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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 — January 9, 2009
Cincinnati native heeds call to priesthood in Erie diocese

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — Sometimes hearing God’s call to minister can be difficult to understand. Although Father Johnathan Schmolt’s family knew he had the makings of a priest, it wasn’t always clear to him, he said.
Italian missionary inspires vocation of Cincinnati native

ARCHDIOCESE — An Italian priest who was ordained in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in the 19th century has the makings of a saint, having dedicated his life to God and helping to expand the Catholic Church on the American northwestern frontier.


Faith, duty contribute to priests’ vocations
ARCHDIOCESE — For 60 years and counting, Father Jim Shappelle and his classmates marking jubilees in 2008 and 2009, have served the people of the archdiocese with faith and dedication.


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