Ordination Week: Looking back to 1998
On May 16, 1998, Archbishop Pilarczyk ordained Patrick Welsh and Patrick Sheridan at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral. Here’s a look back on that day.
Convocation ‘great opportunity’ for U.S. church, says religious sister
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Dominican Sister Marie Bernadette Thompson can’t help but see things through a teacher’s eyes after spending eight years teaching elementary and high school students and belonging to an order whose charism is education and the faith formation of young people. …
Prudence, pastoral concern guided Medjugorje commission, member says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the Catholic Church recognizes as “worthy of belief” only the initial alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, it would be the first time the church distinguished between phases of a single event, but it also would acknowledge that human beings and a …
Illness a reminder of life’s value, pope tells Huntington’s patients
IMAGE: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The frailty associated with illnesses like Huntington’s disease is not a reason to shun the sick but a reminder of the value of life, Pope Francis said. Jesus came to tear down the walls of stigma and …
Papal celebration of Corpus Christi moves to Sunday
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ and the Corpus Christi procession on a Sunday — June 18 — and not on the traditional Thursday feast day, which is June 15 this year. Throughout Italy and in …
Archdiocesan student earns master’s degree in theology
St. Meinrad, IN – Mrs. Joy Roose from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, a student in the Graduate Theology Program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, was awarded a Master of Theological Studies on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Graduates accepted their diplomas from the Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB, …
Ordination Week: Looking Back 20 years ago
Twenty years ago four men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati were ordained, Fathers Jeff Fulmer, Mark Meyer, Patrick Sloneker, and Ronald Piepmeyer.
Remains of priest exhumed, verified as part of beatification process
IMAGE: CNS photo/Diane Clay, Sooner Catholic By Diane Clay OKARCHE, Okla. (CNS) — Early on the morning of May 10, the remains of Father Stanley F. Rother were exhumed from Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche and transported to Oklahoma City. As required by the Catholic Church for the beatification process, …
Railroad is beginning of line for 100-year-old South Carolina church
IMAGE: CNS photo/Christina Lee Knauss, The Catholic Miscellany By Christina Lee Knauss WALHALLA, S.C. (CNS) — For a century, a simple but serenely beautiful wooden building tucked away in the picturesque mountain town of Walhalla has been the spiritual home for Catholics. St. Francis of Assisi Mission was built by …
