Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Sensory Friendly Mass
2025-10-18 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | St. Christopher, 435 East National Rd, Vandalia, Ohio, 45377
The celebration will have…
Low lighting. No music. Shorter Homily.
Gluten-free – Precious Blood only option if needed.
Freedom to move around, wear headphones, use a fidget, or special seating.
*Regular Mass – Sensory Friendly space Available in the Chapel

ALL are welcome!

Rosary for Life
2025-10-18 09:20 - 10:00, 2025-10-11 09:20 - 10:00, 2025-10-04 09:20 - 10:00 | Women’s Med Center, 1401 E. Stroop Road, Kettering, OH, 45440
Prayer, Praise & Scripture, Wednesdays at 11 AM
Rosary every Wednesday at 12 Noon
Rosary every Saturday at 9:20 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation
2025-10-18 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Church of the Incarnation, 55 Williamsburg Lane, Dayton, OH, 45459, United States
My beloved Deaf friends,

I warmly invite you to experience the healing grace of God’s mercy through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Whether it has been a while or a regular part of your spiritual journey, this is a sacred opportunity to renew your heart and soul.

This will be held on the first and third Saturday of every month.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive you…” 1 John 1:9”

Fr. Charles M. Onumaegbu
Chaplain for the Deaf Ministry

Saturday Pro-Life Rosary Procession
2025-10-18 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-11 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Holy Name Catholic Church, 2448 Auburn Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219
Gather at 9:00 a.m. every Saturday at Holy Name Church on Auburn Avenue, followed by a rosary procession to Planned Parenthood. For more info, contact the Franciscan Daughters of Mary at hnchapelfdn@gmail.com.

Preschool and Early Learning Teacher Collaboration - Dayton Location
2025-10-17 08:30 - 15:00 | Ascension School, 2001 Woodman Drive, Dayton, 45420, United States
We look forward to a day of collaboration with colleagues.

October 17th – Ascension School 2001 Woodman Drive Kettering, OH 45420

Please plan to join us.

CLICK HERE to RSVP

Related Arts - Teacher Collaboration Days
2025-10-17 08:30 - 15:00 | Ascension School, 2001 Woodman Drive, Dayton, 45420, United States
Music, Spanish, PE, Art, and Technology Teachers
Come and spend the day collaborating with your colleagues from other schools. Typically, related arts teachers are the only teachers at their school that teach their specialty. This day is devoted to those teachers, giving them time to work with others across the archdiocese. Teachers will walk away with ready-to-use resources and ideas, including a network for future collaboration. We hope to see you there.
CLICK HERE to RSVP
Location: Ascension School

i-Ready Data Leadership
2025-10-17 08:30 - 14:30 | OH
i-Ready Data Leadership
Data Leadership: Launching Your Data Culture and Collaboration
Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 9:00-11:30
Audience: Leaders, Teacher Leaders, Teachers looking to gain more out of their data, Accreditation Committees, limited to 35 participants
Location:
Ascension
2001 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420
Join fellow school leaders in a dynamic session focused on leveraging Baseline Diagnostic data to uncover trends, inform instruction, and align with your school improvement goals. Whether you’re just beginning or well into the process, you’ll have the opportunity to gather, analyze, and reflect on your data to strengthen both your accreditation efforts and your school’s data culture. Engage in meaningful collaboration with peers, enhance your leadership practice, and explore Top Leader Actions that drive impact. Together, we’ll identify actionable next steps to confidently lead your schools forward!

Using i-Ready Literacy Tasks (Benchmark & Progress Monitoring)
Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 12:30-3:00
Audience: Leaders and Teachers, limited to 35 participants
Location:
Ascension
2001 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420

Educators are introduced to i-Ready Literacy Benchmark Tasks and Progress Monitoring, including the foundational literacy skills they assess. They learn how to choose, administer, and score the tasks, enter student data into i-Ready Connect, and access the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. They learn how to administer, score, and enter data into i-Ready Connect, and how to access student reports for ongoing progress monitoring. Learn how to gather information to identify areas of focus for students’ ’Reading Improvement Plans (RIMPs) as well as what to do if students are not on track to meet goals.
Registration:
[Click HERE to Register]

Dayton PIE YA Group
2025-10-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Our Lady of the Rosary, 22 Notre Dame Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45404, United States

Monthly Prayer Outside Planned Parenthood Hamilton
2025-10-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Planned Parenthood- Hamilton, 110 Ludlow Street, Hamilton, Ohio, 45011
Join Sidewalk Advocates For Life and Butler County Right to Life members as they pray outside the Planned Parenthood in Hamilton every 2nd Saturday of the month from 10AM to 2PM.

Now more than EVER, women in crisis need people like you to show compassion and share life-affirming resources in a time of need. Learn how to help abortion vulnerable mothers CHOOSE LIFE using the peaceful, prayerful, proven method of Sidewalk Advocates for Life. A comprehensive, free training is available. Contact Jackie at Hamiltonsafl@gmail.com for more information.

