Giving Tuesday [UPDATED]

The Archdiocese has updated their Giving Tuesday program with a new video showing what the parishes are doing to meet the needs of their parishioners in these challenging times.

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New priests' ordination video

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The Archdiocese has recently published a very good 3-minute video of the ordination of three new priests for service to the Archdiocese. You will hear snippets from Archbishop's Schnurr homily and see a few scenes from that ordination Mass.  There are many powerful symbols in that ordination ceremony, including the men about to be ordained priests lying prostrate (on the ground, face down) before the altar, symbolizing that they are dying to themselves as they become "another Christ." In the photo above, after the bishop consecrates the men with prayer and laying on of hands, all of the other priests concelebrating the Mass also lay hands on them, showing that they now share in the one priesthood of Jesus Christ, the great High Priest. You may recognize Fr. Christopher Komoroski.  He was at our South Clermont parishes several weeks when he was still a deacon, to practice his preaching. I had the privilege of "vesting" Fr. Andrew Reckers (helping him put on his ...
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New priests for Cincinnati

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  This Saturday, May 15th, Archbishop Schnurr will be ordaining seven new men to the priesthood for service to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.  A very happy day!  You can read the personal stories of these men here .  I am sure that link will also be updated after Saturday to include stories about the ordination itself. Please pray for these men by name: Soon-to-be Fathers Michael Kapolka, Aaron Hess, Edward Hoffman, Louis Jacquemin, Elijah Puthoff, Scott Morgan, and Anthony Marcelli. In addition to this good news, two men were recently ordained to serve the Oratory of St. Philip Neri , a religious congregation of priests who will be serving some of our inner city parishes in Cincinnati: Fathers Henry Hoffman and Brent Stull, C.O.   Their brief bios are in their newsletter here ,   ( Photo here ). Fathers Henry Hoffman and Edward Hoffman are biological brothers.   It has been far too long since we've had brothers ordained to the prie...
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Vatican synod for all the faithful

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  The Holy Father is asking for as many of the baptized as possible to participate in archdiocese-wide meetings taking place in January and February, 2022, to discuss how we can collectively better advance the message of salvation. Please consider participating in one the 12 scheduled meetings. To learn more and to sign up, please visit www.catholicaoc.org/synod . Please also promote this opportunity to your parishioners – see the Bulletin Entries section. Here's some news on the synod from EWTN The nearest meeting on this topic in our current parish region will be held on Sunday afternoon, January 9th, at St. Bernadette in Amelia.  If interested in participating, please contact the parish office. 
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