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The Cincinnati Catholic Women are accepting applications for the $3,000 Continue with Confidence Scholarship. The deadline for application is July 30. Active, practicing Catholic women, age 21 or older, who are beginning or continuing an undergraduate degree at any Greater Cincinnati area accredited college, university, or vocational school, are eligible to apply. The recipients must be currently enrolled in classes or registered to start classes by September 2013. This scholarship is awarded based on financial need and parish or community volunteer service. For information or to receive an application packet, contact Betsy Niehoff at 513-304-6972. The Marian Library at the University of Dayton is holding a retrospective of the art work of the late Deacon Ned Ostendorf, “Where Art Meets Religion,” through Sept. 10. Deacon Ostendorf, a 1957 graduate of UD, was an artist for religious and educational publications for 55 years before his death in 2009. His widow, Kay, and their family have donated some of his work to UD. For more information, go to www.themarypage.org. The Caregiver Assistance Network of Catholic Charities is hosting “Caregiving 101” on Thursday, June 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Friday, June 14, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Garden Manor Retirement Village, 6898 Hamilton-Middletown Road, Middletown. This presentation will afford the family caregiver the opportunity to obtain valuable information and guidance about community resources, namely home health care providers, respite services, aging specialists, elder care services, and other services that address the needs of those caring for older adults. Participants will receive resource information and will learn strategies for managing elder care planning, home safety and family decision making. Additionally, they will understand the positive impacts associated with attending a family caregiver support group. For more information, contact Margaret Iannaci at [email protected] or 513-929-4483. The Interregional African American Catholic Evangelization Conference, “Living Our Faith, Sharing Our Story,” will be held at the Hilton Easton Hotel in Columbus, Ohio, June 14 through 16. The Archdiocesan Office of African American Catholic Ministries has arranged for charter bus transportation from Cincinnati to Columbus on Friday, June 14, and a return trip from Columbus to Cincinnati on Sunday, June 16. The cost for transportation is $20. Additionally, each traveler must make arrangements for registration and hotel costs. You can register online at: http://w w w. r e g o n l i n e . c o m / R e g i s t e r / C h e c k i n . a s p x ?EventID=1207313 Archbishop Dennis Schnurr will celebrate the 2013 Farm Mass for the people of St. Marys and Sidney Deaneries at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Ryan and KristaSchmitmeyer’s Farm, 6504 State Route 242, Versailles, OH 45380. Century Farm Awards will be presented during Mass. People are asked to bring lawn chairs. The Mass will be outdoors or, if it rains, under roof. A dessert reception will take place after the Mass.
Is God calling you to feel motivated beyond yourself? The Sisters of the Precious Blood are hosting a “Come and See” Day of Reflection for women 18-45 who are interested in learning more about life as a consecrated woman. The event will be held Saturday, June 22, at Salem Heights in Dayton. Reservations are due by Wednesday, June 19, and can be m a d e b e e m a i l i n g S i s t e r M a r y Ya r g e r a t [email protected]. There is no cost for the event. The Sisters of the Precious Blood are united by a rich and active contemplative spirituality that is firmly rooted in Eucharistic prayer and devoted to the Precious Blood of Jesus. The vocation office of Glenmary Home Missioners is hosting two Come & See Mission Tours this summer. The scheduled dates are June 14-17 and July 12-15. The trips will begin at Glenmary headquarters in Cincinnati. The group will travel to current missions where the adventures will include opportunities to meet Glenmary priests, brothers, students, and parishioners. The weekend experience will also allow time for group and personal reflection and prayer. For more information, contact Br. David [email protected] or go to www.glenmary.org/vocations.