Creating a Hope-filled Future Together - A Laudato Si' Conference
2025-10-11 09:00 - 16:30 | Xavier University’s Health United Building, 1723 Cleneay Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45212, United States
Register Here!
Parking Information: xavier-parking-area-around-health-united-building.pdf

Understanding and Using i-Ready Data in the Classroom for Teachers
2025-10-09 09:00 - 14:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
This session provides teachers with dedicated working time and guided support to analyze fall diagnostic data. Participants will learn how to run key reports, break down results by whole class, small groups, and individual students, and identify trends that impact instruction. Facilitators will connect data insights directly to evidence-based teaching strategies and interventions so that teachers leave with actionable next steps for the classroom, small-group instruction, and one-on-one explicit teaching. The goal is to turn assessment results into meaningful instructional decisions that accelerate student growth.

[Register]

Standards Based Teaching and Assessing using the GCS
2025-10-08 09:00 - 14:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
October Session: Grades 2 & 3 Teachers
Focus group to review and refine existing work on Standards-Based Teaching and Assessing
The Curriculum and Assessment office is looking for teachers in grades 2-3 to spend some time reviewing and providing feedback for the Standards Aligned Exiting Skills and corresponding Common Assessments that have been developed to support the standards in the Graded Course of Study.

We will be meeting from 9:00-2:30pm at Hamilton County Educational Services Center.

Please consider attending this day of collaboration and providing feedback.

CLICK HERE to RSVP

Understanding and Using i-Ready Data in the Classroom for Teachers
2025-10-07 09:00 - 14:30 | Sacred Heart, Fairfield, 400 Nilles Road, Fairfield, OH, 45014, United States

Sensory Friendly and ASL Mass
2025-10-05 12:30 - 13:30 | St. John Fisher, 3227 Church St., Newtown, OH, 45244, United States
In an effort to embrace and welcome the members of the Deaf Community, as well as those with Autism, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities, all our welcome to this Sensory Friendly and ASL Mass where there will be lower lighting, no music and a shorter homily. At St. John Fisher every first Sunday at 12:30 p.m. For more information on what a sensory friendly mass is click HERE.

Bethany Brunch - October 5
2025-10-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Bethany Brunch, 403 Sharpsburg Road, Fort Recovery, OH, 45846, United States
ANCHORED IN HOPE, PERSEVERING IN LOVE: BETHANY BRUNCH WITH THE MERCEDARIAN SISTERS
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mary, Help of Christians

All young adult women (18+) are invited to our October Bethany Brunch hosted by the Holy Cross Family at Mary, Help of Christians in Fort Recovery. We will begin with the Parish Mass at 9 am, followed by brunch, time to be together, and a talk from the Mercedarian Sisters opening up the beauty of the Jubilee Year of Hope.

We are so excited to have the Mercedarian Sisters joining us! Please let us know you’re planning to attend by clicking below, as spots will be limited.

Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation - Dayton East
2025-10-04 09:00 - 13:30 | Marianist Environmental Education Center – St. Joseph Hall, 4435 E Patterson Rd, Beavercreek, OH, 45430, United States
View the webpage for more information!

Ohio March for Life
2025-10-03 10:00 - 13:00 | OH
Join us on October 3rd 2025 for Ohio March for Life. The event will begin with a pre-concert rally at 10:00am at the Columbus Statehouse/Capitol Building with the rally beginning 11:00 a.m. followed by a march at 12:00 p.m.
For more information and travel details CLICK HERE.

Preschool and Early Learning Teacher Collaboration - Cincinnati location
2025-10-03 09:00 - 15:00 | Immaculate Heart of Mary School, 7800 Beechmomt Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, United States
We look forward to a day of collaboration with colleagues.

We will be offering 2 fall sessions for preschool teachers:

October 3rd – Immaculate Heart of Mary Preschool 7800 Beechmont Ave Cincinnati, OH 45255
October 17th – Ascension School
Please plan to join us.

CLICK HERE to RSVP

Effective Strategies for Content Teachers of ELs (using SIOP)
2025-10-03 08:30 - 15:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
The Fall SIOP Training has been cancelled, due to low sign-ups. If you are still looking for guidance and instructional support on teaching English Language Learners, please consider attending a half-day session on resources and tools available for all AOC teachers. A resource Padlet has been created to provide in-the-moment assistance to teachers. Participants of the learning opportunity will review the resource Padlet and dive deeper into some specific resources to use in classrooms immediately following the learning.
The same session will be repeated in the morning and afternoon on October 3, common professional development day.
Cincinnati Area
October 3 | 9:00-11:30; 12:30-3:00
[Register]

SIOP
The Mission
SIOP® aims to support teachers in embedding academic language development within their instruction, so that students can acquire and apply English in academic contexts, including discipline-specific vocabulary used in textbooks and lectures.
Research Based
The SIOP Model is a research-based and validated instructional model that has proven effective in addressing the academic needs of multilingual learners.
Best Practices
The SIOP® Model consists of instructional strategies that address eight aspects of lesson design and delivery: lesson preparation, building background, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, practice and application, lesson delivery, and review and assessment.
Targets
The eight SIOP® strategies and practices can support any student having trouble with academic vocabulary.

