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Badin Claybusters shooting club brings home seven national titles

The Badin Claybusters, Badin High School’s trap shooting club, brought home seven national championships from the annual AIM Grand Nationals in Sparta, Ill. “We had a lot of success and a lot of fun,” head coach Mark Arnold said. “2017 was truly a fantastic year for us.” Arnold himself was …
A day of eclipse and Champions of Catholic Inner-City Schools

On Monday, August 21, 2017, much of the nation witnessed a solar eclipse. As the hour approached, I took a walk a few blocks down to St. Peter in Chains Cathedral. I wanted to bottle that day. In a time of divisiveness in our country, downtown Cincinnati was like a …
50 Children Receive Beds at First-Ever “Day to Dream” Event

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati (SVDP) and Morris Furniture Company teamed up for the first-ever “Day to Dream” event at the P&G Cincinnati MLB Youth Academy in Roselawn on Aug. 19. Fifty children each received a twin bed set including a mattress, box spring, bed frame, …
Partial Solar Eclipse Day in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Monday, August 21, 2017 will be remembered as the day the sun was dimmed during the afternoon by a partial solar eclipse. Downtown Cincinnati was strangely quiet from about 1:30 pm until 3:00 pm as people went outside of their offices glancing at the sun through protected glasses. Scripture …
You can send prayers with pilgrims attending Marian Pilgrimage

My Dear Friends in Christ, As you may know, more than 130 pilgrims will visit Spain, France, and Portugal during this autumn’s Marian Pilgrimage organized by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. To those who can’t be physically with us, I extend an opportunity for spiritual participation in this beautiful undertaking. Specifically, …
Responding to Racism and Events in Charlottesville, Virginia Statement from Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr

The bigotry and violence that descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia emerged from the same sin of racism which can plague any community in America, including those of our own Archdiocese. And so, as we approach the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I echo for the faithful of our local Church the …
Day of Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation

Members of the Knights of Columbus and their families around the world are encouraged to pray for their respective countries on August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is being observed Orderwide as a Day of Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation. Supreme Knight Carl …
Thousands of the faithful attend Fatima event at Maria Stein

On Friday, August 11th, thousands attended a Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph Binzer at the Maria Stein Shrine. Look for more on this historic event in the September edition of The Catholic Telegraph. In September, Bishop Joseph Binzer will be leading a group of 130 to Fatima. You’re invited to …
Father Leo Patalinghug at the Mercer County Fair

Father Leo Patalinghug, star of EWTN’s “Grace Before Meals,” prepares penne pasta and vodka sauce for hundreds of Mercer County Fair-goers in Celina Sunday evening. It was Father Leo’s first county fair appearance. He is famous for having beaten renowned chef Bobby Flay. Mercer county clergy and selected audience members …
Chatfield College launches mentoring program

Chatfield College has launched a mentoring program at its Over-the-Rhine campus aimed at further helping its students succeed. Volunteer mentors are needed. An organizational meeting for potential mentors was held July 26th at Chatfield’s OTR campus located at 1544 Central Parkway, just south of Liberty Street. “Many of our students, …