Where were you when the much-anticipated total solar eclipse occurred on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21?
Some diocesan employees at the Cathedral Square Plaza office building in downtown Cleveland took a few minutes to head downstairs and stand on East Ninth Street peering into the sky for a chance to see the rare occurrence. One of the viewers was Father Steve Vallenga, director of the diocesan mission office and pastor of St. Mary Parish, Painesville. He donned approved eclipse glasses to catch a glimpse of the event.
Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas, Apostolic Administrator of the diocese, also put on his eclipse glasses and watched the event from his office window in Toledo.
According to NASA, sometimes when the moon orbits Earth, it moves between the sun and Earth. This doesn't happen every month, because the moon doesn't orbit in the exact same plane that the sun and Earth do