These cohorts are appropriate for any content teacher that works with EL Learners and would like to gain a better understanding of how to support the needs of students in the classroom.

Dayton Area
January 21 | 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
February 9 | 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
March 13 | Virtual Coaching Session

Related Arts - Teacher Collaboration Days
2025-10-03 08:30 - 15:00 | OH
Music, Spanish, PE, Art, and Technology Teachers
Come and spend the day collaborating with your colleagues from other schools. Typically, related arts teachers are the only teachers at their school that teach their specialty. This day is devoted to those teachers, giving them time to work with others across the archdiocese. Teachers will walk away with ready-to-use resources and ideas, including a network for future collaboration. We hope to see you there.
CLICK HERE to RSVP
Location: St. Ignatius School 5222 North Bend Road Cincinnati, OH 45247

i-Ready Data Leadership
2025-10-03 08:30 - 15:00 | OH
I-READY Data Leadership
Data Leadership: Launching Your Data Culture and Collaboration
Date: October 3, 2025
Time: 9:00-11:30
Audience: Leaders, Teacher Leaders, Accreditation Committees, limited to 35 participants
Location:
St. Ignatius of Loyola School
5222 North Bend Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
Join fellow school leaders in a dynamic session focused on leveraging Baseline Diagnostic data to uncover trends, inform instruction, and align with your school improvement goals. Whether you’re just beginning or well into the process, you’ll have the opportunity to gather, analyze, and reflect on your data to strengthen both your accreditation efforts and your school’s data culture. Engage in meaningful collaboration with peers, enhance your leadership practice, and explore Top Leader Actions that drive impact. Together, we’ll identify actionable next steps to confidently lead your schools forward!

Using i-Ready Literacy Tasks (Benchmark & Progress Monitoring)
Date: October 3, 2025
Time: 12:30-3:00
Audience: Leaders and Teachers, limited to 35 participants
Location:
St. Ignatius of Loyola School
5222 North Bend Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45247
Educators are introduced to i-Ready Literacy Benchmark Tasks and Progress Monitoring, including the foundational literacy skills they assess. They learn how to choose, administer, and score the tasks, enter student data into i-Ready Connect, and access the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. They learn how to administer, score, and enter data into i-Ready Connect, and how to access student reports for ongoing progress monitoring. Learn how to gather information to identify areas of focus for students’ ’Reading Improvement Plans (RIMPs) as well as what to do if students are not on track to meet goals.
Registration:
[Click HERE to Register]

Understanding and Using MAP in the Classroom for Teachers
2025-10-01 09:00 - 14:30 | Sacred Heart, Fairfield, 400 Nilles Road, Fairfield, OH, 45014, United States

Map Data Leadership
2025-09-30 09:00 - 11:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
MAP Data Leadership
Intended For: School Administrator, Teachers or Data Lead

Date: September 30th, 2025
Time: 9:00-11:30 Data Essentials
Location: Hamilton County ESC
11083 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45231

Description:
This session will provide effective data analysis. Participants will receive guidance and have dedicated working time to:

Understand new norms
Analyze fall data, including the school profile and class profile reports
Conduct data chats that set student goals
Break down student grouping reports to drive instruction

The session is intended for administrators and data leaders who are looking to deepen data analysis and conversation within their school buildings.
This session is presented by Vince Barnes, Senior Account Manager from NWEA MAP Growth.

Registration:
[Click HERE to Register]

Standards Based Teaching and Assessing using the GCS
2025-09-29 09:00 - 14:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
September Session: Grades K & 1 Teachers
Focus group to review and refine existing work on Standards-Based Teaching and Assessing
The Curriculum and Assessment office is looking for teachers in grades K-1 to spend some time reviewing and providing feedback for the Standards Aligned Exiting Skills and corresponding Common Assessments that have been developed to support the standards in the Graded Course of Study.

We will be meeting from 9:00-2:30pm at Hamilton County Educational Services Center.

Please consider attending this day of collaboration and providing feedback.
CLICK HERE to RSVP

Interfaith Prayer Service for Immigrants & Refugees
2025-09-28 15:00 - 16:30 | First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati, 536 Linton St, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, United States
Join members of the Cincinnati interfaith community as we take time to celebrate and stand in solidarity with our immigrant and refugee neighbors, honor their dignity, and pray for peace, safety, and respect.
Sunday, September 28, 3:00pm
First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati, 536 Linton St, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Members of many faiths – including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Quakers, Brethren, and B’hai – will share why they stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees.
For more information, please contact Andrew.
