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Today’s Video: How to Start Strong and Stay Strong

We’re beginning the second full week of Lent. We started new, a new adventure: even in the Archdiocese, the season of spring is changing our landscape. Yet, things can get bogged down, the hard work becomes task, and the excitement fades. In Today’s Video, Father Mike Schmitz looks at How …
Let the Children Come to Me: Dayton Area Shelter Children Paired With Prayer Partners in Catholic Schools

by Mark Danis Jalen* opened one eye to see his younger sister sleeping on the cot next to him. He, his mother and his little sister came to live at the St. Vincent de Paul shelter after his mother’s new boyfriend began treating them badly. Jalen turned and looked at …
In Profile: Steve Schad, Former Marine Shines as Roger Bacon High School Principal

story & photo by M.D. Pitman Roger Bacon principal Steve Schad is excited to go into work every day, leading a regiment of teachers and staff that are molding the next generation of leaders. It’s not far from what the 20-year education veteran did in his former career, teaching young …
Today’s Video: a Lenten Study in How to Live This Lent for Others

Father Mike Schmitz: Lent is about transformation, but that transformation will be incomplete if we make it about ourselves. Instead of aiming for self-mastery alone this Lent, what is the key to living this Lent for others? Discipline is great, but there’s a step after that: being generous. Asking God …
Today’s Video: Lenten study, Let Go….of yourself

Father Casey Cole OFM looks at Letting Go in this Lenten Study. If you want to follow Jesus, the first thing that you are going to need to let go of is yourself. Leave behind your delusions of grandeur, denial of your own goodness, and false selves, and be the …
Being Pro-Life: Pro-Life Internationally

A few months ago I was contacted by a man in active pro-life ministry in Hong Kong who regularly listens to my “Being Pro-Life” podcast and offered to participate in it. I was intrigued by the idea of what the big pro-life issues are across the world, so I went …
Ash Wednesday Evening Masses: Quick Guide

Ash Wednesday Masses AFTER 6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. St. John Fisher Newtown, 3227 Church St., Cincinnati OH 45244 Wright State University Campus Ministry, 3650 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn OH 45324 6:30 p.m. Church of the Resurrection Bond Hill, 1619 California Ave., Cincinnati OH 45237 Immaculate Conception, N Main & Walnut, …
Today’s Video: Let GO this Lent

Jesus told the young rich man in the Gospel to sell all that he had and follow after him. He was unwilling to do so, and missed out on being a disciple. Check out Father Casey’s Let GO reflection.
Dry Ridge Students Witness Naturalization Ceremony

by Madison Burton Junior high students greeted the soon-to-be citizens with excitement and curiosity. As immigrants walked through the doors of the gym of St. John the Baptist School in Dry Ridge, the Honorable Michael R. Barret, U.S. District Court Judge, prepared to declare the gym a courtroom. Dec. 6 …
Today’s Video: Lent Preparation what to give up for Lent.

In Today’s Video: Father Mike knows the tricks we can play on ourselves when it comes to picking something for Lent. So he gives a straightforward guideline: Don’t pick something that’s arbitrary. Pick something that is necessary.