Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I grew up in the countryside of Shelby County and attended Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in McCartyville and graduated from Anna High School in 2014. I have four siblings …

Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. When someone asks me where I am from, I never know exactly what to tell them. To many in seminary, I am from the middle of nowhere. I grew up …

On April 27, 2024, Bishop Fernandes  ordained two men to the transitional diaconate at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. This ordination is one of the final steps Kevin LeMelle and Adam Lewis will take before being ordained to the priesthood next year. …

In May 2024, I will complete my fifth year on the full-time faculty at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM). This is in addition to the three years I taught as an adjunct. These have been the most satisfying eight years of my professional career. I should …

Prayer for Vocations Almighty Father, You have created us for some definite purpose. Grant us the grace to know the path You have planned for us in this life and to respond with a generous “Yes.” Make our archdiocese, parishes, homes and hearts fruitful ground for Your gift of vocations. …

On Aug. 28, 1923, Sisters of the Precious Blood were welcomed with the pealing of bells upon their arrival at the new motherhouse on Salem Avenue. Founded in 1834 in Switzerland by Maria Anna Brunner, Sisters of the Precious Blood first arrived in the U.S. in 1844 when three Sisters …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown University for …

Father Jacob Lindle preparing to head to Rome to study theology and patristics–the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. He will use the knowledge gained there to teach when he returns to Cincinnati.  Father Lindle presently serves as the parochial vicar at the Mary, Queen …

[Cincinnati, OH] Rosemary Wack of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, age 95, passed away on March 24, 2024. Born February 18, 1929, Wack survived scarlet fever and the Great Depression. She was educated at Julienne High School in Dayton and was called to enter the Notre Dame de …

Washington D.C., Feb 11, 2021 / 04:10 pm MT (CNA).- Black Catholic nuns have made manifold contributions to the Church in the United States, and theirs is a story that needs to be told, one historian says. Generations of black Catholic women “fought against racism in order to answer God’s …