Catholic Rural Life of St. Marys and Sidney deaneries is encouraging Catholic farming families in those deaneries to apply for enrollment in the Catholic Century Farms Registry.   Active Catholic families who have farmed and nurtured the same land for 100 years or more are eligible for this distinction. Deadline …

By Mary Bertolini For The Catholic Telegraph  Why would an extremely busy bishop come to the United States just to help a small community celebrate a feast day? When people flee their country, Guatemalan Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini explained recently during a visit to Cincinnati, they take only a bag of …

By Catholic News Service CINCINNATI — Dr. John “Jack” Willke, an obstetrician and a former president of the National Right to Life Committee who is credited with helping shape the pro-life movement, died Feb. 20 at his home in Cincinnati. He was 89. A funeral Mass was to be celebrated …

By Sarah Anne Carter For The Catholic Telegraph  Renovations made it possible for one 175-year-old church to show the community its building in a close to original state during a recent anniversary celebration. A mural of St. Joseph and Jesus had been hidden behind a drop ceiling at St. Joseph …

Staff Report Doctor John Willke, who with his wife Barbara founded Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati in the 1970s died Friday, Feb. 20. He was 89.

  Staff Report We’ve reached the first Lenten Fish Fry Friday. If you’re looking to get out of the house as many have come down with cabin fever, head out this evening to enjoy the great food and friendship at our Parishes and Knights of Columbus Halls! With this very …

Staff Report If the weather kept you away from attending an Ash Wednesday Mass this morning or early afternoon, fear not. Below are the Ash Wednesday Mass times we have on file from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. If your parish isn’t listed here, check out the Mass Calendar HERE …

Staff Report Father Earl Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West in Cincinnati and columnist for The Catholic Telegraph will appear on the Bill Cunningham Show on 700 WLW radio today, Ash Wednesday, at 12:30 p.m.

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  Franciscan Media, a Cincinnati-based company that encompasses the St. Anthony Messenger magazine, Servant Books and AmericanCatholic.org laid off more than 20 employees on Feb. 12. Father Dan Kroger, CEO of Franciscan Media, confirmed the layoffs Tuesday, Feb. 17 but added that the company’s services would not …

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph  Maybe your family has been charged with an urn containing the ashes of great-uncle Louis or grandma Helen. For a time, perhaps they rested on the mantle or in a china cabinet. After a while, they were reverently moved to a storage closet or …