DePaul Cristo Rey celebrates 100 percent college acceptance for seniors
For the second year in a row DePaul Cristo Rey High School in Cincinnati has announced that 100 percent of its senior class has been accepted to college. It’s only February and already DePaul Cristo Rey’s Class of 2016 has hit a milestone – all seniors have been accepted to …
‘Bad’ Catholic school experience helped student become better man
By all rights, I didn’t deserve a Catholic education. Catholic education is a privilege and it requires commitment from school, parents and student to succeed. My parents and the school of my youth did their part, but it took years until I began to do mine. I’m a Catholic school …
Kindergarten teacher uses cancer battle to teach lessons of faith
Upon entering Lisa Miller’s classroom at St. Nicholas Academy, it’s obvious how much her kindergartners adore their teacher. Just as evident is her love for them and dedication to bringing lessons of faith to the classroom, including her battle with breast cancer. Read more Catholic Schools Week Stories Miller, a …
2016 Cincinnati Catholic Schools Week Mass fills cathedral [Photos]
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains was full of students and teachers singing in praise to the Lord Tuesday morning for the 2016 Catholic Schools Week Mass for Cincinnati-area schools. Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr was the celebrant. Susan Gibbons, interim superintendent of Catholic schools, led the call to …
Fish Fry Guide 2016 now available online
Lent is a season of penance and fasting as Christians everywhere await the resurrection of the Lord at Easter. For Catholics, it also means a hearty dose of fellowship in the form of the parish Fish Fry. This year 93 parishes, schools or institutions submitted information for our 2016 online Fish Fry …
40 Days for Life spring campaign kicks off Feb. 6
This Saturday, Feb. 6, the 40 Days for Life spring campaign will kick off in Cincinnati. The campaign runs officially from Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10) to Palm Sunday (March 20). Speakers at Saturday’s kickoff event will include Henry Flowers IV, the new director of the Life Issues Institute’s Protecting Black …
Mission dioceses minister to Catholics scattered over great distances
IMAGE: Nancy Wiechec By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic missionaries played a large role in bringing European values and religion to North America in the 18th century. The role of the Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans and other Catholic religious orders was to set up missions that became economic, political and …
Vocations crisis needs prayer, not despair or lax admissions, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Respond to the crisis of vocations with intensified prayer, not despair or a lax admissions process, Pope Francis told women and men religious. He said he is tempted to lose hope, too, asking God, “What is happening? Why is the …
Father Stanley H. Neiheisel dead at 81
Father Stanley H. Neiheisel passed away on Friday, January 29. He was born on March 5, 1934, in Cincinnati. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Fr. Neiheisel also received a Master’s degree in Education from Xavier University. …
Catholic schools are vital part of church’s mission, Archbishop Lucas says
National Catholic Schools Week 2016 will be celebrated across the United States Jan. 31- Feb. 6 with the theme “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” “Catholic schools are a vital aspect of the church’s mission to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and so an important aspect of …