By Mary Bertollini For The Catholic Telegraph Ants pushed Maria Bernardina “Dina” Beach into missionary life. Yes, ants. She studied them as part of her undergraduate studies and was intrigued by their sense of hard work, community and care for one another.

Staff Report This time of year is ripe with opportunity.  Events around the world and in our daily lives coincide with the church’s liturgical calendar to offer many chances to grow in faith. Here are suggested Family Life activities for September.

Staff Report Throwback Thursday is here again and today we’re taking a look at a March 18, 1983 edition of The Catholic Telegraph. The full story, featured below as a photo, notes that St. Remy parish in Russia, Ohio had adopted the use of a computer into parish office life, …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  For many years, decades in fact, the storefront at 3546 Montgomery Road in Evanston sat vacant. That all changed on May 19 when Community Blend, the newest employee owned, cooperative business created by Interfaith Business Builders, Inc. (IBB), opened it doors to serve …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  In the “Land of Cross Tipped Churches,” the region in the northern part of the archdiocese where Catholic churches dot the rural landscape, their steeples are visible from miles away. They rise above the cornfields and small towns as a testament to the …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Nearly 300 people turned out on Aug. 14 to usher in a new era of education at Catholic Central High School in Springfield with a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the newly constructed high school building. Principal and CEO of Catholic Central School …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph   The name is misleading for those from outside the region, but St. Henry High School is a public institution. That fact could be misleading as well, because on game days this season you’ll find most of the St. Henry High School football team in …

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph His desk is a Formica-topped table. His office décor is part store room, part closet. Two mourning doves keep watch on him from outside on the windowsill nearby. But when you ask Jonathan Love, headmaster of St. Peter Claver Latin School for Boys what …

Staff Report A contest currently offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gives any parish the chance to win 250 “pocket gospels.” To sign up, click HERE and nominate your parish.

Staff Report It was 60 years ago yesterday that Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati received word via The Catholic Telegraph-Register that the Vatican had approved the use of some English during the administration certain sacraments. Permission was granted to use English in portions in baptism, matrimony, the anointing of …