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Margaret Swensen
Father—Son Deacons

On April 26, 2025, in a moment both extraordinary and deeply personal, Chris Jasek and his son Daniel will be ordained to the diaconate: Chris as a permanent deacon and Daniel as a transitional deacon on the path toward the priesthood. A resident of Dayton’s southern suburbs since 1996 and …
Praying the Steps 2025

Archbishop Robert G. Casey blesses the steps of Holy Cross – Immaculata Parish in Cincinnati, OH. This Holy Week tradition began in 1850.
Stations of the Cross by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

This beautiful video of the Stations of the Cross in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Book Review: Here I am/Light of the Sacraments

Each week, as we pray the Nicene Creed together at Sunday Mass, we declare our belief in the one God who made all things—visible and invisible. In the human person, the visible body and the invisible soul are intrinsically linked. What is good for one is good for the other …
The Catholic Telegraph earns multiple awards at the Catholic Media Association Convention

FIRST PLACE Best Book Review Section Kenneth Craycraft, Fr. Kyle Schnippel, Matt Swaim, Fr. Jacob Lindle and Margaret Swensen SECOND PLACE Best Photograph – Sacramental Being Christ to Others Danny Schneible Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate The Long and Winding Road Patricia McGeever THIRD PLACE …
The Video: Seven Men Ordained Priests May 18, 2024

Seven men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati were ordained to the priesthood on May 18, 2024 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains. Fathers Brice Berger, Adam Berning, John Grusenmeyer, Benjamin Mersch, Matthew Montag, Anthony Sanitato and Jeremy Stubbs.
Book Review: Saints Alive!

When my five-year-old daughter came home from school proclaiming excitedly that there is a saint who is still alive, she was indignant when I gently explained that all saints are in heaven. Her face lit up a few days later, however, when I brought home Word on Fire Spark’s Saintly …
Book Review: Jane Austen’s Genius Guide to Life

“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil,” Mr. Darcy admits to Elizabeth Bennet when she pokes fun at his seriousness. As Christians, we believe sin separates us from God. And separation from God is separation from our true selves. It seems our God-given dispositions …
2022 Priest Ordination

Seven men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati were ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 2022 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains. Fathers Uriel Santos, Ethan Hoying, Stephen Jones, Chibueze Asiegbulem, Jacob Lindle, Michael Willig, and Robert Hale.
Becoming Bishop: Discernment

Fr. Earl Fernandes planned to follow in his older brothers’ footsteps in becoming a doctor. But the call to the priesthood was present from an early point in his life.