A “Leaders for Christ” high school youth retreat will be held from 1 p.m. Monday, June 24, through 5 p.m. June 25 at the Spiritual Center of Maria Stein. The retreat is sponsored by the Northern Network Youth Ministers. The donation is $62 for one person, which includes a dorm room and all meals, or $87 for one person with a private room including all meals. For forms or questions, call the Spiritual Center at 419-925-7625. Deadline to register is June 17. The Parish Pro-Life Coalition will host Congressman Steve Chabot at 7 p.m. Monday, June 24, at St. Antoninus Church (undercroft), 1500 Linneman Road off of Cleves Warsaw. He has been invited to speak on pro-life and pro-family issues, including the status of the HHS mandate and the threats to religious freedom, the impact of the Affordable Care Act, and efforts to defend the sanctity of marriage. There will be time for questions and answers. The public is welcome. For information, call Joan Loebker at 513-922-0348. CREDO North is a Eucharist-centered week-long retreat and discipleship experience June 25-27 at the Spiritual Center of Maria Stein that gives young people an opportunity to grow in their relationship with Christ and the Church, and encourages them to become active in their parishes. The three-and-a-half-day retreat includes Mass, adoration, sacraments, fellowship, music, prayer, reflection, and talks by some fantastic speakers. Always based on one of the pillars of the Catechism, this year’s theme is Sacraments. Archbishop Schnurr will offer Mass on Wednesday and Bishop Binzer will celebrate the closing liturgy on Thursday. The cost is $60 for commuters. Find m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d t o r e g i s t e r , g o t o www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/youth-ministry/.
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Obama administration drops
fight to limit age restrictions WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic officials expressed disappointment with the June 10 announcement that the federal government will comply with a judge's ruling to allow girls of any age to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. The decision reversed recent course of action by the federal government. On May 1, the Justice Department announced that it would appeal a ruling by a federal judge in early April that said the Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to all ages by May 6. In a June 10 letter to U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn, N.Y., department officials said they will submit a plan for compliance with his ruling and will drop their appeal. Plan B, known generically as levonorgestrel, uses large doses of birth-control pills to prevent conception up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. The FDA says it will "not stop a pregnancy when a woman is already pregnant, and there is no medical evidence that the product will harm a developing fetus."
Mass celebrates life of Bostonbombing victim Martin Richard DORCHESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- A June 9 Mass at St. Ann Church in Dorchester celebrated the life of Martin Richard, the boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings and who would have turned 9 the day of the Mass. The crowd, at the 10:30 a.m. Mass that the Richard family usually attends, included parishioners, dozens of police, firefighters, first responders from Boston Emergency Medical Services and elected officials. In the April 15 blast at the Boston Marathon, Bill Richard, Martin's father, received shrapnel wounds and burns and suffered hearing loss; Martin's mother, Denise, suffered a head injury and lost vision in an eye. Martin's 7-year-old sister, Jane, lost a leg; his older brother, Henry, 12, was unharmed. At the request of the Richard family, reporters were asked to stay in a designated area across the street during the Mass.
Theologian: Brazil papal tripcritical for younger generations MIAMI (CNS) -- Look for strong turnout, robust media interest and unscripted moments when Jorge Mario Bergoglio makes his first trip abroad as Pope Francis when he arrives in Brazil in late July, according to a Brazilian writer and academic. In the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, final preparations are underway for the 2013 World Youth Day with Pope Francis July 23-28 around the sprawling Brazilian city. "He has a lot of charisma and it will be good to see that with the youngsters," said Maria Clara Luchetti Bingemer, an associate professor of Theology at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro who is regarded as an expert on lay spirituality and leadership in the Catholic Church in Brazil.
People long for spiritualhome, an inviting parish NEW YORK (CNS) -- People long for a spiritual home and Catholics expect to find it at their parish, with a pastor who provides a rich diet of spiritual food and "meets people where they are," Franciscan Sister Katarina Schuth told a New York audience June 7. Catholics want their parish to be an inviting place, she said. Priests can preach about sin, but they don't have to focus on it. Sister Schuth, a professor of social scientific study of religion at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., delivered the 15th annual Philip J. Murnion Lecture, "Shaping Parish Life: Ongoing Influences of Vatican II and the Catholic Common Ground Initiative."
