Exploring love, family, and faith across the stages of marriage by Lisa Fletcher Marriage is a journey of love, faith, and grace. Across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Catholic couples have been discovering that the true beauty of marriage lies in more than companionship: it is a living sacrament, a daily …

Learning from the Story of the Randolph Freedpeople by John Stegeman Within the long history of slavery and racism in the United States, there are thousands of rarely told stories. One such story is that of the Randolph Freedpeople. Thanks to an exhibit hosted by the Missionaries of the Precious …

A Call to Conscience and Courage by Patricia McGeever A lone little shoe with the sock still inside stands encased in a glass cube as evidence of the Nazi’s cruelty and inhumanity. It is one of the 500 artifacts and 400 photographs on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center as …

by MaryBeth Sproull Bobby Kenney III had a chaotic upbringing, and he went looking for love in all the wrong places. This lifestyle landed him in many difficult situations and, eventually, prison. God’s love and mercy knows no bounds, however, and it was there that Kenney first encountered the Lord …

House of the Lord | Gail Deibler Finke History Behind the Name When Bernadette Soubirous, a poor peasant girl from the town of Lourdes near the French Pyrenees, first reported that a beautiful “small young lady” appeared to her at a cave in February of 1858, no one believed her. …

From the Archives | Michelle Smith It’s surprising how often the smallest objects hold the heaviest stories. A small metal pyx once moved through the world, carried urgently toward someone in need. Now it sits motionless in the Archives, cool and silent. Between its swift journey and its settled rest …

February Crossword ACROSS 1 Doctrines 5 Catholic actress Holmes 10 Soft drink 14 Barrel of laughs 15 Develop 16 Egg cell 17 South American Indian 18 Enthusiastic 19 Refrain syllables 20 Intoxicating liquor 22 They often signal the start of a religious service 23 Earphone 24 Thin stratum 26 Berne’s …

Catholic at Home | Katie Sciba When I met my husband, there was something fantastically different about him. I was surrounded by faithful friends, each unreservedly devout, but Andrew’s closeness with Christ was contagious. While we dated long-distance, I went from hardly praying the Rosary to faithfully reciting it daily …

From the Editor’s Desk | David Cooley In her Story of a Soul, St. Thérèse of Lisieux recounts a time when she struggled to understand her vocation within the Church. During prayer, she opened her Bible and read: “But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a …