer was celebrated Dec. 20 in the motherhouse chapel.

December 27, 2011 By Natalie Corzine ARCHDIOCESE — When Paul Timmerman signed up to sponsor a child through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), he never once imagined he would ever have a chance to met the child.  

December 27, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — From donuts with blue icing to T-shirts reading “It’s Not Easy Being Blue,” students, teachers, staff, parents and parishioners at All Saints in Kenwood and St. Columban in Loveland have been celebrating their designation as National Blue Ribbon Schools in a big way.

December 22, 2011 A Memorial Mass for Father Michael D. Beatty, pastor of St. Simon the Apostle in Delhi Township, was celebrated Dec. 19 at the parish. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided. Father Beatty, 73, died Dec. 14.

December 18, 2011   By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC   Fourth Sunday of Advent: 2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Psalm 89: 2-5, 27, 29; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1:26-38 As our Advent reflections continue, our first reading this week tells us about David’s desire to build a …

December 16, 2011   Veteran journalist Stephen A. Trosley, most recently publisher and editor of The Journal-Standard in Freeport, IL, has been appointed by Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to be editor-in-chief of The Catholic Telegraph, effective January 3.