Mary Garden Plant List: Brent Ogburn
Brent Ogburn, Director of Business Development for Grunder Landscape Co., planned the indoor garden at UD’s Marian Library around plants that would be available from local nurseries and in bloom during the exhibit dates. Taken from the writings of John Stokes, Jr., who popularized the idea of Mary Gardens, all …
Scenes from R U Called, Dinner for Women discerning the Consecrated Life
St. Francis de Sales in Lebanon hosted a gathering for young women who are discerning a call to the consecrated life on April 26th. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr was in attendance to meet young women discerning one of the varied Consecrated Life options present in the Archdiocese. Here are some photos …
Body and Soul Recipe Overnight Christmas Blueberry-Pecan French Toast
Editors Note: In the May 2017 Print Edition of The Catholic Telegraph, Body and Soul on page 24 featured a story on Donna Marie Cooper. Below is her featured recipe: Ingredients: nonstick spray 1 baguette, cut into 20 one inch slices (you can use a wholegrain bread for extra nutrition …
Celebrating the past, looking to the future St. Stephen Parish celebrates 150th anniversary
As St. Stephen Parish in Cincinnati’s Columbia Tusculum neighborhood celebrates 15 decades of serving the area’s Catholics, the congregation is as focused on the future as on looking at the past. “There are more than 200 families now and we are beginning to grow,” said Mike Keating, life-long parishioner and …
Catholic chaplain accompanies anguished circus workers on final tour
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tanya Connor, The Catholic Free Press By Tanya Connor WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) — The congregation, numbering about 50, gathered for their last Easter Mass together on the DCU Center’s arena floor. The chaplain, Father George “Jerry” Hogan, borrowed one of their colorful boxes to use as an altar. …
Michigan head coach says meeting pope was ’emotional’
IMAGE: NS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As someone accustomed to the stress of the gridiron, University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh said he was touched by Pope Francis’ peaceful presence. “The way he talks is peaceful, it’s calm. It felt like this …
Why be afraid when God is always showing the way, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians always have hope, no matter how bleak, bad or uncertain the journey, because they know God is always by their side, Pope Francis said. In fact, “even crossing parts of the world (that are) wounded, where things are not …
In TED talk, pope urges people to make real connections
IMAGE: CNS photo/TED.com By Keanine Griggs VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While searching for a connection today often means looking for Wi-Fi, Pope Francis said real connections between people are the only hope for the future. “How wonderful would it be if the growth of scientific and technological innovation would come …
Cincinnati’s Oratory Celebrates
On April 25, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated the establishment Mass for the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Cincinnati, based at Old St. Mary’s Church in Over-the-Rhine. Known for splendid liturgies, the Oratory welcomed the archbishop, representatives from Rome, and supporters with new Officially approved by Pope Francis earlier …
Nuncio tells seminarians that ministry extends beyond ‘office hours’
By Tim Puet COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) — A priest’s “office hours” are unlimited and the priesthood is not solely focused on administrative work, the apostolic nuncio to the United States told students at the nation’s only Vatican-affiliated seminary. “It’s important to say this to young seminarians: Don’t prepare yourselves to …