La Salle Upperclassmen Coordinating with Matthew 25 Ministries to Serve the Less Fortunate
Did any good come out of out of the COVID-19 pandemic? From shutdowns to self-distancing, many argue there wasn’t much to be cheerful about during its height. However, rather than focus on the negatives happening in 2020, then-juniors at La Salle High School in Cincinnati created a positive initiative—a clothing …
Precious Blood Jubilarians 2023
Eight Sisters of the Precious Blood recently celebrated milestone anniversaries of entrance into the Congregation: Sister Berenice Janszen — 80 years Sister Dorothy Koenig — 80 years Sister Genevieve Volk — 75 years Sister Joanne Belloli — 60 years Sister Patricia Gist — 60 years Sister Joyce Langhals — 60 …
More than Just a Game
By Kary Ellen Berger In sports and similar matchups, there is typically a winner and loser by event’s end. But in the game of life, with God as the center, everyone wins. This is evident with St. Xavier High School’s team chaplain program. The 11 team chaplains are St. Xavier …
Body of saint, patron of African Americans, significantly damaged in Sicilian church fire
By Jonathan Liedl Rome Newsroom, Aug 1, 2023 / 09:48 am The incorrupt body of St. Benedict the Moor, a 16th-century son of slaves who joined the Franciscans and would become the patron saint of African missions, has been all but destroyed after a wildfire engulfed the Sicilian church where he …
Vice President Harris blasts states for enacting abortion bans, pro-life groups respond
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2023 / 15:05 pm Vice President Kamala Harris lamented the growing number of states that have restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade and encouraged Congress to enact pro-abortion legislation, drawing ire from national pro-life groups. “There’s something underlying …
Forming students to be servants begins in Catholic School
If you looked in St. Gertrude School’s windows on their service day last year, you would have seen elementary students bustling about the room, creating welcome cards to Afghan refugees. The reason? A partnership between Catholic schools and Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio (CCSWO). Mary Anne Bressler is the Parish …
Out and About in the Archdiocese for July 2023
1) Students Walk the Red Carpet DePaul Cristo Rey High School rolled out the red carpet for the premiere of The Comeback, a three-part docuseries created by students. The May 10 premiere was the culmination of months of work as students learned and embraced all facets of filmmaking from storyboarding, …
Obituary: Sr. Jeanne Marie Suerth, SNDdeN
Sr. Jeanne Marie Suerth, SNDdeN July 11, 1934 – July 24, 2023 Sr. Jeanne Marie Suerth (Sr. Jeanne Patricia) was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1934, the youngest of three children, and entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1953. She taught in elementary schools …
How St. Ignatius of Loyola became the patron saint of soldiers
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 31, 2023 / 02:15 am Besides being the founder of one of the largest religious orders in the world and the author of the “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius of Loyola is also the patron saint of soldiers. Here’s how this Iberian soldier-turned-priest and missionary was …
8 unique things to know about World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon
by Clara Raimundo Lisbon, Portugal, Jul 30, 2023 / 05:00 am After four years of waiting — one year longer than expected due to the pandemic — and fears that the pope’s health issues would force another postponement, World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, will finally take place in …
