In his presidential address to the Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Dolan of New York made some waves by calling for the return of two aspects of Catholic life that have fallen by the wayside: Friday abstinence from meat and whole-hearted embrace of the Sacrament of Confession. In reflecting on these two related aspects, it strikes me that the Advent and Christmas seasons are perfect opportunities to re-embrace these somewhat lost practices of the Church Read More
Sorrowful Mother Chapel
8:30 am Monday - Friday
7:15 pm Monday - Thursday
7:15 pm Friday
9:30 am First Saturday
Adoration in the Holy Spirit Chapel is ongoing, weather permitting, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except during Easter triduum.
(schedule subject to change - call 513-351-9800 for updated information)
Monday 3-4 p.m. Fr. Peter Chabot
Tuesday 3-4 p.m. Fr. Peter Chabot
Friday 6:15-7:45 p.m. Fr. Joel Byrne
(1st and 3rd of the month)
Felix was the first Franciscan Capuchin ever canonized. In fact, when he was born, the Capuchins did not yet exist as a distinct group within the Franciscans.
Some upcoming Catholic events: May 26, Memorial Day Cemetery Mass at Calvary Cemetery (Dayton), noon. Fr. Scott Wright will celebrate; new Avenue of Flags will be featured. May 27, Memorial Day Cemetery Mass at Gate of Heaven, St. Joseph, and St. Mary Cemeteries, 11 am. Bishop Binzer will celebrate a field Mass at Gate of [...]
Students in an engineering class at Roger Bacon High School in St. Bernard (OH) discovered the hard way that math is only half of engineering — the rest is construction. To test their design and construction mettle, Michael Schaffer’s Engineering II students designed and built boats from cardboard and tape — then raced them across [...]
BRAMBLE BERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES Luke 6:44-45 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit….for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush…” One of the first things people notice in the Middle East is the large number of thorny plants: briers, [...]