As a priest, Father Michael Hay is concerned with eternal mysteries. But as a fiction writer, he trained his sights on a mystery of a more mundane kind — an old-fashioned murder puzzle, British style.

October 21, 2011 A memorial Mass for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Carita Kemble was celebrated Oct. 22 in the Immaculate Conception chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Carita, 94, died Oct. 9 at Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the congregation. She was a Sister of …

October 21, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Florence Brotzge was celebrated Oct. 11 in the motherhouse chapel. Sister Florence, 98, died Oct. 8 at Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the congregation. She was a Sister of Charity for 79 years.

October 21, 2011 A memorial Mass for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Martha Farlow was celebrated Oct. 5 in the motherhouse chapel. Sister Martha, 91, died Sept. 27 at Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the congregation. She was a Sister of Charity for 72 years.

October 21, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Sue Bradshaw was celebrated Oct. 4 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Sue, 76, died Sept. 30 at St. Clare Hall, the healthcare facility for the congregation.

October 21, 2011 By Sean Reynolds Looking back over nearly 30 years of marriage, the toughest times were always when our family was stretched thin. We were either too busy or focused on the wrong things, or both. The result? Individually, and as a family, we became emotionally fragile, brittle …

October 21, 2011 By Michael Daley  A while back, wanting some gifts for our kids after a week’s vacation away from them, my wife and I wandered into a toy store. Perusing the aisles, my “Catholic” eyes quickly caught a lunch box prominently displayed on a shelf.

November 4, 2011 By Father Earl Fernandes My last name has been butchered more times than I care to count. Most often it is misspelled as Fernandez. I have also been called Hernandez, Rodriguez, and most recently, Gonzalez. One parishioner calls me Speedy after the famous cartoon character, because I …

October 21, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt If anyone should be nominated for the Foolish Virgins Society poster child, I’m your woman. I have run out of oil so many times, it’s not funny. It comes from convincing myself that I have more oil than I really do.

October 21, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel Liturgically, November is certainly my favorite month. Beginning with the two great celebrations of All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day and usually concluding with the start of the new liturgical year, there are many things to celebrate. We are naturally called to …