St. Nicholas is Coming to the Shrine!

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (November 15, 2021) – On Sunday December 5th at 2pm, children and their families are invited to meet in the Adoration Chapel at Maria Stein Shrine for a special visit from St. Nicholas. He will share details about his life and how his generosity mirrored that of …
Students reflect on Black Catholic History Month

Imani Todd DePaul Cristo Rey High School Class of 2023 Black Catholic History Month is important because it is a time to celebrate and learn about how God has reached so many people in the African-American community and how those people were changed by Him. One way we can learn …
National Catholic Interracial Federation

Early 20th Century America saw a modern, concerted effort to promote the Black community’s rights, needs and dignity. However, movements were difficult to sustain. In Cincinnati during the 1880-1890s, Daniel Rudd published the short- lived, groundbreaking newspaper American Catholic Tribune to evangelize the Black community, and founded the Black Catholic …
Letting Faith Lead the Way

Running a high school of 565 students is no small feat, especially when every student is a boy finding his way through his teen years. But that challenge was exactly what Aaron Marshall, principal at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, was looking for when discerning how to merge his …
Bishop Stowe ‘not in favor’ of Eucharistic document, but predicts it will pass

by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Nov 12, 2021 / 19:05 pm An outspoken critic of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ draft document on the Eucharist predicts it will be adopted at their fall assembly next week, though he intends to vote against it. “I’m afraid it is,” Bishop John Stowe, OFM …
Former Congressman Dan Lipinski: we must be “Catholic first”

by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Nov 13, 2021 / 10:41 am Former Congressman Dan Lipinski has urged faithful to be “Catholics first” in the public square, putting their faith above an excessive loyalty to party, personal comfort, or fear. In an address at the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola …
Vandalism of cross-shaped pro-life display at Catholic university caught on video

by Kevin J. Jones St. Louis, Mo., Nov 11, 2021 / 17:01 pm A cross-shaped display of flags commemorating the lives lost in abortion was targeted by vandals at Saint Louis University, a Jesuit school, soon after it was set up on campus Monday morning. The university’s pro-life group, a …
Ready for the big bishops’ meeting? Here are 8 things you need to know

by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 13, 2021 / 00:00 am When the U.S. Catholic bishops gather in Baltimore Nov. 15-18 for their annual fall meeting, it will be their first in-person assembly since November 2019. Much of the focus will be on a controversial document on Eucharistic coherence, …
New School coming to Bond Hill

Breaking the cycle of poverty and providing a faith-based education transforms lives. Firm in that belief, and with proven results, CISE and the Jesuits USA Midwest Province have come together to establish a new all-boys school in Cincinnati’s Bond Hill neighborhood. Tentatively named Cincinnati Jesuit Academy, it opens in the …
Meet the Moms

“I always encouraged my kids to be who they were created to be… share what they are and what they have with God. Everyone has their own gifts, so whatever that is should be used to bring glory to God’s name and bring people to the Church.” These words were …