A quiet invitation to prayer will soon reappear in the pages of The Catholic Telegraph, offering a renewed way to encounter God through beauty and reflection. The “Divine Seeing” (Visio Divina) column returns with a new voice in Cecelia “Ceil” Dorger, an art historian, author, and adjunct professor at Mount …

  OptimALL Services started with one goal: provide the highest quality education in faith-based schools for students with special needs. Achieving this goal bears more fruit than simply supporting students with individual education plans (IEPs): it  ensures such students can stay in Catholic schools; remain with their siblings; and grant …

In 2014, a new kind of ministry quietly opened its doors to some of the community’s most vulnerable members: babies born exposed to addictive substances and the mothers who love them. Named for St. Brigid, patron saint of mothers and children, Brigid’s Path was founded on a simple but powerful …

By Grace Siener Faith develops the lives and personalities of people across the globe. Once one of those lost in an ocean of beliefs, I’m now finding my own path. After a decade-long journey, I officially became Catholic at this year’s Easter Vigil. My father (Joseph Siener), a man of …

Converts: From Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, Why So Many Became Catholic in the 20th Century By Melanie McDonagh | Yale University Press | 368 Pages | $38 In England, the road to Rome runs through Birmingham. So might one conclude from reading Melanie McDonagh’s fascinating new book, Converts: From …

“You can tell they’re going to ask for money when they use the word ‘stewardship,’” my friend Gene said as he nudged me with his elbow from the pew behind me. He wasn’t wrong. It’s common to equate the idea with donating, but in fact generosity is a fruit of …

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. You’ve probably heard that hundreds of times. It’s the beginning of the greatest text ever written, John’s Gospel, but what does it actually mean? More specifically, what does the word “Word” mean? How …

As we celebrate the newest priests in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati this month, it is good to reflect on how each one of us supports vocations. Perhaps, we have prayed the archdiocesan Prayer for Vocations at Mass. Maybe, we also encouraged someone to consider the priesthood or consecrated religious life. …

That everyone might have food Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food.