Thursday, September 2, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — From the time she was old enough to read, Amy Brecount White says she found a home in books. Now the Catholic author is basking in the joy of seeing her first novel, Forget-Her-Nots (Greenwillow Books, 2010), touch the hearts …

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By Paul McKibben ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Ministries at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (IHM) in Anderson Township are helping the unemployed hone their skills to find work and provide emotional support to help cope with a job loss. Sandy Keiser, community education specialist and …

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 The Priests’ Personnel Office announces that Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr made the following appointments:

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — With the start of the 2010-11 athletic season, Elder High School will unveil EHS Mobile Sports, the official iPhone application of the Elder Panthers by JW Design. The app is currently in the approval process but will be available soon.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By David Eck HAMILTON DEANERY — St. Mary Parish in Franklin has agreed to purchase a 17-acre site in Springboro to relocate the parish in the future. The parish will pay $550,000 for the site, which is easily accessible from the new Austin Road interchange off …

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Peter J. Morabito, 52, music director at St. Ann Parish in Groesbeck for 26 years, died Aug. 23. A memorial Mass was celebrated at St. Ann on Aug. 28.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Louise Margaret Williams was celebrated Aug. 30 at Salem Heights. Sister Peg, who was 91, died Aug. 26 at the Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 76 years.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 ARCHDIOCESE — Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr presided at three Masses of thanksgiving in August to thank area Catholics for their generous support of the Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) and the vital ministries it funds in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Thursday, September 2, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel“In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure, with His Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit.” With these words, from the introduction to the fourth section of …

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-6, 12-17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Now that summer is morphing into fall and being transformed into the gorgeous colors of the new season, we might be looking back at the …