Thursday, September 17, 2009 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Bayley Place will present the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati with its prestigious Diamond Tribute Award.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Sister of St. Joseph Helen Prejean will speak at Xavier University’s Cintas Center on Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Helping pastors become better leaders in an era of declining resources and fewer priests is the goal of a new program being offered to priests in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. An aspect of the 18-month “Good Leaders, Good Shepherds” course is …

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — Amid the football and soccer games, band performances and drama productions, admissions administrators at Catholic high schools across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have their eye on another fall event — the annual open house.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 DAYTON DEANERY — In memory of those public safety personnel who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks and to honor all police, fire and emergency medical personnel, Knights of Columbus Marian Council #3754 sponsored a Blue Mass on Sept. 12 at St. Rita Church in …

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 DAYTON DEANERY — A special Labor Mass held on Sept. 7 at Immaculate Conception Church in Dayton brought the community together for prayer and to find hope the midst of our challenging economy. A number of area parishes chose to forgo their regular Labor Day Masses …

Monday, September 14, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — The Partnering to Protect Children child abuse and peer abuse prevention is beginning its seventh year of operation in Archdiocese of Cincinnati schools. Since 2003, a total of 36,929 students, 816 parents and 632 school staff members at 119 schools have taken part in …

Friday, September 11, 2009 By Mike Dyer ST. MARGARET MARY DEANERY — It didn’t take long for parishioners at St. Ignatius to realize flamingos would be invading some of their yards for a couple of days in the Monfort Heights area this summer. And while the tropical birds didn’t actually …

Thursday, September 10, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — On a recent Monday afternoon just before 4:30, a line had already started to form outside the St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine. Established in 1980, the soup kitchen, part of St. Francis Seraph Ministries, typically serves more …

Thursday, September 10, 2009 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Christians for Peace in El Salvador (CRISPAZ) will mark its 25th anniversary with a series of free events in Cincinnati, starting on Saturday, Sept. 26, with daylong activities at Bellarmine Chapel on the campus of Xavier University. All are open to the public.