Wednesday, October 20, 2010 By David Eck  ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Church marked its centennial Oct. 9 with a special Divine Liturgy celebrated by Chorbishop Michael Kail.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary graduated 44 students during ceremonies Oct. 17 in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great on the Athenaeum campus. The degrees were conferred by Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr. The archbishop also delivered …

Monday, October 18, 2010 LaVerne S. Wissman (nee Shifflet) of Mt. Washington died Oct. 16, 2010. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Oct. 20 at Guardian Angels Church. T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Monday. October 18, 2010ARCHDIOCESE — The World Apostolate of Fatima will sponsor the international Pilgrim Virgin Statue at 21 sites throughout the Cincinnati area from Nov. 2-24.

Friday, October 15, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — Chaminade-Julienne High School held a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the school’s new Student Conditioning Center and Blue Green Field Sept. 22. Michael Ervin, co-chairperson of Greater Downtown Dayton Plan and vice-chairperson of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, and Dan McCabe, Dayton Power …

Thursday, October 14, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Wool and cotton handcrafts made by women of the Peruvian cooperative Artesania Pachamama (Earth Mother) will be on sale again this year, Friday, Oct. 29, noon-5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., in Regina Hall at the Sisters of Charity …

Thursday, October 14, 2010 SIDNEY DEANERY — St. Mary and St. Boniface parishes in Piqua are marking the 20th year of 24-hour adoration at St. Clare Chapel, and the anniversary will be celebrated at both parishes with a week of activities.

Thursday, October 14, 2010 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Priests should preach God’s word from His perspective, not their own, in helping parishioners form their Catholic conscience. That was among the key messages Father Earl Fernandes shared during a presentation at the annual priest convocation Oct. 7 at Incarnation …

Thursday, October 14, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes It’s October, the month of the rosary. My parents and two oldest brothers came to America from India in 1970. By December 1973, they were proud parents of five boys. My mother told us that since we didn’t have family here, we …

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Isabelle Waker was celebrated Oct. 6 at the Mount Notre Dame chapel in Cincinnati. Sister Mary Isabelle, 93, died Oct. 1 at Mount Notre Dame Health Center. She was in her 74th year …