Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Kathryn McFerrin (formerly Sister Mary Gregory) dies at age 90

DELHI TOWNSHIP, OHIO – August 5, 2019– Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Kathryn McFerrin died July 29, 2019, at the age of 90 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the Sisters of Charity. Sister Mary Kathryn was born on Dec. 30, 1928, to Charles E and Florentine …
Catholic Community Offers Support and Prayer to Dayton Following Shooting on August 4

The Dayton community and the archdiocese as a whole were rocked by the news of a mass shooting in the downtown Oregon district on August 4, less than 24 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, TX. The gunman, who was armed with an assault rifle and additional magazines, …
Archbishop Schnurr Issues Statement on the Shooting in Dayton, OH

In the aftermath of the horrific deadly overnight shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday August 4, 2019, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has issued the following statement: “It is with a heavy heart that we turn to the Lord in prayer on this Sunday. As tragic and violent shootings continue in …
Statement From Chaminade Julienne on the Dayton Shooting

The Chaminade Julienne community joins with so many others in the region in the sense of grief and shock from the tragedy in the historic Oregon District early this morning (Sunday, August 4). While our hearts have broken many times by the losses experienced in other cities, including El Paso, …
Pope Francis prays for victims of shootings in U.S.

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Aug 4, 2019 / 04:35 am (CNA).- Pope Francis Sunday remembered the victims, and the families of the victims, of recent shootings in Texas, California, and Ohio, asking for prayers. “I am spiritually close to the victims of the episodes of violence that these days …
Texas, New Mexico dioceses unite in prayer after El Paso shooting

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, Texas, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after an August 3 mass shooting in a mall left several dead and many injured. “Our prayers are with our neighboring city of El Paso and everyone affected by the …
President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Domestic Justice Chairman issued a Statement Following Shooting in El Paso

WASHINGTON— Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement in response to the tragic shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall in El …
NASA flight director says faith, family have marked his life’s journey
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald By Jo Ann Zuniga HOUSTON (CNS) — Gene Kranz, NASA flight director during the 1969 landing of the first man on the moon, spoke about faith and family to more than 1,000 attending the Galveston Houston Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast July 30. In attendance …
NASA flight director says faith, family have marked his life’s journey

By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service HOUSTON (CNS) — Gene Kranz, NASA flight director during the 1969 landing of the first man on the moon, spoke about faith and family to more than 1,000 attending the Galveston Houston Archdiocesan Prayer Breakfast July 30. In attendance were four of his …
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for August

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for 2019 Entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) AUGUST Families, Schools of Human Growth That families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly “schools of true human growth.”