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Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr
2025 Jubilee Year

by Kary Ellen Berger Giving thanks to God goes beyond words and impacts every aspect of our lives. Whether it’s through prayer, helping others or simply feeling grateful, we are invited to recognize His many blessings. Those blessings and more will be celebrated as the Church prepares for the Jubilee …
Opening Mass Ushers in Jubilee Year 2025

With beautiful Christmas decor adorning the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati, the Opening Mass for the Jubilee Year 2025 began with solemnity and joy at 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2024. The Knights of Columbus led the grand procession toward the altar, followed by Archbishop …
Seek the Lord for January 2025

Gathered with His disciples around a table the evening before He would lay down His life for our salvation, Jesus said to Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (Jn. 14:6). Each December we celebrate the birth …
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to Open Jubilee Year in Archdiocese of Cincinnati

W H A T | Opening of Jubilee Year 2025 W H E N | Sunday December 29, 2024, at 4 P.M. Mass W H E R E | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains: 325 W. 8th St., Cincinnati OH Release Date: December 27, 2024 Pope Francis Opens …
Seek the Lord for December 2024

On the evening of Tuesday, December 24, Pope Francis will preside over the celebration of Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Square to officially open the Holy Jubilee Year of 2025, the theme of which is Pilgrims of Hope. The Holy Father begins his solemn Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary …
Cardinal Gregory homily for the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; and the 20th Anniversary of Fr. Rivers’ Death.

Archbishop Schnurr, beloved members of the Family of Faith of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Friends all in Christ, I am deeply grateful for the invitation to share in this Eucharist that acknowledges and gives thanks for the multi-talented gifts of one of your most well-known priests, Father Joseph Clarence Rivers. …
Obituary: Reverend Patrick P. Duffy

Reverend Patrick P. Duffy died on Sunday, November 10, 2024, in Fairfield, Ohio. He was born on March 17, 1941, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and baptized at St. Peter Church, Worcester. He studied Philosophy at St. Joseph College in Indiana and Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Cincinnati. He was ordained …
Seek the Lord for November 2024

In our archdiocesan “Prayer for Vocations,” we acknowledge that God has created each of us for some definite purpose. At the same time, we ask Him to bless the Church with women and men who faithfully live out their respective vocations with holiness, whether they be single, married, religious or …
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Ends Partnership with Girl Scouts
On Monday, October 28, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr released a letter to the faithful “to convey a difficult decision regarding our longstanding partnership with Girl Scouts in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati,” in which he informed the faithful that he has “instructed pastors of the archdiocese to discontinue their parishes’ partnerships …