Monday, February 8, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — This year St. Ursula Academy will celebrate the founding of the school and the Ursuline Sisters of Cincinnati. One hundred years ago, St. Ursula opened at its current site in East Walnut Hills. It has since grown from two buildings to …

Friday, February 5, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — With Operation Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Services’ annual Lenten program, set to begin on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, the archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office has once again teamed with CRS to offer challenge grants to area parishes and schools.

Friday, February 5, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Holy-Cross Immaculata Parish, perched atop Mt. Adams and overlooking downtown Cincinnati, will spend 2010 celebrating its 150th anniversary as a parish. The theme of the celebration is “Honor Our Past, Cherish Our Present and Inspire Our Future.”

Friday, February 5, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — St. Mark Catholic Church in Evanston hosted its 10th annual Keep the Dream Alive Awards ceremony marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18. The theme this year was “Serve to Lift Up Our Neighbors and Our Community.”

Friday, February 5, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel Jesus’ very last words in the Gospel of Matthew form a basis for the foundation and structure of the church: “Behold, I am with you always, even until the end of the age.”  As He says these words to the 11, He …

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Mary Sharon Raben was celebrated Jan. 25 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Mary Sharon, 92, died Jan. 22 at St. Clare Hall, the health care facility for her congregation.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Schools, parishes and pro-life organizations in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati marked the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision with a variety of activities.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 By Terrance Callan Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 A personal invitation has a much greater effect on us than a general announcement that help is needed. We are much more likely to say “yes” to a person asking …