Wednesday, August 5, 2009 The Priests’ Personnel Office announces that Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk has made the following appointments:

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE – When President Barrack Obama visited Ghana July 10-11, Holy Ghost Father Francis Tandoh was closely tuned to news from his homeland. “I was following him on CNN,” said Father Tandoh, pastor of several Dayton-area parishes and a native of Ghana. “It …

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A second collection at The Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains generated $1,054 for Joyce Baresel, a parishioner who was injured in June when she was struck by a rock while riding in a taxicab. The collection was taken at four of the cathederal’s Masses the …

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Some 130 deacons and their wives from the across the country gathered at Xavier University’s Cintas Center July 19-22 for the annual conference of the National Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education (NDICE). The overall theme for this year’s gathering was …

Friday, July 24, 2009 DAYTON DEANERY — Sister of Divine Providence Joyce Detzel, a Dayton native, made her first profession of vows on June 19 in her congregation’s Sacred Heart Chapel at Our Lady of the Lake Convent in San Antonio, Texas.

Friday, July 24, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — The Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council (GCPGC) recently honored Wilma K. McGrath posthumously and Father Thomas Bokenkotter for their selfless generosity that will benefit generations to come.

Friday, July 24, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — The Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council (GCPGC) recently honored Wilma K. McGrath posthumously and Father Thomas Bokenkotter for their selfless generosity that will benefit generations to come.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 ST. MARTIN DEANERY — Bishop James Garland will return to his hometown on Sunday, July 26, to celebrate two milestones in his ministry: his ordination to the priesthood in 1959 and his appointment to the episcopacy in 1984.

Thursday, July 23, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Queen of Angels Montessori School in Madison Place is committed to more than just providing a quality Catholic education. In 2006 the school took education one step further and made the decision to accept students diagnosed …

Thursday, July 23, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard DAYTON DEANERY — Ava Ritter expected to see her son, Randy, graduate from high school. She envisioned him walking across the stage, dressed in his cap and gown, with a smile of relief and a sense of accomplishment on his face as …