New Director of Cemeteries
Thomas Jordan has been hired as the new Director of Cemeteries at Gate of Heaven and Calvary Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mr. Jordan is a member of the Catholic Cemetery Conference (CCC) and arrives at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati after more than ten years managing Our Lady Queen …
Raphael’s tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Museums By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. "It’s an important moment" and a way to celebrate …
Raphael’s tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Museums By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. "It’s an important moment" and a way to celebrate …
Did you know? A Saint may have visited the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
by Gail Finke Mother Frances: Sainthood to come? 1868 Mother Frances visits Cincinnati + Covington 1934 Mother Frances declared Venerable 1972 Healing of Covington,KY, resident William Anness ruled not miraculous 1974 Venerable Frances is beatified 1989 Inexplicable healing of Cincinnati resident Thomas Siemers 2008 The cause for Ven. Frances’s canonization …
CISE Graduate Discerns Priesthood
by Joe Bride In almost 40 years of existence the Catholic Inner-city Schools Education Fund (CISE) has produced graduates who touch every facet of life in the Cincinnati area. Tony Losekamp is one special example. He is attending Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology in Cincinnati and was …
UD’s Virtual Learning Program Goes Global: Wealth of Online Courses Makes Catechesis Accessible Anywhere
by John LeComte Pope Saint John Paul II ‘s Apostolic Letter for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Novo Millennio Ineunte, in which he called the Church to “put out into the deep” (Lk 5:4) was the inspiration for founding the University of Dayton’s Virtual Learning Community for Faith …
Editor’s Note: Online Faith Sharing
I often look around my life, full of busy (and sometimes overwhelming) children, stacks of homework, barking dogs, dirty dishes, mountains of laundry and the never-ending grocery list and wonder how I’m even going to power through the day-to-day activities and take care of my own prayer life, let alone …
Following Her Heart’s Calling: Jillian Foster Departs for Haiti as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner
by Eileen Connelly, OSU “May God grant me the grace, humility, and courage to be a servant to others.” With that prayer on her lips and in her heart, Jillian Foster departed for Haiti on Jan. 12 to begin a three-and-half year assignment as a Maryknoll lay missioner. Foster, a …
Frisch’s® Big Boy® Is Offering a Discount on Tartar Sauce for Lent
If you’re holding a fish fry this Lenten season, let Frisch’s® Big Boy® be a part of the festivities! We’re offering a discounted price on our famous tartar sauce for organizations planning fish fries from February 12, 2020 through April 9, 2020. Thanks to this special offer, fish fry organizers …
Pope adds year of missionary service to Vatican diplomats’ training
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, adopting a suggestion made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, has decided that every priest preparing for service in the Vatican diplomatic corps must spend a year in ministry as a missionary. In a letter …