Teri Lynn Catalano  A Memorial Mass for Teri Lynn Catalano, a staff member of the pastoral services department for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, will be held May 15 at St. Mary Church in Aurora, Ind.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 By Mary Caffrey Knapke ST. MARYS DEANERY — When Linda Thieman was a school bus driver, a break between routes gave her time to sit in her bus and read. That is, until the director of religious education for St. Henry Parish noticed. “She came out …

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Drawing people closer to God is at the heart of any priest’s ministry and, in a new book, Father Mark Burger, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in West Chester, strives to do just that.

Friday, November 13, 2009 By Mary Caffrey Knapke DAYTON DEANERY — In 1999 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released “Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us,” a document calling for “profound, lifelong conversion of the whole person” and positioning adult faith formation “at the heart of our catechetical vision …

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Staff report ARCHDIOCESE — Toward the end of his 2009 encyclical Charity in Truth, Pope Benedict XVI included a brief but strongly worded analysis about the “increasingly pervasive presence” of modern media and their power to serve good or immoral interests.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — In 1834 Maria Anna Brunner, an elderly widow in Switzerland inspired by the redemption, reparation and reconciliation through the Precious Blood of Jesus, began spending her time in prayer, taking care of the men in a seminary started by her …

Friday, October 2, 2009 MILWAUKEE — Project Rachel, the post-abortion reconciliation ministry of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has been healing hearts of those affected by abortion since 1984.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Franciscan Sister of the Poor Marie Heitkamp, a native of Dayton, died Sept. 17 at Mercy Franciscan Terrace in Cincinnati. She was 84.

Thursday, August 6, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — There was time when professional and material success came first in Scott Campbell’s life. A 1980 graduate of McNicholas High School, he readily admits that his ongoing pursuit of wealth and status left him feeling unhappy …

Thursday, July 9, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard ARCHDIOCESE — They’re 20- and 30-somethings who are “on fire” for Jesus. Whether young adults are busy earning their college degree, finding a full-time job, getting married or living single, their stages in life vary as much as ways to accommodate their …