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...
According to this recent news story , Ohio's "heartbeat bill" might take immediate effect in our state. This was signed into law in 2019 by Gov. DeWine, in anticipation of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which happened yesterday. It would ban nearly all abortions once the baby's heartbeat can be detected. That is typically at about 6 weeks gestation. This could save many infant lives in our state. The pro-abortion forces are already preparing legal challenges to block it, so please pray that the law will stand without interruption. We are certainly in for tumultuous times as the opportunity to defend life opens up again. Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn, pray for us!
This Sunday, June 7th, we will be celebrating the solemn feast of the Holy Trinity. Here is a great modern hymn to the Trinity, Sing Praise to Our Creator. (This was sung at the National Catholic Shrine in Washington, D.C.)