Calvary to name part of cemetery after St. Kateri
By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph A five-year, five acre land conservation project at Calvary Cemetery in Dayton will bear the name of St. Kateri, the first native American Catholic saint and appropriately because she is the patron saint of the environment and ecology, according to Karla Hollenkamp of the …
Calvary Cemetery president retires after 51 years of service
By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph DAYTON – Calvary Cemetery Board President Harry Finke may soon be retiring, but he has more than left his mark on the place that has absorbed most of his attention for the past 51 years. He served as president for 46 of those years. …
Pope to send envoy to Christians forced from their homes in Iraq
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Given the “grave situation in Iraq,” Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Fernando Filoni to travel to the region to meet church and government officials, but especially to meet Christians chased from their homes by militants of the Islamic State.
Pope’s Korea trip seen as chance to for Catholics to renew their faith
By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead Catholic News Service NORTHVILLE, Mich. — When St. John Paul II canonized 103 Korean martyrs in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Alexius Hong was there to attend the canonization Mass. “This will be the second pope who visits Korea,” said Hong of Pope Francis’ plans …
Seminary rector appointed new bishop of Ukrainian eparchy based in Ohio
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Father Bohdan J. Danylo, a seminary rector in Connecticut, to head the Ukrainian Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio.
FOCUS ministry coming to Wright State University this fall
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph The Fellowship of Catholic University Students, better known as FOCUS, is coming to Wright State University this fall.
Supporters of traditional marriage gather outside courthouse
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Dwarfed in size and volume by an opposing rally less than a block away, roughly 30 people gathered to pray for the Sixth Circuit court to uphold traditional marriage outside the Potter Stewart Courthouse Wednesday in downtown Cincinnati. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, …
Live Tweets: Marriage supporters expected to gather outside courthouse today
Staff Report Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, will review challenges to laws upholding traditional marriage in four states — Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. The court will review all the cases together.
UC Society of St. Paul members ‘on fire’ with Catholic faith
By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph Every Sunday morning at the 11 a.m. Mass, a group of college students can be found gathered in the front left section of Annunciation Parish in Clifton to celebrate the Eucharist together. They are members of the Society of Saint Paul (SSP), a …
Bishop hopes Hawaii cathedral will be ‘spiritual destination’
By Patrick Downes Catholic News Service HONOLULU — The Vatican has designated Honolulu’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace as a minor basilica in recognition of its historic and spiritual significance.