August 10, 2011 By Michael Daley I had just stopped the mower to talk with my neighbor, Dan, when his son excitedly called from a few houses down, “Dad, they tied it.”

August 14, 2011 By Terrence Callan Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28It can be difficult to give up ideas we have had for a long time and accept new ideas in their place. Admitting that we have been wrong in our past thinking …

August 10, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Amid the challenges of a diminishing number of clergy and the complexities of priestly ministry today, the Good Leaders, Good Shepherds program is helping priests to strengthen their leadership skills and day-to-day ministry as they lead members of their parish communities …

August 7, 2011 By Terrance Callan Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33 It is natural to avoid the things we fear and to reject what does not make sense to us. But sometimes we can only find God by confronting what frightens us …

August 1, 2011 By Mike Dyer ARCHDIOCESE — Caring for creation continues to remain a focus of the ministry of the archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office, and the archdiocesan Climate Change Task Force has been educating area Catholics about a variety of related issues.

July 28, 2011 By Kathy Schwartz ARCHDIOCESE — Mark Curnutte, a Cincinnati Enquirer writer who has pored over thousands of statistics in his career, has to pause after sharing this:  Globally, 25,000 people a day die of hunger.

July 31, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35-39; Matthew 14:13-21

July 28, 2011 By Father Earl Fernades Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. A recent visit confirmed the impression the city made upon me two decades ago. There is a serenity to Florence not found in a metropolis like Rome. The vista from the Duomo …

July 28, 2011 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, an event marked with joyful celebrations by a generation that has been plagued by decades of civil war in that region. Even with hope on the horizon, recent fighting in …

July 28, 2011 By Mike Dyer ARCHDIOCESE —The views and experiences from and about Catholic young adults were varied throughout the room, but the discussion provided a great deal of reflection during a one-time dialogue session June 28 regarding the future of young adult and youth ministry in the Archdiocese …