Jubilarians 2017: Precious Blood Sisters celebrate jubilees of religious life
75 years Sister Rosemary Laux A native of Bryant, Indiana, Sister Rosemary (M. Columba) attended Holy Trinity parish school and Bryant High School. She entered the Congregation in 1942, joining her sister, Sister M. Agnella Laux. Sister Rosemary served in dietary in Denver, Canton, Cincinnati and Dayton and was the …
Steve Trosley for November: Vocations belong to the family and parish, too
News that Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West will be expanded to accommodate a steady increase in the number of men interested in becoming priests reminded me that my younger brother will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination next year. Father Anthony Trosley serves as a diocesan priest …
Jubilarians 2017: Adrian Dominican Sisters who Served in Cincinnati Mark Jubilees
70 Years Sister Shirley (Joyce Edward) Thielk, OP, was born in Detroit and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in June 1947. Later that month she entered the Adrian Dominican Congregation. She professed her first vows on December 31, 1948 and her final vows on December 31, 1953. Sister Shirley …
Cardinal Wuerl urges Catholics to confront, help overcome sin of racism
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The sin of racism must be recognized, confronted and overcome, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said in a new pastoral letter, “The Challenge of Racism Today.” “Intolerance and racism will not go away without a concerted awareness and …
Fatima at St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Catholic Church
By Gail Finke Bill Sockey has seen thousands of churches and schools in his nine years as custodian of the National Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, but St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Catholic Church in Walnut Hills might have been his first Maronite parish. “I’ve been to some Byzantine …
Pope condemns ‘murderous folly’ of terrorism after attacks
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed for victims of the terrorist attack in New York, as well as victims of other terror attacks, and condemned the murder of innocent men and women in the name of God. After praying the …
A picture says a thousand words: standing-room only crowd at St. Gertrude
(from our print edition) After the first in a four-part series on the Catholic Church and the Reformation at St. Gertrude Church in Madeira, the parish had to find a bigger room. So many came to hear Dominican Father Gabriel Toretta (above) talk about the differences between the Catholic and …
A Catholic Journey to India: Lives of faith, part 2
The people and saints of Karala Editor’s Note: In July, a small contingent from the archdiocese traveled to southern India to listen and learn about the lives and faith of our brothers and sisters a world away. In the second of a three-part series of articles, Sister Eileen Connelly, CT …
Archbishop Schnurr: World Day of the Poor highlights need for Catholic Campaign for Human Development
My Dear Friends in Christ, On November 19, the Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Pope Francis is instituting a new tradition for our Church: a World Day of the Poor. In his inaugural message for this occasion, the Holy Father announced, “This new World Day should become a powerful appeal …
‘Horrendous attack’ in New York ‘weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The “horrendous act” by a driver in a pickup truck who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in New York late in the afternoon Oct. 31 “weighs on all of our hearts,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “This afternoon we heard of …