Ash Wednesday rally shows support for immigrants
A group of 40 people gathered in front of the John Weld Peck Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati on Ash Wednesday and marched in bitter cold weather to show their support to immigrants in the United States and to call for repentance as individuals and as a country for our …
Why aren’t more millennials in the pews? Let’s ask them
When you ask why millennials aren’t attending church on a regular basis, you get a variety of answers. Because of the music, or the sermons, or because we have the attention span of a gnat, some say. Because an hour for God is just too much, after all we’ve gotta …
Priest’s mission starts with getting people to the dinner table
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — For Father Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other. “The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures.It’s implicit in …
SCHEDULE FOR Tuesday, March 1, 2016
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim West By WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new report on U.S. women religious said that religious life is becoming not only more multiethnic but more international as well. The report, “Understanding U.S. Catholic Sisters Today,” said that of all women who entered religious life in the past 10 …
Eight Installed in Ministry of Reader
Eight candidates took a step toward holy orders as they were installed to the Institution of Reader by the Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, during Mass in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great February 20. A large crowd of parents and guests was present for …
Catholic media outlet offers multimedia guide for pilgrimage
IMAGE: CNS photo/Wu Hong, EPA By Gaby Maniscalco SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CNS) — Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral was dark as men and women of different faiths walked down the center aisle of the mission-revival-style church. The names of the 14 victims of the Dec. 2 shooting at the …
A heart that can’t forgive stays shut to God’s mercy, pardon, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Justin Lane, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — We must always forgive others who have wronged us because that is how our hearts are opened to receive God’s grace, pardon and healing, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “If you aren’t able to forgive, how …
Father Pavone to speak at Elizabeth’s New Life Center banquet
Elizabeth’s New Life Center is holding the annual Spring Partnership Banquet featuring speaker Father Frank Pavone, president of Priests for Life. Father Pavone has been invited to speak internationally on pro-life topics and is one of the best speakers in the country. The theme of this year’s banquet is Creating …
Behold, Catholic beard balm (yes, it’s a thing)
What do you do with an excess of chrism and a plethora of Catholic men with beards? Tony Vasinda, a director of faith formation at a Catholic parish in Seattle, Wash., was faced with that dilemma two years ago when he ordered some of the fragrant, liturgical oil for his …
Chatfield College receives $1 million gift from renowned surgeon
Chatfield College in Cincinnati and St. Martin, Ohio has received a bequeathed gift for $1 million from Dr. Mary Lois Jung — a surgeon, former Catholic nun and dedicated philanthropist. Jung’s gift is the largest testamentary gift received in Chatfield’s history and will create its largest endowed scholarship – one of …
