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La Salle senior a leader in the classroom despite autism
May 11, 2011 By David Eck ST. MARY MARGARET DEANERY — With a smile and quick nod, La Salle High School senior Matthew Westermeyer delivers a daily joke each morning as part of the announcements broadcast over the school’s closed-circuit television system. It’s usually a groaner, but the students tend …
Twins top Purcell Marian class of 2011
May 11, 2011 By David Eck ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Purcell Marian High School’s commencement may cause some to do a double take.
Everyday Evangelist: A life of service both at home and abroad
May 11, 2011 By Mary Caffrey Knapke SAINT MARYS DEANERY — Two centuries ago many German Catholic immigrants settled in the area that today makes up the northern reaches of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. They cleared dense forests, settled fertile farmland and established the parishes that now lie along the …
Priests celebrate special anniversaries
May 11, 2011 DAYTON DEANERY — Priests from throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati came together for a dinner May 2 to honor those marking special anniversaries this year.
Knights of Columbus hold exemplification banquet
May 11, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — The Knights of Columbus (K of C) of Ohio District 2 held their annual Fourth Degree Exemplification Banquet April 16 at the Marriott Cincinnati Hotel in West Chester.
Catholic, Muslim students work jointly on community project
May 11, 2011 By David Eck ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — The teenagers may have been weeding a garden, but they were also sowing seeds of understanding.
The Sunday Scripture: The Good Shepherd
May 14, 2011 By Terrance Callan Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10. One of our most powerful impulses is to preserve and enhance our life. This is a basic law of our nature. Ultimately it is a desire for eternal life with God. We …
The Catholic Moment: ‘On this day, we ask two chairs’
May 15, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt When I was in high school, I worked as a catechist for children with Down Syndrome. My special charge was Kenny, a very shy 12-year-old boy. In May, Sister Mary Celestine told us to prepare the children for May crowning. We were to help …
Father Valentino Saoncella
May 10, 2011 Comboni Missionary Father Valentino Saoncella, 91, died April 19 at the Comboni Mission House in Milan, Italy, where he had been in retirement for the past few years. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Our Lady of Fatima Chapel at the Comboni Mission House.