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Dr. Peter Williamson, the Adam Cardinal Maida Chair in Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, will present a charismatic retreat on “Living As Children of the Light” at 7: 30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, with Mass at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Lighthouse Renewal Center, this retreat will be held at Centennial Barn, St. Clare Convent, 110 Compton Road, Cincinnati. Cost is $40 per person or $65 for a married couple. Registration is required. For more information, call 513-471-LITE (5483) or visit www.lighthouserenewalcenter.org.

The Sisters of Charity Spirituality Center is offering a “Pottery Retreat” led by Sr. Jackie Kowalski. You will learn to create a vessel of earthen clay while reflecting on the parallel manner in which God interacts with us human vessels of clay. The retreat will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 14 and 21 and Oct. 5 and 12 at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, 5900 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. Fee is $50 with a $10 non-refundable registration fee due by Sept. 6 (fee applied to total cost). Call 513-347-5449 or email spirituality.center@srcharitycinti.org for information.

The Fairborn Knights of Columbus Council 3724, the Marian Circle 911 Daughters of Isabella, the Mary Help of Christians Social Action Committee, Clark County Right to Life, and Family and Youth Initiatives will take part in a National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children on Saturday, Sept. 14. A living rosary will be offered in the Memorial Gardens in front of the statue of Mary located at the far side of the Mary Help of Christians Parish Center in Fairborn. The rosary will begin at 6:15 p.m. and will be followed by a pot luck dinner inside the MHC Parish Hall. All are invited to participate in this special event, bringing a dish to share at the pot luck. For any questions, please call Pat at 937-849-9140, or the FYI office at 937-845-0403. Dr. Vincent Miller, the Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture at the University of Dayton, will be the keynote speaker of the “Being Catholic in 2013” All Parish Meeting, Saturday, Sept. 14, at St. Francis Parish, Centerville. The morning workshop, hosted by the Weavers of Justice and the Catholic Social Action Office, will include presentations by Mary Anne Boyd, Respect Life Coordinator for the Archdiocesan Family and Respect Life Office, and Fr. Mike Pucke, pastor at St. Julie Billiart parish, on “Consistent Ethic of Life in Support of All Life;” Dave Scharfenberger, Justice for Immigrants Coordinator for Catholic Social Action, and Sr. Maria Stacey, Director of the Archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry regional office in Dayton, on immigration; and Dr. Mark Ensalaco, director of the Human Rights Studies Program at the University of Dayton, will talk on human trafficking. The free workshop begins with registration and a light breakfast at 8:15 a.m. For more information, call the Catholic Social Action regional office in Dayton, 937-224-3026. San Antonio Chapel, Queen City Avenue and White Street, will hold its 77th annual Spaghetti Dinner from 2 to 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15, in the San Antonio Church Hall. Meals are $8 for adults and $4 for children. The meal includes salad, spaghetti, meatballs, bread, dessert, and drink. For pre-sale dinner and raffle tickets, call Rob at 513-451-1324 or e-mail at robert.schultz@fuse.net. A Life in the Spirit Seminar will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on seven consecutive Wednesday evenings starting Sept. 18 in Hilvert Center at St. Ignatius Parish, I-74 and North Bend Road, Monfort Heights. Listen to dynamic teachings that will help you to encounter Jesus personally and experience the powerful love of the Holy Spirit. For more information or to register, call Lighthouse Renewal Center at 513-471-LITE (5483).

Join St. Cecilia Parish for their annual Forty Hours’ Devotion. The opening Mass is at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, followed by adoration, which continues until Sunday’s closing service at 4 p.m. on Sept. 22. Fr. Earl Fernandes will speak at the closing about “The Eucharist: Source and Summit.” A parish dinner will follow the closing. For additional information, contact Sue Helbling at suehelbling@icloud.com or 513-871-8354.

