Friday, May 7, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Anyone who doubts that music keeps a body young has never seen the New Horizons Band from the University of Dayton. The concert and jazz bands — which play everything from lively, well-known show tunes to popular music — are …

Thursday, May 6, 2010 HAMILTON DEANERY — John XXIII Catholic Elementary School will host a parent seminar on internet safety and preventing cyber-bullying in conjunction with their Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. The OBPP is a research-based program to reduce bullying in schools. …

Thursday, May 6, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — As a newly professed Sister of the Precious Blood, one of the last things Sister Helen Theresa Fleischman wanted to do was cook. But today the 80-year-old nun looks back fondly on a ministry that kept bishops and priests in …

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — “Trust Him.” That is what a new billboard campaign is urging the faithful to do. Produced by Divine Mercy Ministries, seven billboards are currently displayed in various locations throughout the Cincinnati area, bearing images of Christ with the message, “Jesus, I trust in you.”

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops called the introduction of a framework on immigration reform by Senate leadership April 29, an “important first step” in the process of achieving enactment of comprehensive reform legislation. The framework, developed by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and endorsed by Senate leadership, attempts …

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Catholic bishops in Mexico and the United States must work together to address the complex, ethical issues of immigration, Mexican Bishop Eduardo Carmona Ortega told Cath­olics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mexican church leaders want their parish communities to understand that …

Friday, April 30, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Immaculate Heart of Mary School was selected as one of only 12 Catholic schools in the nation to be awarded the 2010 Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 By Sister Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Growing up in an Italian Catholic community in Pittsburgh, Darla Wainscott recalls how much her faith was part of daily life from an early age. “The Catholic community made me who I am,” said Wainscott, now a married …

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — St. Monica-St. George Parish will host Jamaican Jam-Reggae with a Cause on Saturday, May 8, to promote awareness of plight the Jamaican people.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Students at Royalmont Academy, a private, Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, participated in several activities to show their support for Pope Benedict XVI and to pray for him.