Welcome to the online edition of The Catholic Telegraph,
the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Serving 500,000 Catholics in the southwest Ohio counties of:
Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby and Warren.
177th Year No. 50

Welcome and
Mission Statement

Contact The
Catholic Telegraph

Advertising in
The Catholic Telegraph

Subscribe to
The Catholic Telegraph

Delivery Problems?

Back Issues

2009 Catholic Directory and
Buyer's Guide

Archdiocese of Cincinnati Home Page

The Catholic Telegraph Photography Project
Click here to view historical photographs from the files of The Catholic Telegraph.

Grateful Believers
Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk has begun a new initiative that he hopes will build an archdiocese of "grateful believers." This column, which will appear weekly in The Catholic Telegraph in the coming months, is part of this diocesan-wide endeavor.

Overtures
This is the three-year series by Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E.Pilarczyk that appeared weekly in The Catholic Telegraph. Overtures focused on the first readings of the Sunday liturgy, with questions offered for individual or group discussion. Click here to access all articles in the series.

Gifts of the Magi

 This week in The Catholic Telegraph — December 12, 2008

'I look forward to being in your midst'

ARCHDIOCESE - The appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr to Cincinnati is Pope Benedict XVI's way of "expressing the love of the Lord for this portion of His people," Cincinnati Arhbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk told the faithful gathered at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains Dec. 7 for a Mass of Welcome.

More than 170 priests, 11 bishops and archbishops and a capacity crowd of laity filled the church to welcome the new coadjutor arcbishop, who was appointed to the job on Oct. 17.

Video: Archbishop Schnurr shares an anecdote at the Dec. 7 welcome Mass

Video: As part of the welcome, Archbishop Schnurr was embraced by representatives of the archdiocese.

Coat of arms of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr

ARCHDIOCESE - Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has adopted a design for his episcopal coat of arms that reflects his life and his heritage.

Gift of the Magi Bread

During this season of Advent, this sweet bread is a great treat to make for and with family members. It's also fun to make to celebrate the Three Kings' arrival on Epiphany, Jan. 6. Lighter than a fruitcake, it's still chock full o things everyone loves such as cherries, oranges and chocolate. This recipe makes two loaves.

Two local Catholic educators earn national award

ARCHDIOCESE - Two local educators learned last week that they are in a small group of Catholic principals and teachers to be honored this year by the National Catholic Education Association.

Sister Dorothy Stang honored with human rights prize

NEW YORK - A Dayton nun who was murdered in 2005 while she worked to defend the rights of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon region has been named a recipient of a prestigious U.N. human rights prize.

Local Briefs
[Return to top of page]

Copyright (c)2008 The Catholic Telegraph