By Mary Bertolini When St. Mary Church in Dayton opened in 1860, the parishioners were mostly German and Sisters of Notre Dame staffed its school for 23 years. The city grew, prospered, faltered, and bounced back, and today Dayton is home to diverse cultures, including immigrants from Russia, India, Turkey, …

Three Badin High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Seniors Kaitlyn Dick, Aaron Helson and Alexandra Hensley scored in the top five percent of the more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 scholarship competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National …

Badin High School senior David Berg admits that he was surprised and a little confused when he opened his ACT score on his iPad and it showed a composite 36. “I wasn’t really sure – I didn’t really think I could actually get that score,” Berg said with a slight …

It was 100 years ago, in the village of Fatima, Portugal, when three children —Lucia Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marta, were visited six times by an angel — preparing them for an even more significant messenger — the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared to …

SIDNEY, Ohio — Lehman Catholic High School seniors, Jake Earhart, son of Jeff and Kelly Earhart, of Piqua, and Katie Edwards, daughter of John and Heather Edwards, of Sidney; were crowned as 2016 Homecoming King and Queen Friday night during pre-game festivities of the Upper Scioto Valley football game. Along with …

Dayton – Carroll High School seniors Julia Arnold, Ryan Buechele, Alex Dingus, Angela Smith, and Maeve Curliss earned distinction as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. Some facts about Carroll High School: These semifinalists gained this recognition by achieving at least a 217 selection index on the College Board’s 2015 PSAT/National Merit …

Shortly after the end of the Civil War, the predominantly German farmers who populated what is today Hamilton County’s Green Township, tired of the weekly trek to Mass at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Delhi Township or St. James in White Oak. “Back in that time, it was still …

Father John O’Donoghue saddled his horse outside his home church in Morrow and began to make frequent visits to Wilmington — the Quaker-founded seat of Clinton County. A group of Irish farmers had requested a priest come to say Mass and eventually Father O’Donoghue fulfilled their wish on a more …

(Hamilton) – The Stephen Badin Rams will play Purcell Marian Cavaliers in their Homecoming football game on Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at Virgil Schwarm Stadium. The court will be part of the Homecoming parade that starts at 6 p.m. that night from the Hamilton Freshman School and goes …

By Kelly Anchrum CINCINNATI – Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio is hosting Msgr. Ray East, who will share insights on how people of faith can have meaningful conversations about racism and be more intentional in addressing poverty in their community. The presentation will begin Sept. 27 at 7:30 a.m., with a …