Toledo Priest convicted of murder dies; funeral Mass planned
By Laurie Stevens Bertke Catholic News Service TOLEDO — Though he was convicted of murder in 2006, the late Father Gerald Robinson remained a priest at the time of his death and as such his funeral is to follow “the usual protocol for a diocesan priest’s funeral.”
Hundreds gather in Washington for Fortnight for Freedom closing Mass
By Sarah Hinds Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A deep appreciation for religious liberty brought Anh Thu Vu of the Binh Thuan province of Vietnam to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the Fortnight for Freedom closing Mass July 4.
Pope Francis meets sex abuse victims
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Asking for forgiveness, Pope Francis told abuse survivors that “despicable actions” caused by clergy have been hidden for too long and had been “camouflaged with a complicity that cannot be explained.”
Archbishop names Groman abuse survivors ministry coordinator
Press Release Cherie Groman has been appointed the new Coordinator of Ministry to Survivors of Abuse by Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, effective July 1.
Music director loves leading people to the Lord
By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph “This is what I’m supposed to be doing. This is my vocation.” To be able to utter those words with such joy and certainty is a blessing and it’s how George Stegeman, director of music at Guardian Angels Parish at Mt. Washington, speaks …
Music ministry challenges ever ancient, ever new

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Aside from the pastor, the parish music director can be the most public face of a parish. At nearly every Mass, wedding or funeral, he or she is there. The largest national organization for Catholic musicians, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM), will …
Couple in sync in marriage and music
By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph It was Bonnie and Skip Ekhart’s love for liturgical music that first brought them together, and for more than 20 years, the couple has been sharing their gifts at Precious Blood Parish in Dayton. Bonnie serves as the director of music and liturgy …
Kinzig’s family ties stretch back to early 1900s
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Since nearly 1900, there has been an Eifert providing music for Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Couple’s path brings them from secular clubs, to church music
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Alice and Steve Barnes, a husband and wife duo, are music director and organist, respectively, at Holy Trinity church in Norwood.
Friars Studio brings artistic opportunities to Over-the-Rhine
By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph The renaissance of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is bringing new restaurants, shops, apartments and galleries into rehabbed buildings that, in many cases, are more than a century old. Inside one of those buildings, another type of renaissance is taking place. People who attend a …