Monday, October 4, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — If a particular procedure exists in modern science, does that necessarily mean humanity should use it? That was the question posed by Dr. Ashley Fernandes at the Pro-Life Science and Technology Conference held Sept. 11 at the Engineers Club.

Monday, October 4, 2010 By David Eck  DAYTON DEANERY — Acceptance and support of people with mental illness is key to their recovery, and a workshop at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Centerville later this month will help parish workers and volunteers better serve these parishioners. The Oct. 28 …

Friday, October 1, 2010 ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — The McAuley High School child development classes will again offer a preschool program to area youngsters this fall.

Friday, October 1, 2010 By David Eck  ARCHDIOCESE — When Beth Christopfel was 18 she found herself pregnant, unmarried and in a negative relationship with the baby’s father.   The pregnancy was unexpected, and Christopfel knew she wasn’t ready to raise a child. So, at her family’s urging, she turned …

Friday, October 1, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Students, faculty, staff, parents, representatives of the archdiocesan Catholic Schools Office and members of the local community came together at Mother Brunner Catholic School in Dayton Sept. 22 for the opening Mass of the academic year. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided.

Thursday, September 30, 2010 By David Eck  ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Sometimes families who have members with special needs don’t participate in parish life, or they skip Mass altogether because they don’t feel welcomed or accepted. But a new ministry at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Liberty Township is working …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Mike Dyer ARCHDIOCESE — October will be a busy month for members of the Parishes for Life (PFL) task force in many area faith communities. The task force, which evolved through the archdiocese’s Advocates for Justice Greater Cincinnati Parish Collaborative and receives support from the archdiocesan …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 COLUMBUS — The Pontifical College Josephinum began its 123rd year of formation with more priests on its faculty than it has had in more than a decade. The faculty of 14 includes a Jesuit, a Father of Mercy, two Dominicans, a Franciscan and priests from dioceses …

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has entrusted Holy Family Parish in Dayton to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) for celebration of the Catholic traditional Latin Mass and sacraments in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU SIDNEY DEANERY — The 35th annual Northern Area Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Northern Area Office of Evangelization and Catechesis was held Sept. 18 at the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School in Piqua. Approximately 250 catechetical leaders, youth ministers, Catholic school …