DAYTON — On Jan. 9 Chaminade Julienne High School announced plans for a $4 million dollar renovation to the school’s second floor to create the CJ STEMM Center. The center is slated to open in August of 2013 and be ready for the following school year. The announcement of the …

Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer reporter and author, will be honored as the Salesian Guild’s Distinguished Communicator of the Year at the group’s annual dinner meeting in Cincinnati on Saturday, Jan. 26. Cincinnati photographer Robert Flischel will be guest speaker, presenting an audiovisual program based on his coffee table book Messages …

Mrs. Linda Wolff, fifth-grade teacher at St. Antoninus parish, says her school is sharing her exciting for winning the iPad Mini awarded by the Archdiocesan office of Evangelization and Catechesis Year of Faith Giveaway. The Giveaway was hosted in conjunction with the A.C.E. Project to help broaden its on-line audience, …

By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI will ordain his longtime secretary an archbishop Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany. The pope named his closest aide to be prefect of the papal household, a job that involves organizing the pope’s daily round of audiences and …

A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Genevieve Bankoski was celebrated Nov. 26 in the congregation’s motherhouse chapel.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Marie Bax (formerly known as Sister M. Hèloise), was held at Salem Heights in Dayton on Dec. 31.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Catherine Brickner (formerly known as Sister M. Lucina) was held Dec. 27 at Salem Heights in Dayton.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied two companies’ request for an injunction while they challenge part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate in court. In an order filed Dec. 26, Sotomayor ruled that the owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store and the …

By John Stegeman It’s well known that the Catholic Church is one of the strongest advocates for a child’s right to life, with various organizations dedicated to overturning the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. While the victims of abortion are well memorialized in “Field of Innocents” displays around …

By Father Angelo Anthony, CPPS Among the historical treasures to be found in Emmanuel Church in Dayton, one is readily drawn to the beautiful stained glass windows that tell the story of the life of Jesus along the east wall and the life of Mary on the west wall. Throughout …