Wednesday, April 28, 2010 By Terrance Callan Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5; John 13:31-33, 34-35 It is often necessary to endure difficulties in order to reach some goal. We need to practice if we want to master physical and mental skills. We must work patiently to grow …

Friday, April 23, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — The sixth annual Dayton Catholic Homeschool Conference is scheduled for May 21 and 22 at St. Peter Family Life Center in Huber Heights. The conference is open to all parents and high school students.

Friday, April 23, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — As a result of St. Vincent de Paul’s 2009 Food From The Heart Campaign, an annual event in partnership with The Kroger Co. and the local community, more than $27,000 and 77,525 pounds of food were collected at Greater Cincinnati Kroger stores.

Thursday, April 22, 2010 ST. MARYS DEANERY — “Stepping Up the Call,” the seventh annual pilgrimage for vocations awareness, will be held Saturday, May 8. The event includes stops for prayer/presentations at up to six churches and religious sites in Mercer and Auglaize counties, beginning with morning prayer at St. …

Thursday, April 22, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — A young mother has lost twin babies to serious illness because her village is separated from the nearest hospital by a checkpoint that is closed at night. A family has lost their freedom and land due to the wall that …

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The Athenaeum of Ohio’s George C. Findley Memorial Lecture, “Marriage in Minority Communities: The Contribution of the Catholic Church.” will be presented by Helen M. Alvaré on Wednesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m., in the Bartlett Pastoral Center on the …

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Nearly 700 Greater Cincinnati area Catholic school employees — from teachers, teacher’s aides, principals and maintenance personnel to pastors and deacons — will be on hand next week to celebrate Catholic schools at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s annual Cincinnati Catholic Schools Banquet.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Marianist Father Thomas Schoen, a pioneer in computer science education, who founded one of the oldest computer science programs in the nation at the University of Dayton, died April 14, at Mercy Siena Gardens in Dayton. He was 78.

Thursday, April 22, 2010 By Michael Daley Even to the most casual observer, it’s been easy to see that the church has been taking it pretty hard on the chin lately. Most of the blows, sadly, have been self-inflicted. It’s like I keep hearing the deafening echo in my ears of …

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:27-30 Here’s a good Bible question to think about: What image for God is so popular we find it in the Bible from beginning to end? The answer: God as Shepherd. The second …