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Bishop Lennon celebrates Christmas Mass in Cuyahoga County Jail. Tells Inmates, “Do for someone as has been done for you.”

News of the Diocese

December 19, 2014

 

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For the 15th year, inmates at the Cuyahoga county Justice Center jail have celebrated the Christmas season with a special Mass where the Bishop of Cleveland serves as Celebrant and Homilist.

More than 50 of the incarcerated participated in the liturgy and heard Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon reflect on the day?s gospel, the lineage of Jesus which spanned 42 generations.

He added, that everyone has family just as Christ did, the Bishop noting, there has been someone, likely a family member, in each of our lives who has done something good for us, and

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