From the Archbishop

In our archdiocesan “Prayer for Vocations,” we acknowledge that God has created each of us for some definite purpose. At the same time, we ask Him to bless the Church with women and men who faithfully live out their respective vocations with holiness, whether they be single, married, religious or clerics . . .

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, God’s blessings to you and your family.  I write to you today to convey a difficult decision regarding our longstanding partnership with Girl Scouts in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.  After consultation with . . .

Many themes emerge throughout the month of October in the life of the Church. It is Respect Life Month, so we pause to pray more intentionally in thanksgiving to God for the great gift of life and that this gift may always be safeguarded and respected from the first moment of conception until natural death . . .

God created the heavens and the earth, establishing an ordered universe from what had been chaos. Among all that exists – the land and sea, the trees and flowers, the birds, fish and animals – man and woman stand out as those creatures created in God’s own image and likeness. . .

It is said that we should never stop learning. Every day presents us with opportunities to learn more about ourselves and the world in which we live. God also is constantly working to draw us deeper into the truth of who He is and who He created us to be. This is the foundational principle of . . .

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, This past Friday, July 26, many of us witnessed the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris, which unfortunately featured a grotesque, highly-sexualized parody of DaVinci’s iconic painting The Last Supper . . .

Dear Members of the St. Susanna Family, On Monday, July 29, I accepted the resignation of Father Barry Stechschulte as pastor of St. Susanna Parish . . .

Today we celebrate the 203rd anniversary of the establishment of our archdiocese (then diocese) by Pope Pius VII. For over two centuries, Catholics in these 19 counties of western and southwestern Ohio have celebrated and shared in our Lord’s presence and mission as members of the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church.