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May 2019

May 27, 2019

Amazing: 7 Priests Ordained in 7 Years, All From the Same Parish

How does this parish do it? Is there something in the water? Some answers: Starting...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

The Stunning Decline of the Faith in One Ohio Diocese

The story from Youngstown, Ohio: The future of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese will likely mean...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

New governor swears on a stack of Bibles. Really.

Behold, Governor Mike DeWine (who just happens to be Catholic): Read the story behind all...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Catholic judge speaks of ‘sanctity of life’—and then imposes death penalty

Via The Cincinnati Enquirer: Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Dinkelacker sent serial killer Anthony...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Ordination update: 17 new deacons for Toledo

Holy Toledo! I got the following e-mail this afternoon from Fr. Bill Rose: Attached is...

September 16, 2013

Ordination update: 15 new deacons for Youngstown

A newly ordained deacon writes: The Diocese of Youngstown has 15 new Permanent Deacons. Ordination...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

Fired gay teacher in Ohio reaches settlement with Catholic school

You may remember this story. The update, from a Columbus TV station: A teacher who...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Holocaust Memorial Draws Criticism for Using Star of David

And no, that's not another headline from The Onion. People are seriously objecting to the...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

School says lesbian teacher was fired over “spousal relationship,” not because she’s gay

Details: A former teacher who said she was fired for being gay said she was...

April 17, 2013

Ohio Catholic school fires teacher living with gay partner

Details: A gay physical-education teacher who was fired from a Catholic high school in Clintonville...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Sister act: nun charged with voter fraud

It happened during the presidential election last fall: An Ohio nun was charged with voter...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

New Ohio church uses glass salvaged from other churches

From the Columbus Dispatch: When planners asked St. Paul the Apostle parishioners what they wanted...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

Snapshot: how Ohio is coping with priest shortage, changing demographics

An interesting microcosm of what is happening all over, from the Dayton Daily News: A...

January 15, 2013

Remembering Deacon Ken Cappelletty

What a legacy of diakonia. A deacon friend in Ohio sent this my way, from...

January 01, 2013

Ohio teacher claims she was fired over pregnancy, sues archdiocese

Details: A former first-grade teacher at Kettering’s Ascension Catholic School is suing the school, Ascension...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

No soup for you: Ohio Catholic charity upset about Ryan photo op

Details: The food had been served, the patrons were long gone, and the cutlery cleaned...

October 10, 2012

Meet an undecided Catholic voter: African-American widow from Ohio who attends Mass daily

From CNN, an interesting glimpse at someone who could hold the future in her hands:...

August 2012

August 08, 2012

Ohio gets another basilica

This happened in June, but it hit the local paper yesterday. Details: Historic St. John...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Lift high the cross—and the pelican, too

My blogging colleague Joanne McPortland has this story up over at her place, and my...

July 24, 2012

33 years later, man receives forgiveness for shooting police officer and is received into the Catholic Church

A stunning story of forgiveness in Ohio. (H/T New Advent.): Ron McClary, debilitated by multiple...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Ordination update: 9 new deacons for Toledo

Below, the first pictures of the recent ordination of deacons in the Diocese of Toledo....

September 17, 2011

Holy Toledo: 9 to be ordained today in Ohio

The diocesan paper doesn't appear to have anything about this, but the local secular press...

July 2011

July 10, 2011

The accountant who became a bishop

The Cincinnati Enquirer (via USA TODAY) has an interesting look at Ohio's new auxiliary, and...