LEHMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL JOINING NEW ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
LCHS will joins seven schools in the region to form new conference starting in the Fall of 2021. Sidney, Ohio | April 2, 2019—Lehman Catholic High School (LCHS) is excited to announce they will be joining a new athletic conference in the Fall of 2021. Yesterday afternoon LCHS met with …
Throwback Thursday: A unique Stations of the Cross at La Salle High School
Throughout Lent, many will participate in the Stations of the Cross throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The stations grew out of pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem and walking the Via Dolorosa to Calvary. In Today’s Throwback Thursday, last spring La Salle High School football players continued that tradition in a very …
Atlanta’s Wilton Gregory named archbishop of Washington, D.C
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has named Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta as the new archbishop of Washington. The appointment was announced April 4 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Gregory, 71, a former president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic …
Honoring saints can heal body, soul, says priest leading relics tour
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ed Koskey Jr., The Catholic Spirit By Anthony Salamone MIDDLESEX, N.J. (CNS) — Father Carlos Martins preaches that for Catholics to reach heaven, they must possess forgiving hearts, participate in the sacraments and live their Christian identities to the fullest. The priest, a member of the Companions of …
People should not fear difference, but division, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — No one should be afraid that God has allowed there to be different religions in the world, Pope Francis said. "But we should be frightened if we are not doing the work of fraternity, of walking together in life" …
People of faith seen as key to creating more humane correctional system
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Oregon Department of Corrections By Katie Scott PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Prisons should be places where punishment is the absence of freedom and community, but where "everything else models life on the outside to every degree possible" and prisoners are treated with dignity, according to the director …
SERVERS AND SACRISTANS RECOGNITION “AN AFTERNOON OFF” AT A REDS BASEBALL GAME MAY 6TH
In the 1950’s every spring the altar servers of our parish would get an “afternoon off” from school to go watch a Reds baseball game. It was a big deal! Sun or snow, the 6:00 AM weekday or 10:00AM Saturday funeral mass, altar servers could be counted on for their …
Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is "holy ground" that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. "Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), …
CATHOLIC INNER-CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FUND 9th Annual CISE Party in OTR – Woodward Theater
Catholic Inner-city schools education (CISE) party in Over the Rhine (OTR) – Woodward Theater in OTR, 1404 Main Street, Cincinnati – April 6 from 7-11 p.m. This year’s goal is to increase summer engagement opportunities for CISE scholars so as to help the students throughout the year. Tickets ($75 pre-sale …
A Question of Faith: What is dogma? It comes from authority
Q: In the case of a federal judicial appointee, adherence to Catholic dogma was criticized during the confirmation proceedings. What exactly is a dogma? Do other religions have them? A: A dogma is a belief handed down as true by an authority. We frequently think of dogmas in matters of …
