ELDER HIGH SCHOOL TO HONOR FALLEN TEACHER WITH ‘DAY OF SERVICE’ ON APRIL 17
Public encouraged to ‘make a good day’ through personal acts of service PRICE HILL, CINCINNATI, OH – On Tuesday, April 17, Elder High School’s entire student body, faculty and staff will hold a Day of Service in honor of former teacher Mark Klusman who died in December after being struck …
‘Is my dad in heaven,’ little boy asks pope
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — After circling a massive, crumbling public housing complex on the outskirts of Rome, Pope Francis had an emotional encounter with the neighborhood’s children. Question-and-answer sessions with youngsters are a standard part of Pope Francis’ parish visits. And, at St. Paul …
Today’s video: Celebrating the feast of St. Bernadette
St. Bernadette was born in Lourdes, France on January 7, 1844. Her parents were very poor and she was the first of nine children. She was baptized at St. Pierre’s, the local parish church, on January 9. As a toddler, Bernadette contracted cholera and suffered extreme asthma. Unfortunately, she lived …
Abide Conference set for June 13 through June 17
What is Abide? Simply put Abide, through personal accompaniment, forms and commissions high school youth to root their lives in Christ through His Church, and to share this Christian joy with others as missionary disciples. Abide’s pinnacle experience presents a unique opportunity: to go into the world as a missionary …
Mother Teresa inspires namesake school
Liberty Township students embrace service for all grades, all year By Eileen Connelly, OSU Students at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School (MTCES) in Liberty Township have an incredible model of faith, compassion and service to those in need in their patron saint. In November, Catholic Charities of Southwest Ohio recognized …
Life at historic St. Clement Parish today
By Gail Finke (An earlier version of this story was previously posted in error.) A real estate venture by Catholics who both wanted to make their fortunes and establish a village far from the anti-Catholic sentiment of urban Cincinnati, rural St. Bernard was home to one of the country’s original …
In the Land of the Infidels: How the Franciscan parish was invented in Cincinnati
By Gail Finke (An older version of this story was posted in error.) Franciscans in Europe didn’t pastor churches. Even when sent on foreign missions, they established friaries, where they lived together in community and worked with the poor. But in America, things were different. Father David Endres, dean of …
‘Schizoid’ world brags it’s free while chained to greed, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian freedom is being free from worldly ambition, fashion and passion and being open to God’s will, Pope Francis said. The world today “is a bit schizoid, schizophrenic, right? It shouts, ‘Freedom, freedom, freedom!’ but it is more slave, slave, slave,” he said …
An evening with NET Ministries
On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, spring finally arrived in all it’s glory. Driving down Beechmont Ave, car windows were down, radios/sound systems blaring, and the sun was shining: a great evening to be outdoors. At Immaculate Heart of Mary, the NET Ministries team was busy at work on their monthly …
St. Mary Parish, Piqua, celebrates past, looks to future
As St. Mary Parish in Piqua celebrates 175 years serving the Miami County community, younger parishioners are optimistic about a bright future. “More young families are moving back. A lot more are coming back to town,” said Melissa Galbreath, who with her husband, Patrick, returned from Louisville to their hometown …