Hope for those 'living in shadows'seen in immigration reform debate AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) -- With the debate on immigration underway in the U.S. Senate, the nation may finally be making some headway on long-overdue comprehensive reform of its immigration policies, said Austin Bishop Joe S. Vasquez. "Our country has needed this legislation for years," he said. "With the help of all in the Catholic community, we finally have an opportunity to see some progress for our sisters and brothers who have lived in the shadows far too long." He made the comments in a June 8 letter of greeting to participants in the "Nuns on the Bus" campaign who arrived in the Texas capital. They are on a cross-country tour to push for reform.
Wealth obscures God's word,free gift of salvation, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A church that is rich and lacking in praise for the Lord is an old, lifeless church that neglects the true treasure of God's free gift of grace and salvation, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. "Proclaiming the Gospel must take the road of poverty," the pope said at Mass June 11 in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Those who preach and share the Gospel need to give witness to poverty, where the only abundant riches in their lives are the free and joyful gifts received from the Lord, he said.
Jesuit criticizes Western supportof Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- A priest who directs the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, Egypt, blasted Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during a visit to Parliament Hill. Jesuit Father Henri Boulad, 82, a Melkite Catholic, singled out the United States, France and Great Britain for their support of the Islamist group, which he said has created a regime far worse than the military dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak that preceded it. He warned of looming catastrophe. "How democratic countries can support such movements is disgusting," Father Boulad told a meeting of the Middle East Discussion Group at a luncheon hosted by Canadian Sen. Ann Cools.
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Six members of the graduating class of Roger Bacon High School also earned their Eagle Scout rank. Nationwide, fewer than four percent of boys who start in Scouts stay to achieve this prestigious award. With a graduating class of 82 co-ed students, Roger Bacon has exceeded the national average with 15% of the 39 males earning the Scouts' highest honor.Submitted photo
During June, members
of St. Antoninus Parish will be knocking on the doors of its parishioners with more information and a copy of the prayer for religious freedom for Fortnight for Freedom. The flyer will also invite parishioners to the 8 a.m. Mass on July 4th. Beginning June 21, and culminating on July 4, Catholics in the United States are asked to pray for the preservation of, and the end of threats to, our freedom of religion. Our basic freedoms are slowly being eroded and it is essential that we first turn to the Lord in prayer, asking for the foresight and courage we need to resist.
St. Antoninusparishioners godoor-to-doorfor freedom
By Peter Feuerherd It’s not about the Pill. It’s about the Bill (of Rights). That’s the view of two legal scholars on religious liberty issues as they observe what they see as an orchestrated campaign against the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion. Helen Alvare, associate professor of law at George Mason University in Virginia, says that one of the most prominent religious liberty issues today revolves around the Obama Administration’s regulation that would force many religious organizations to pay, through their health insurance premiums, for sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs, for their employees. This mandate would force the Catholic Church to violate its own teaching. “The First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion, which includes religious institutions being allowed to operate with complete integrity,” says Alvare. That integrity includes the right to offer health benefits consistent with “their origins, their mission statements and the teaching of their Church.” Martin Nussbaum, a Colorado Springs-based attorney who works on religious liberty cases, says that the Obama Administration’s claimed compromise – that would have insurance companies, not the Church itself, pay for contraceptive
coverage – is a thin fig leaf that doesn’t undo the violation of religious liberty. “It didn’t change the substantive reality at all,” he says. For him, the administration’s position still compels religious organizations to pay for something even if they morally oppose it. While the arguments over the health care mandate have taken center stage, Nussbaum argues that the most intrusive act the administration has taken against religious liberty so far was its stance in the Hosanna Tabor case, in which a Lutheran Church was accused of violating employment rights. The case touched on who decides who is a minister in the church, and the Court said the government could not make that decision since it involved an internal church matter. The administration had argued against the “ministerial exception,” which grants churches the right to select their own teachers and ministers, though the courts have long recognized that the government has no right to interfere in that process.“The significance of this is impossible to overstate,” says Nussbaum. However, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 9-0 vote, rejected the administration’s argument. Both Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan – former solicitor general in the Obama Administration – expressed astonishment during oral arguments at the administration’s view.
Fortnight for Freedom
What the observance is all about
