Alter High School The baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated June 4, 6 p.m., at St. Charles Borromeo Church. Commencement will be June 5, 9:30 a.m., at Trent Arena in Kettering. The valedictorian is Caitlin O’Connell and the salutatorian is Christine Bianco.

By Jeanne Hunt “Slow down, you move too fast. Ya got to make the morning last….” These lyrics were humming through my mind one morning as I was surprised by a driver who ran a red light, cut across two lanes of oncoming traffic and nearly caused a major collision  …

Friday, May 7, 2010 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Members of the Catholic Inner-city Schools Education Fund executive board were presented with an $8,000 check on April 21 — proceeds from the Colonial Charity Fund. CISE was one of six local charities benefiting from the 25th annual Colonial Charity Fund Tennis Tournament.

Friday, May 7, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Anyone who doubts that music keeps a body young has never seen the New Horizons Band from the University of Dayton. The concert and jazz bands — which play everything from lively, well-known show tunes to popular music — are …

Thursday, May 6, 2010 HAMILTON DEANERY — John XXIII Catholic Elementary School will host a parent seminar on internet safety and preventing cyber-bullying in conjunction with their Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. The OBPP is a research-based program to reduce bullying in schools. …

Thursday, May 6, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — As a newly professed Sister of the Precious Blood, one of the last things Sister Helen Theresa Fleischman wanted to do was cook. But today the 80-year-old nun looks back fondly on a ministry that kept bishops and priests in …

Thursday, May 6, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel In his 2001 Holy Thursday Letter to Priests, Pope John Paul II highlighted the call and mission of Sts. Peter and Paul as examples for priests of today. These two great apostles were chosen by Christ to be missionaries to the world, …

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — “Trust Him.” That is what a new billboard campaign is urging the faithful to do. Produced by Divine Mercy Ministries, seven billboards are currently displayed in various locations throughout the Cincinnati area, bearing images of Christ with the message, “Jesus, I trust in you.”

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops called the introduction of a framework on immigration reform by Senate leadership April 29, an “important first step” in the process of achieving enactment of comprehensive reform legislation. The framework, developed by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and endorsed by Senate leadership, attempts …

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Catholic bishops in Mexico and the United States must work together to address the complex, ethical issues of immigration, Mexican Bishop Eduardo Carmona Ortega told Cath­olics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mexican church leaders want their parish communities to understand that …