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Bishop’s Palm Sunday homily focuses on passion, God’s love for us

Usually a king rode into a city on horseback during a time of war and he entered on a donkey during peacetime. ?Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday,? Bishop Nelson Perez said during his Palm Sunday homily at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. ?He was on his way to battle,? he said, referencing the Passion and death Jesus wo...

Seminarians are admitted to candidacy for diaconate, priesthood

Twenty-five young men, all students at Saint Mary Seminary who are advancing in their formation for the priesthood, were admitted to candidacy during a Mass on March 23 in Resurrection Chapel at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe. They are entering their final years of priestly formation. Some will be ordained as transitional deacons n...

‘Create your own space,’ bishop tells young adults’ group

Theology on Tap West packed the house on March 21 to hear Bishop Nelson Perez speak on ?The Indispensable Role of Young Adults in the Catholic Church.? Father Tim Roth, parochial vicar at St. Angela Merici Parish in Fairview Park and a coordinator of the group, aimed at younger adults in their 20s and 30s, said the event sold out weeks earlier wit...

Holy Week liturgy schedule at St. John Cathedral is announced

Catholics around the world and throughout the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland are preparing to observe Holy Week, the holiest week of the year. Holy Week liturgical celebrations will begin on Palm Sunday, March 25. Bishop Nelson Perez will be the celebrant and homilist at the 10:30 a.m. Mass that day at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, ...

St. Augustine Parish to feed the hungry on Easter Sunday, April 1

St. Augustine Hunger Center and Parish in Cleveland?s Tremont neighborhood (2486 W. 14th St.) will be providing a full Easter meal will all the trimmings to anyone in need of a meal and to anyone living alone who would enjoy sharing a meal with other people on Easter Sunday, April 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bishop Perez visits St. Vincent de Paul, Akron, and St. Francis of Assisi parishes

It was a busy weekend once again for Bishop Nelson Perez. After celebrating Mass for the West Side Irish American Club at St. Colman Church on St. Patrick?s Day and marching in the St. Patrick?s Day Parade with a group of seminarians, the bishop headed to Akron to celebrate the vigil Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Parish. On March 18, he celebrated M...

Superintendent of Schools at the Cleveland Catholic Diocese resigns

Christopher M. Knight, Secretary for Catechetical Formation and Education, and Superintendent of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, has resigned his position choosing instead to explore other opportunities outside the diocese.