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The March print edition of The Catholic Telegraph hit mailboxes last week with a full lineup of news, commentary and features. Among the highlights of the issue is the center spread. Two full pages of photos from Catholic Schools Week Masses in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati last month show the vibrant …

A group of 40 people gathered in front of the John Weld Peck Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati on Ash Wednesday and marched in bitter cold weather to show their support to immigrants in the United States and to call for repentance as individuals and as a country for our …

Chatfield College in Cincinnati and St. Martin, Ohio has received a bequeathed gift for $1 million from Dr. Mary Lois Jung — a surgeon, former Catholic nun and dedicated philanthropist. Jung’s gift is the largest testamentary gift received in Chatfield’s history and will create its largest endowed scholarship – one of …

CANTON — St. Xavier High School won the 2016 OHSAA Division I Boys State Swimming and Diving Tournament Saturday, Feb. 27, as the Bombers scored a state meet-record 398 points en route to winning their eighth-consecutive and 37th overall state championship. St. Xavier took the lead from the start as the …

Elder High School held a special event Monday afternoon to announce the school’s newest principal, Kurt Ruffing. Ruffing will replace Tom Otten who has served as principal for the last 19 years. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati distributed the following release in concert with the announcement. The Elder Board of Trustees is …

Mount St. Joseph University, a Catholic university located in Cincinnati, announced Monday the selection of the school’s seventh president. The new president, H. James Williams, will take over for interim president Joel Thierstein, who led the school during the search and following the resignation of previous president Tony Aretz. Aretz served …

University of Dayton students and faculty transformed reclaimed stained glass windows from the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception into new works of art that communicate what the University’s Marianist identity and community mean to them. Living Glass: Sustaining Memory Through Light runs Feb. 29 to March 17 in Gallery 249 on …

As with most towns along the Ohio before the river was harnessed by reservoirs to control high waters, floods often forced residents to seek the high ground. The early history of St. Michael Parish in the Brown County river town of Ripley was affected by high waters, too. “In 1840, …

Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of 1994 Rwandan Genocide, spoke Monday at the Schiff Family Conference Center at Xavier University’s Cintas Center as one of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s events marking the Year of Mercy. Ilibagiza’s talk was entitled, “Show Mercy, How to Forgive.” Ilibagiza speaks across the nation about how she …

On Sunday Feb. 22, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 294, effectively stripping $1.3 million in funding from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers locations in the state. “The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Pro-Life community applauds Governor Kaisich for signing (House Bill 294),” said Colleen Gerke, Director of the …