Event Alert: Statewide day of Adoration for Vocations
Jesus asked us to pray for one thing in particular, “laborers for his harvest,” and it is in response to this request that the Vocations Office announces the Ohio Statewide Day of Adoration for Vocations on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, here are the locations of …
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
Introduction Our redemption has a social dimension because “God, in Christ, redeems not only the individual person, but also . . . social relations.” To believe that the Holy Spirit is at work in everyone means realizing that he seeks to penetrate every human situation and all social bonds. . …
Landscape for those with disabilities changed since bishops’ statement
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the 40 years since the U.S. bishops approved their "Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons With Disabilities" in 1978, the landscape for persons with disabilities has changed both within the church and within society, and largely for …
All Souls feast is time to remember, to hope, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — The Mass for the feast of All Souls is "realistic, concrete" in calling Catholics to remember the people and events of their past, to consider how they live today and to hope for eternal life with God and their loved …
‘Sand Nativity’ scene to display in St. Peter’s Square
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jesolo Tourism Office By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although sand castles and sculptures usually conjure up images of hot summers on the beach, the Vatican will unveil a massive Nativity scene made entirely of sand during the cold Roman winter. According to the Vatican newspaper, …
St Vincent de Paul Cincinnati looking to the future
Groundbreaking took place October 26 on the new St. Vincent de Paul Center in Cincinnati. For information, check out the video
Detroit Archdiocese unveils ‘Unleash the Gospel’ missionary movement
IMAGE: CNS illustration/courtesy Detroit Catholic By Mike Stechschulte DETROIT (CNS) — What began as a rallying cry for the Archdiocese of Detroit is slowly building into a full-fledged missionary movement called "Unleash the Gospel." Inspired by Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron’s 2017 pastoral letter on the missionary transformation of the …
One man glad to be in court to see priest plead guilty to abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Darrell Sapp, courtesy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Father David Poulson of the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty Oct. 17 to felony counts in connection with sexual assaults against one boy and the attempted assault of another boy, Jim VanSickle was there to …
People must choose: path toward holiness or nothing, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saints are not just the well-known men, women and young people on the liturgical calendar, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints. They include simple people "from next door, our relatives and acquaintances who now are part …
Obituaries for October
Father Thomas Espelage A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Thomas Espelage was celebrated Oct. 16 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Deer Park. Bishop Joseph R. Binzer presided. Father Espelage, 75, died Oct. 2. A Cincinnati native, Father Espelage did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary and …
