Thursday, November 12, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU ARCHDIOCESE — Whether it’s the stained-glass windows with images of the saints that fill our churches with light, the crèche that powerfully celebrates the mystery of the incarnation or the eucharistic meal through which we become one with Christ and each other, …

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon John Taylor was celebrated Nov. 4 at St. Francis de Sales Church in Lebanon. Father Bernard Weldishofer presided.  Deacon Taylor, 76, died Oct. 31.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Young people ages 13 to 30 came together Sept. 25-27 at Archbishop Moeller High School for CREDO: I Believe!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 By David Eck DAYTON DEANERY — In 1834 Maria Anna Brunner, an elderly widow in Switzerland inspired by the redemption, reparation and reconciliation through the Precious Blood of Jesus, began spending her time in prayer, taking care of the men in a seminary started by her …

Friday, September 18, 2009 By Mike Dyer HAMILTON DEANERY — David Brausch isn’t one to dwell on his philanthropy, but he has been proud to help his parish in a significant way for the past three years.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 By Father Rob Waller A youngish girl comes to Communion, and as she has been taught and is accustomed, she places her left hand in her right hand to receive. As the priest says, “The body of Christ,” and as she says, “Amen,” both sets of …

Thursday, August 13, 2009 By Terrance Callan Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34:2-3, 10-15; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-8 When we try to overcome any difficulties we encounter, it can be helpful to analyze them, trying to see the precise nature of the difficulty. It can also be …

Monday, August 10, 2009 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Sister of Mercy Susan Ruedy made her perpetual profession as a Sister of Mercy during a eucharistic celebration July 18 at Mercy Center Chapel in Cincinnati.

Friday, July 17, 2009 By Eileen Connelly, OSU DAYTON DEANERY — As a teenager living in the vicinity of Dayton’s Dixie Drive in the late 1950s, Fran Duell recalls the neighbors’ concern regarding the number of adult nightclubs along the city’s Dixie Strip. Little did she know then that one …

Friday, July 10, 2009 By Carmen M. Hubbard ST. ANDREW DEANERY — An advisory board for the national group Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) met recently in Cincinnati to discuss ways in which the group might best offer support for priests and the priesthood.