Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Brother John Blank, a Marianist Brother for nearly 70 years, died April 14 in Dayton at the age of 82.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Sister of Charity Monica Marie Ehnie died April 16 in Mother Margaret Hall at the order’s motherhouse at Mount St. Joseph. She was 78.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 By Father Rob Waller Do you remember the Lone Ranger? Who was always with him? Exactly! Tonto. Apparently, the Masked Man was not really a lone ranger. He had a faithful, human companion. Even with his silver bullets to protect him and his white stallion on …

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 By Sister Carol Gaeke, O.P. “God made man is His own image and man has returned the compliment,” quipped the French philosopher Voltaire. This tongue-in-cheek line reveals two sides of the Easter mystery. On one is the belief in God becoming human and then being taken …

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 By Father Timothy P. Schehr Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 This Sunday the apostle Thomas takes his famous misstep in faith. He needs absolute proof before he will believe his brother apostles have seen the Lord. It is a disappointing stance from someone who …

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The seventh-grade at Cardinal Pacelli School recently took recycling to a whole new level becoming the recycling center for old computers.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 HAMILTON DEANERY — Seven inmates at Lebanon Correctional Institution (LCI) north of Cincinnati were welcomed into the Catholic Church on April 12, experiencing the joy and hope of the Easter season.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Ursuline Sister Gabriel Behler was celebrated on April 14 at the congregation’s Sacred Heart Chapel in St. Martin. Sister Gabriel, 95, died April 7 at Mount Notre Dame Health Care Center in Reading.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Dominican Sister Francis Winifred Schnell on April 8 in St. Catherine Chapel at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. She died on April 6 at age 84. Sister Francis Winifred was in her 63rd year of religious …

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for De La Salle Christian Brother Patrick O’Brien was celebrated on April 4 at La Salle Institute in Wildwood, Mo. Brother Patrick, 71, died on March 31 in Fairhope, Ala., on his way to Florida to visit friends.