Friday, May 28, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Pat Armstrong, interim superintendent of the Catholic Schools Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, recently received the Geier Family Award for United Way Leadership from United Way of Greater Cincinnati at an event recognizing some of the region’s outstanding volunteers.

Friday, May 28, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke HAMILTON DEANERY — Although all parents want their children to be safe, not every parent knows what steps to take when kids spend time online. To help address these concerns, John XXIII Catholic Elementary School in Middletown recently hosted a seminar on …

Thursday, May 27, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary has launched a $15.75 million capital campaign to help the school maintain and improve its excellence for the next decade. The campaign, with its theme “Investing in Our Future — Preserving Our Legacy,” …

Thursday, May 27, 2010 By David Eck ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — Like most schools, Roger Bacon High School fields teams in such popular sports as football and basketball, but a group of students also play a somewhat unique sport: underwater hockey. About 20-25 students each year participate in the …

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — The Priests’ Personnel Office announces that Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has made the following appointments, effective this summer unless otherwise noted:

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Dominican Sister Joanne Evans was held May 21 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian, Mich. Sister Joanne, 70, died May 18 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was in her 54th year of religious profession in the Adrian …

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Charlotte Teresa Franks was held May 26 in the Mount Notre Dame convent chapel. Sister Charlotte Teresa, 90, died May 20. She was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 72 years.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — St. William and St. Teresa of Avila parishes will celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi with a prayer service and procession on Sunday, June 6. The celebration begins with a prayer service at St. Teresa at 2 p.m., followed by a procession …

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 By Mike Dyer ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — To say Jim Redden has a lot going for him these days would certainly be an understatement. Redden, 23, graduated from the University of Notre Dame on May 16 and will soon be working as a chemical engineer for …

Thursday, May 27, 2010 By Michael Daley Last week my son, Brendan, celebrated his first Communion. As the date approached you could see both the excitement and nervousness on his face. One day his sister surprised him and said, “You even get some pretty nice gifts.”