Staff Report Everyone loves a story about a good dog. In 1945 St. Aloysius Orphanage, then a Catholic institution, had a canine companion named Sergeant. In the photo accompanying today’s Throwback Thursday, Sergeant is seen standing watch over a sleeping boy who’s name is not given. According to the cutline, …

  Staff Report Archbishop Dennis Schnurr has approved the following appointments for priests across the archdiocese, effective July 1:

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph In this busy world, where people are pulled in many directions from work to family, married couples often set aside at least one  time each week to be with each other. They share the ups and downs of their lives and enjoy each …

Messenger Staff report “I am very grateful for all the work you do,” said Bishop Roger Foys at the opening reception, May 31, of the 2015 National Safe Environment and Victim Assistance Coordinators Leadership Conference. “You know as well as I do, even better than I do, that our work …

The following letter from Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati urges participating in the coming Fortnight for Freedom. The letter originally appeared in the June 2015 print edition of The Catholic Telegraph. My dear frends in Christ, Catholics everywhere have been appalled at the spectacle of Christians being …

Staff Report On Sunday, June 7, thousands of people from across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington will come together and witness for the unborn by crossing the Purple People Bridge (officially the Newport-Southbank Bridge), which spans the Ohio River from Newport on the Levee in Kentucky to Sawyer Point …

Staff Report About 40 members of the St. Maximilian Kolbe Children’s Choir took to the field at Great American Ballpark Sunday May 31, marking the second-straight year the choir has performed at a Cincinnati Reds’ game. The children’s choir, directed by Mary Ella Wielgos, sang the Star Spangled Banner before receiving …

Staff Report Father Jeff Scheeler, provincial minister for the Franciscan Friars headquartered in Cincinnati, was one of more than 150 leaders of the Orders of Friars Minor who gathered in Assisi, Italy in May for the order’s month-long general chapter. Many of the leaders took time out to visit Rome and …

Staff Report Two events are planned to mark the 10th anniversary the murder of murder of Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy Stang in February 2005. Sister Dorothy was shot and killed by hired gunmen as she walked along a dirt road in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph Exploring how the local church can reduce its environmental impact brought parish facilities managers and homeowners to St. John the Evangelist Parish in West Chester April 25 About 25 facilities managers and an equal number of homeowners from across Greater Cincinnati and Dayton …