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It’s a new year—a fresh start—and The Catholic Telegraph has a new cover design to support our exciting and bold initiative to help build up the Kingdom of God in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. For...
When I was a young child, I enjoyed playing with building blocks. Frequently, my siblings would come and topple my construction, but I would simply start building again. Soon, those blocks were replaced with Legos...
I was told once that an old African catechism stated: Q: Why did God create the world? A: Because He thought we would like it. I’ve tried researching this, and frankly, I don’t know if...
Every Sunday, you stand up from your creaky pew and proclaim, “I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.” Now, how on earth do you believe that? There are tens of thousands of Christian...
The Church holds to the possibility that those who do not know God, through no fault of their own, can be saved. Despite the preaching of the Gospel in many parts of the world, some...
In a visually saturated world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and become desensitized to beauty. Visio Divina, Latin for “divine seeing,” encourages us to slow down and engage in visual contemplation, using art as a...
Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” As we saw in last month’s article, the theological principle of analogy allows us to compare...
It is a privilege to introduce myself as the curator and storyteller behind From the Archives, an exploration of the treasures preserved in the Archdiocesan Archives. My love for history started early, shaped in no...
Two weeks after our wedding, Andrew and I boxed up the studio that was more his than ours and moved to Louisiana. I did my best to fashion a home in our five hundred square...
In 1979, the rock group Pink Floyd released a concept album called “The Wall.” Written by now disgraced band leader Roger Waters, the record is angry, depressing, and claustrophobic. It is the fictional story of...
Your Eucharistic Identity by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. Ignatius Press. 168 pages. $17.95 Throughout the country, a revival of adult initiation is underway. At the University of Notre Dame, for example, we have the largest...
January is a month of new beginnings. As we begin 2026, so does a familiar movement of hope and witness: in just a few weeks, tens of thousands of people from across the country will...
For Part 1 click here For Part 2 click here As is the case with the United States’ military, the Special Operations Unit in God’s army, the Priestly Force, is the most highly trained unit...
For nearly my entire adult life, I’ve worked with children and young people in some capacity: camp counselor, mentor, youth group leader, speaker at high school or college events, and more. I’ve been the one...
Hope and possibility are shaping the future of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. In classrooms across the region, teachers form not only strong students, but young people who understand their purpose and potential....
Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati this past May, Fr. Adam Lewis became Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of the Hills Family of Parishes, which includes Holy Trinity, West Union; St. Benignus, Greenfield;...
Across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, increasing numbers of high school students are expressing a beautiful desire: to become Catholic. Now, a revised archdiocesan policy helps that desire take root by bringing parishes and schools together...
When we’re laying for our children an educational foundation in the faith, we don’t always get to see the finished product—the final results. But recently, I did see the foundation my wife and I had...
Shayne Smith was born into a world of organized crime. He and his three brothers endured abuse at the hands of their step-father and ultimately took after him as full members in a motorcycle gang....
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