The annual Magnificat Women’s Conference will be held at the St. Charles Center, Carthagena, on Sept. 21, beginning with Mass and the Rosary at 8 a.m. The featured speaker is Dr. Sobecks, author of the book, “Divine Mercy – Triumph Over Cancer.” Author Dr. John Wood will also be sharing his new program on becoming a saint. Cost is $20, which includes a light breakfast and lunch. To register, call Rene Klosterman at 419-678-4700 or Ginny Gehret at 419-942-2473. The Little Sisters of the Poor Italian Fest will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the St. Paul’s Archbishop Leibold Home for the Aged, 476 Riddle Road, Cincinnati. Cost is $12 per person and reservations are required. Dinner consists of Spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and beverage. The event includes entertainment. Register and pay online at www.littlesistersofthepoorcincinnati.org or call 513-281-8001 ext. 200.

The Daughters of Isabella garage sale at the Mary Help of Christian Parish Center, 954 North Maple Ave., Fairborn, will offer items for the whole family, including clothing furniture, small appliances, and many other items to numerous to mention from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. The Catholic Alumni Club, for single Catholics 21 years or older, offers and encourages growth and concerns for others. Anyone in the Dayton area interested in joining should plan to attend the meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at Marion's Pizza, 50 E. Stroop Road, Dayton, in the Town and Country Shopping Center. To RSVP, call Jen at 937-320-0981 or Jerry at 937-252-7035 by Saturday, Sept 21. Pizza will be provided.

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USCCB Committee echoes

pope's plea for peace in Syria WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While standing in solidarity with the church and people of Syria, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee echoed the plea of Pope Francis that the international community immediately take steps to bring peace to the war-torn country. Meeting in Washington Sept. 10, committee members said in a statement that a political solution, rather than a military response, was needed to resolve Syria's 30-month civil war. "We have heard the urgent calls of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and our suffering brother bishops of the venerable ancient Christian churches of the Middle East. As one, they beg the international community not to resort to military intervention in Syria. They have made it clear that a military attack will be counterproductive, will exacerbate an already deadly situation and will have unintended negative consequences," the statement said.

Immigration legislation pushbuilds on prayer, fasting, preaching WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Faith-based advocacy in support of immigration reform is taking a multi-pronged approach as Congress resumes after the August break, with prayer and fasting being added to letter-writing and public speaking. Over the weekend of Sept. 7 and 8, dioceses and parishes in 22 states focused on the Catholic Church's teaching on migration in homilies and other activities. Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, in a Sept. 8 letter to the people of the archdiocese, reminded them of their roots, saying today's immigrants may "come in good part from Asia and Latin America, but their needs are in many ways similar to those of our ancestors.” Across the country in Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez issued a statement in his capacity as chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration that said, "Now is the time for Catholics to let their elected officials know that they support immigration reform."

Pope hears officials' inputon reforming Vatican curia VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met with Vatican officials Sept. 10 to hear their questions and suggestions about his ongoing reform of the Vatican bureaucracy. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, said the meeting lasted nearly three hours and, except for a brief greeting by the pope, was devoted to remarks by the other participants. About 30 people attended, almost all of them heads of the major Vatican offices, joined by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the commission governing Vatican City State, and Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of Rome. Also present was Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary of the College of Cardinals. Father Lombardi declined to comment on the content of the

discussions but described the meeting as an opportunity for the pope to hear the "considerations and advice" of his closest collaborators in Rome, as part of the reform process recommended by the cardinals who elected Pope Francis.

Education, jobs, electricity:Syrians discuss why they fled ISTANBUL (CNS) -- In the small front room of an apartment in a middle-class district of Istanbul, five young men, some with university degrees or halfway there, talked about why they fled their homes in Syria. One of them had arrived from Syria that evening, another more than a year ago, and the rest within the past several months. Four of them were working in manual labor, packaging clothing and other items for shipment abroad. The recently arrived refugee said he hoped to find a job doing the same, within the next few days. All of them told Catholic News Service Sept. 9 that they wanted to go back to Syria after President Bashar Assad was gone, but they differed over how the Syrian president's regime should end, and how things in that country would be afterward, including for the country's non-Muslims.

