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May crowning highlights bishop’s visit to Immaculate Heart of Mary School

?What?s great about Immaculate Heart of Mary School?? Bishop Nelson Perez asked the more than 300 students at the Cuyahoga Falls school. Answers included things like no bullying, good students, great teachers, the Immaculate Heart of Mary and opportunities for learning well. ?These are all gifts,? the bishop told the students, who gathered on May...

Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology awards degrees

Nine advanced degrees from Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology and certificates of completion for five Borromeo Seminary students were awarded during the annual commencement exercises on May 10 in the Aula Magna at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe. Saint Mary?s was founded by Bishop Amadeus Rappe in 1848, a year after...

Saving Sara

Matt Talbot for Women helped her achieve sobriety Sara Szelagowski grew up in a devout Catholic family in suburban Garfield Heights -- a solid, middle-class community. After graduating from Trinity High School, she attended the University of Akron, earning a bachelor?s degree in family and child development. While attending college, the first tim...

John Carroll University receives $15 million to create business college, two new schools

John Carroll University announced on May 15 that it received a $10 million gift to establish the John M. and Mary Jo Boler College of Business. The Boler Family Foundation made the historically significant gift to the Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights in memory of John Boler, a 1956 JCU graduate. In 2016, the year in which Boler die...

Notice of priest placed on administrative leave

The Reverend Theodore Lucas, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, has been placed on administrative leave in response to a credible accusation of sexual misconduct involving a minor. The Diocesan Protection of Children Review Board recommended that Father Lucas be placed on administrative leave while it continues a further review of the a...

Hearts on Fire event raises funds for Jesuit Retreat House

Almost 400 people gathered together under a massive tent on the grounds of the Jesuit Retreat House in Parma on May 11 to celebrate its annual Hearts on Fire fundraiser and to honor the recipients of the Ignatian Spirituality Award. Rick Krivanka, JRH executive director, welcomed guests that included members of the local Jesuit community as well a...

In Remembrance - Reverend John J. Wright

Reverend John J. Wright – Bishop Nelson Perez will be the main celebrant at the funeral Mass for Father John J. Wright at 11 a.m. May 15 at St. Dominic Church, 19000 Van Aken Blvd., Shaker Heights. Father Tom O’Donnell will be the homilist. Father Wright, 74, died on May 3. Auxiliary Bishop emeritus Roger Gries will preside at vespers...