October 12, 2011 By Sean Reynolds God, do you ever lose sleep over your children? I do. I’ve got one who struggles for Cs in school:  what kind of future is out there for him? I’ve got another with a chemical imbalance that makes her crazy sometimes. Thank God for …

October 9, 2011 By Father Timothy P. Schehr Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-20; Matthew 22:1-14 Wedding invitations are so special they are easy to spot in a stack of mail. They are often layered with enclosures, the details prominently displayed in embossed ink on …

October 5, 2011 By Maggie Malach SIDNEY DEANERY — The 36th Annual Northern Area Congress for parish leaders and catechists, held at the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School in Piqua, drew an audience that spanned from teenagers to senior citizens. All came for the same reason: to discuss different ways …

October 5, 2011   ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Joan Elizabeth Cook, president, welcomed Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse for Bayley’s Mother Margaret George Honor and Memorial Society celebration Sept. 15.

October 4, 2011 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — A musical celebration of the past, present and future will bring together musicians and choirs from six west side parishes. A Choral Fest will take place Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Cheviot.