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Salesian Guild to honor Maryanne Zeleznik

Maryanne Zeleznik, news director of 91.7 WVXU for 10 years, will be honored as the Salesian Guild’s Distinguished Communicator of the Year at the group’s annual dinner meeting in Cincinnati on Saturday, Jan. 23. Please mail completed registration form by Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. Guest speaker for the event will …
Concert celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life planned for January

As the Year of Consecrated Life comes to a close the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will be alive with a concert at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains in downtown Cincinnati. “Wake Up the World! A Concert Celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life,” will take place on Jan. 17 at 3 …
Mass times added for Christmas 2015, and Solemnity of Mary holy day

The Catholic Telegraph’s online Mass Times listing has been updated to include times for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Dec. 31/Jan. 1) Mass times. Found HERE, the Mass Times listing includes more than 200 parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and is maintained locally …
All About Mary website makes knowledge of Virgin Mary accessible worldwide

How old was the Virgin Mary when she gave birth to Jesus? What were her last words in the Bible? How do you pray the Hail Mary in Swahili? The answer to those questions and more can be found on a newly redesigned website from the University of Dayton with …
Catholic schools give in Christmas spirit

Catholic school students are always giving back. Here’s a look at three schools in the archdiocese that are getting into the Christmas spirit. To submit a photo and story from your school for possible inclusion on this site, please send press release and images here. Christmas reading with the Dominicans …
Archdiocese represented at women-led interfaith prayer service for peace

People of all faiths were welcomed in downtown Cincinnati Dec. 16 for a women’s led interfaith prayer service in support of peace and unity in the community. According to media accounts, roughly 200 people showed up for the service, which was sponsored by AJC Cincinnati, the Islamic Center of Greater …
Midnight Mass returns to St. Anthony of Padua Church

Midnight Mass at Christmas has made a comeback at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati’s only Maronite Church. The Maronite Church is part of the Eastern Church centered in Lebanon and extending into Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq, said Father George Hajj, pastor at St. Antony …
Archbishop Schnurr opens Holy Door, urges faithful to accept the challenge of mercy

On Sunday, Dec. 13 Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr opened the Holy Door at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, beginning the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. More then 400 people were present for the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass which began with “Rite of the Opening …
Archdiocese archives now doing genealogy research

The Chancery Archives of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati contains items and documents of historical significance to the entire region, but it also contains critical information for those researching their family’s past. For the first time since 2012, when the archives were closed for renovation and moving, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is …
Students from St. Vincent Ferrer given Sparkleboxes

Catholic Schools throughout the 19-county Archdiocese of Cincinnati spend Advent festively preparing their students for the birth of Christ at Christmas. Last week at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic school in Kenwood, students in Kindergarten through third grade gathered in the chapel and heard the story of The Sparkle Box, by Jill …