Everyday Evangelists: Retiring Family Life Office coordinator shares story
March 29, 2011 By Sister Eileen Connelly, OSU SIDNEY DEANERY — In her nearly 25 years of ministry in the archdiocesan Family Life Office, Jean Borgert has had the opportunity to hear many people’s stories, to laugh with them, cry with them, advise and counsel them. As she prepared to …
Sunday Scripture: Lord, give us the strength of your salvation
March 29, 2011 By Sister Betty J. Lillie. SC Third Sunday of Lent: Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42. A theme of seeking water to drink when people suffered from thirst works through our liturgical reading for this week. In the time of the Exodus the …
Father John Beckman
March 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Jesuit Father John “Jack” Beckman was celebrated March 15 at St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel on the campus of Xavier University. Father Beckman, 90, died March 11.
Sister Rita Braun
March 25, 2011 A Mass for Sister of the Good Shepherd Rita Braun was celebrated March 15 at Good Shepherd Pelletier Hall in Ft. Thomas, Ky. Sister Rita, 87, died March 11.
Francis J. Conte
March 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Francis J. Conte, former dean of the University of Dayton School of Law, will be celebrated March 26 at Ascension Parish in Kettering. Conte, 68, died March 20.
Annual Catholic Ministries Appeal launched
March 25, 2011 By David Eck Several times each year, local priests accompany young men to meet Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr for an evening of fellowship and prayer.
Burundi couples married at St. Leo the Great Parish
March 16, 2011 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Five couples originally from the refugee camps of Burundi were married during Sunday morning Mass March 6 at St. Leo the Great Church in South Fairmount.
Area faithful mark start of Lent
March 16, 2011 CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Local Catholics marked the start of the season of Lent — a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving — March 9 at special Ash Wednesday Masses throughout the archdiocese. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, placing …
Catechumens, candidates gather for Rite of Election
March 17, 2011 ARCHDIOCESE — The Archdiocese of Cincinnati celebrated the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on March 13 at special Masses in Cincinnati and Dayton.
Vatican Observatory astronomer gives presentation at Bellefontaine parish
March 17, 2011 By David Eck SIDNEY DEANERY — As a child growing up in Detroit, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno loved looking at the stars through his telescope, but he also enjoyed pretending to be a priest and saying Mass.