Lumen Fidei Outstanding Catholic School Teacher for the State of Ohio
Maggie Banker Taul. She has taught science and religion at Cardinal Pacelli School/Our Lord Christ the King Church for over 20 years. Maggie lives with her husband, Nelson, in Cincinnati and they have four children: John, Tim, Will, and Jane. Their children have all been blessed with Catholic school education. …
The Call to Purity: An Echo of the Beginning
Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). In recent months, we have reflected on Christ’s words in Matthew 5:27-28 in which He condemned interior acts of lust, equating them with adultery committed in the heart. Pope St. …
Out and About for April 2024
1) Science Fair Winners at Lehman Lehman Catholic High School in Sidney held its annual Science Fair on Feb. 7. Thirteen of 40 students received superior ratings, qualifying them to participate in the district competition. Additionally, Ben O’Leary received the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence for a project in …
Survey: New priests are young and involved in their community
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown University for …
Treating Illness
When a person is diagnosed with a serious disease, do they have an obligation to treat it? According to the Catholic understanding of the human person, each person is obligated to use ordinary means to preserve their health, including medications, surgery and other procedures to address serious illness. This does …
Father Jacob Lindle to Study in Rome
Father Jacob Lindle preparing to head to Rome to study theology and patristics–the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. He will use the knowledge gained there to teach when he returns to Cincinnati. Father Lindle presently serves as the parochial vicar at the Mary, Queen …
Six Local All-Girls, Catholic High Schools Join Together for 5th Annual Girls’ Schools Unite Campaign
Cincinnati – From April 22 – 24, six area all-girls Catholic high schools – Mercy McAuley, Mount Notre Dame, Notre Dame Academy, Saint Ursula Academy, Seton, and Ursuline Academy – are teaming up for the 5th annual city-wide campaign called Girls’ Schools Unite. The fundraising campaign seeks to raise awareness …
St. Peregrine Cancer Prayer Service
The Shrine is pleased to be able to offer the St. Peregrine Relic for prayer and veneration. Three times per year a prayer service is held for those who are on a journey with cancer, whether it be as a patient or as a caregiver. The next service will be …
U.S. Supreme Court: Idaho can enforce ban on sex changes for children
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 18:45 pm The United States Supreme Court awarded Idaho emergency relief that will allow the state to enforce its ban on doctors performing sex-change operations on children and providing them with sex-change drugs. In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme …
New York’s Cardinal Dolan ‘safe and secure’ after sheltering amid Iranian airstrikes
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2024 / 18:15 pm Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is “safe” after he took shelter in Jerusalem as Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles over Israel beginning in the late hours of April 13. Dolan, who leads the Archdiocese of New …
