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Fr. Mike Schmitz sits down with Fr. Josh Johnson to discuss racial division in the Church and how Catholics can strive to restore unity in the Body of Christ.

Our Lady of the Rosary parishioner Joshua Vietas leads the congregation around the Greenhills Commons during the parish's Fourth Annual Feast of Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday, June 23. Members of the church process to the Commons's gazebo where the Blessed Sacrament is displayed during a brief service. Following a homily by Our Lady of the Rosary pastor, Fr. Alex McCullough, the Blessed Sacrament is returned to the church for a final blessing and placed in the tabernacle. (CT Photo/ David A. Moodie,)
In the past few years, processions on Corpus Christi Sunday were prevalent throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Due to the pandemic, many were cancelled, however he is a listing for 2020: Thursday June 11, 2020 Holy Family Church (Dayton) 140 S. Findlay St., Dayton OH 45403 Mass at 7:00 p.m. …

BE IN MY EYES, BE IN MY HEART I could not sleep the night before I met a Catholic priest for the first time. Until that year of my life, my knowledge of Catholicism had been informed by negative headlines, my Evangelical pastors’ condemnations of the Church, and an encounter …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU It’s a long way from Ohio to the Amazon rain forest, but a young woman from Dayton courageously followed her heart and answered God’s call to become a missionary and outspoken advocate for the poor and the environment. This would ultimately lead to her death at …

by Mark Danis There is a lexicon evolving in our nation’s response to COVID-19 that the Church must reject. Terms like quarantine, isolation and social distancing can lead us to retreat, withdrawal and avoidance. But Christ’s words demand a proactive response to our current situation. We must take this time …

Need a laugh? Comfortable laughing at yourself and not taking life too seriously? Here are ten Catholic Jokes that are sure to give you a chuckle!

by Joe Bride As Catholic Inner-city Schools Education (CISE) celebrates 40 years of transformational success, it is important to remember Cincinnati businesses were at the heart of CISE’s creation. In 1980, Cincinnati had a strong and viable downtown, more so than many American cities, but its downtown and neighborhoods were …

by Michelle Dushensky If you have ever been to St. Cecilia Parish in Oakley, the church’s beautiful exterior and interior were probably the first things that caught your eye. But if you have attended Mass at St. Cecilia within the past three and a half years, you most likely noticed …

Maria Stein Shrine (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)
by Susie Bergman When traveling in the most northern, rural part of the diocese, it’s hard not to notice the flat, fertile farmland and numerous spires that adorn the sky. Growing up in this area, we always took prideful humor in the fact that most towns consisted of only two …