Canada's bishops to discusscharity, at home and afar OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- When Canada's bishops meet in Quebec Sept. 23-27, they will be discussing charity, at home and abroad. Within the past several months, floods in southern Alberta, the fire at Lac-Megantic, Quebec and the flash flooding in Toronto highlighted the fact that Canada's bishops do not have an organized structure to respond to tragedies within the country, said Msgr. Patrick Powers, general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. This year's plenary in Sainte-Adele, Quebec, will feature a "thorough conversation on charity" that features not only presentations by the Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas Internationalis, and its general secretary, Michel Roy, but also reflections on "how we can come to the aid of people right here in our own country," said Msgr. Powers. Cardinal Rodriguez will discuss the role of the bishop and episcopal conferences in justice, peace and Caritas.

Pope, greeting refugeessays solidarity not a dirty word ROME (CNS) -- Speaking at an assistance center for foreign refugees in Italy, Pope Francis called on wealthy societies and the Catholic Church to do more to help and defend the rights of the needy. "Charity that leaves a poor person just the way he is does not suffice," the pope said Sept. 10 at the Rome headquarters of Jesuit Refugee Service. "True mercy, that which God gives us and teaches us, asks for justice, asks that the poor person find the way to be poor no more." In his remarks, the pope recalled his July trip to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.policies in richer countries. As on that occasion,

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Mark your calendar for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area’s 15th annual Red Mass celebration. Each year in cities around the world, lawyers, judges, and lawmakers come together to pray for God’s grace and wisdom to assist them in carrying out faithfully their professional duties. The service, known as the Red Mass, is well-attended by people of all faiths. This year’s celebration is at 11:00 a.m. on Sept. 22. The Red Mass will have a new home this year: the St. Gregory the Great Chapel at The Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, located at 6616 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bishop Joseph R. Binzer of the

Archdiocese of Cincinnati will preside, and the Honorable Judge Patrick F. Fischer of Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals will deliver remarks following the Red Mass. A reception will follow. The Red Mass is hosted by the St. Thomas More Society of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. This ecumenical celebration is open to all members of the legal profession, public servants and officials, members of the judiciary, their respective families, and the general public who are dedicated to fostering the highest ideals and ethics in the practice of law and the administration of justice.

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St. Margaret Hall’s Fall Festival will run from 12-6 p.m. Sept. 29. The residents ask that participants get into the spirit and wear their favorite sports attire and try your luck at winning autographed sports memorabilia and/or tickets for professional and college sports. New this year will be a wine tasting and other activities. The Grand Prize Raffle tickets will be available all day for $2 each or six for $10: 1st prize- $5000, 2nd prize-$1000, 3rd prize- $500 St. Margaret Hall, sponsored by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, is a skilled nursing and assisted living facility at 1960 Madison Road in the O’Bryonville neighborhood. All proceeds benefit the residents.

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9th annual Blue Massset for Sept. 22in St. Peter in Chains

Rev. Steve Angi, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and police chaplain, will be the principal celebrant at the ninth annual Blue Mass to be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 22, at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, in downtown Cincinnati. On Sept 14 in rural Dayton, the Marian and St. Paul Councils of the Knights of Columbus will sponsor a Blue Mass at St. Rita of cassia Church, 5401 N. Main St., Harrison Township. Uniformed officers from police, fire and emergency medical services are invited to participate. The Knights will present their annual Blue Coat of the Year Award to a member of a public Safety Service who was nominated by one of the agencies in the area. Attendees should consider coming early to the Cathedral (about 10:30 a.m.) to see area fire trucks set up with flags hung from their extended ladders, and to see officers on horseback. Following the blessing, officers, family members and community members process into the cathedral behind a bagpiper and color guard.