Archives for February 2021

The Catholic Students Mission Crusade headquarters is moved to Cincinnati and remains there until the organization disbanded in the 1970s. The Shield is the official publication of the organization.

The Catholic Students Mission Crusade is founded to foster awareness and activity for foreign Catholic Mission

Needing to consolidate and more efficiently manage the many charitable organizations in the archdiocese, the Bureau of Catholic Charities is created with Father Francis Gressle as director. The bureau’s work includes children services, immigration aid, counseling, food donations, and more — many things it still does today.

A meeting in March establishes the Fenwick Club, a downtown Cincinnati residence for unmarried men that provides a home and activities that support a Catholic lifestyle. Similarly, the Sisters of St. Joseph operate the Fontbonne in Cincinnati for unmarried women, and the Dominican Sisters offer the Loretto Home in Dayton. 

Father Henry Waldhaus is tasked with opening a school for the deaf. With the aid of benefactors, 237 acres of land are purchased for St. Rita School for the Deaf. The school opens with eleven students and three teachers from the Sisters of Charity.

Extensive flooding along the Miami River causes considerable damage and suffering in Dayton, Hamilton and Middletown. Relief funds are raised throughout the archdiocese to support those affected.