March 4, 2011 Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32; Psalm 31:2-4, 17, 25; Roman 3:21-25, 28; Matthew 7:21-27.  

March 4, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel As a long, hard winter comes to a close, four words can always elevate my spirits: “Pitchers and catchers report!”

March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Anna Marie Lammert was celebrated Feb. 28 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the congregation’s Delhi Township motherhouse. Sister Anna Marie, 89, died Feb. 23 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for …

March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Marianist Father Cyril Middendorf will be celebrated March 5 in Queen of Apostles Chapel at Mount St. John in Dayton. Father Middendorf, 87, died Feb. 19.

March 2, 2011 A memorial Mass for Franciscan Father Nicholas Lohkamp will be celebrated March 5 at St. Clement Parish in St. Bernard. Father Lohkamp, 85, a member of the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province, died Feb. 23. 

March 2, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Raymond S. Burger was celebrated Feb. 24 at St. Margaret Mary Church in North College Hill. Deacon Burger, 86, died Feb. 20. 

February 25, 2011 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — The final results of a Jan. 9-15 referendum in southern Sudan were announced earlier this month, giving Sudanese residents of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati cause to celebrate. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of southern Sudan splitting from the north, paving …

February 23, 2011 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — Three parishes in downtown Dayton — Emmanuel, Holy Trinity and St. Joseph — will share a pastor beginning in July under the pastoral region seven plan. The news was recently announced in a letter from Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr and …

February 27, 2011 By Terrance Callan Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 49:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34