New rector installed at archdiocese’s seminary
Joy be with you all: Surprise Irish serenade for seminary’s outgoing rector Father Anthony Brausch was installed as the 36th president of the Athenaeum of Ohio and rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West on May 13 at the Athenaeum’s spring commencement ceremony. He succeeds Father Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh, who …
Meet Father Anthony Brausch, new seminary rector
Father Anthony R. Brausch was born in August 1966, and baptized the same month at St. Phillip the Apostle Church in Morrow. He is the third oldest of 10 children, uncle of 38 nieces and nephews, and great-uncle of three great nieces and nephews. He holds a bachelor’s degree in …
Gate of Heaven Cemetery addition breaks ground
By Steve Trosley When the Catholic Cemetery Conference convenes in Cincinnati in September, its members will get a special tour of the archdiocesan cemeteries and see a newly dedicated addition to the Gate of Heaven administration building. Douglas Tinsman, events coordinator and customer service manager, said the cemetery broke ground …
A picture says a thousand words: celebrating the feast of St. Rita
On May 22, St. Rita School for the Deaf held a Mass for the Feast of St. Rita. The school received a beautiful gold altar frontal from St. Cecilia Parish in Oakley as a gift and they used it for the first time during the special mass.
Vandalia creation story
More than seven days needed for mural at St. Christopher school By Walt Schaefer Kindergarten through fifth grade students at St. Christopher School in Vandalia have been busy following in the footsteps of God. Under the tutelage of Chris Rowlands, the school’s artist in residence, the students created a mural …
Cross the Bridge for Life turns 13; no end of growth in sight for joyful event
By Gail Finke With little publicity, an annual family celebration of the gift of life continues to grow. Thousands assemble in Newport every year for Cross the Bridge for Life, a hybrid event that’s part street festival and part fitness walk – with prayer, food, music, and family activities along …
Memorial Day Weekend Mass Schedule
Gate of Heaven Cemetery Field Mass 11000 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati OH 45249 (513) 489-0300. Mass will be celebrated on Monday, May 28 beginning at 11:00 a.m.. Please bring lawn chairs. In case of rain, the Mass will be celebrated at Good Shepherd Church, same day and time at 8815 East …
Trosley for June: Appreciating the wisdom of fathers
Mothers and grandmothers are showered with affection and gifts on their special day each May. While fathers and grandfathers also are often the recipient of gifts, ties, and tools, what most of us really crave — appreciation — rarely makes the gift wrap table. The culture has changed dramatically …
Scouts see how different faith traditions live out Ten Commandments
IMAGE: CNS photo/Marie Mischel, Intermountain Catholic By Marie Mischel OGDEN, Utah (CNS) — Each year for the past decade, a group of Boy Scouts in Ogden have spent a day walking from house of worship to house of worship, learning how the Ten Commandments are put into practice in different …
Ryan, Brownback, archbishop address National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — This year’s National Catholic Prayer breakfast took on a decidedly Kansas flavor, as Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City and Sam Brownback, a former House and Senate member and governor of Kansas, addressed nearly 1,000 gathered at a Washington …