By David Eck CATHEDRAL DEANERY — An ecumenical group of church leaders came together Feb. 19 with a message for President Barack Obama and members of Congress: focus on comprehensive immigration reform. The group included Fathers James Schutte, pastor of St. Leo the Great Church and Jorge Ochoa, associate pastor …

Thursday, February 25, 2010 By Mike Dyer ST. MARTIN DEANERY — Pat Hornschemeier is doing his part to facilitate a faith-filled conversation that has a significant impact on many members of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati across a range of geographic areas. As chairman of the Catholic Rural Life Conference of the …

Friday, February 19, 2010 DAYTON DEANERY — A senior official with Catholic Relief Services will discuss how agriculture and the environment figure in emergency response to natural disasters during a conference Saturday, Feb. 27.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — The Ohio Catholic Conference, made up of the 11 active Catholic bishops in the state, opposes the casino gambling proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot but supports creation of an Ohio livestock board and does not oppose payments to the veterans …

Thursday, October 1, 2009 By Mike Dyer ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Mary Bridges stood in the front of the undercroft at St. Mary Parish in Hyde Park with a microphone in hand and spoke candidly to the audience about the struggle she had endured to remain in her …

May 6, 2009   By Carmen M. Hubbard ARCHDIOCESE —In an unprecedented effort to see firsthand the progress made by local Catholic agencies that help those in need, Cincinnati Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr recently met with directors of some of the organizations learn more about their ministries. Much has …

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard CATHEDRAL DEANERY — Representatives of both inner city and suburban parishes from Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties gathered on Feb. 11 for the fourth annual Greater Cincinnati Social Action Collaborative Congress. Held at St. Joseph parish in Cincinnati, the congress gave …

By Steve Trosley and Catholic News Service Nelson Mandela, who led the struggle to replace South Africa’s apartheid regime with a multiracial democracy, died Dec. 5 at his home in Johannesburg and was remembered the world over as well as in Cincinnati. Mandela, 95, became the country’s first black president …

August 1, 2011 By Mike Dyer ARCHDIOCESE — Caring for creation continues to remain a focus of the ministry of the archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office, and the archdiocesan Climate Change Task Force has been educating area Catholics about a variety of related issues.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — Early next year a small group of young adults, primarily from three housing facilities in Cincinnati’s Winton Terrace neighborhood, will began one-on-one assessments designed to help them become self-sufficient. Called “First Step,” the program will identify their values, interests, hobbies and …