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Diocese of Cleveland awards more than $2.3 million in tuition assistance to Catholic school students for 2017-2018

The Catholic Community Foundation of the Diocese of Cleveland made a distribution of $2,385,250 to the Office of Catechetical Formation and Education to provide tuition assistance to approximately 3,000 students attending 91 Catholic schools throughout the diocese. The total distributed represents an increase of $115,050 over tuition assistance di...

Four transitional deacons ordained Oct. 28 by Bishop Nelson Perez

“This is my first ordination – ever,” said Cleveland Bishop Nelson Perez as he began the liturgy on Oct. 28, at which four seminarians from Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology were ordained as transitional deacons. It was another step in their journey to ordination as priests next May. “I’m grateful fo...

Bishop Nelson Perez inspires, marches with students from Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice

Several hundred students from the 20 Catholic high schools throughout the Diocese of Cleveland gathered on Oct. 26 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland for the annual Mass and Rally for Life. The events were organized by Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice, a group that includes representatives from each high school ...

Priesthood Sunday provides the opportunity to pray and reflect on the role of the priesthood

?I have experienced so much gratitude in my own heart because the Lord has called me to serve Him as a priest,? writes Bishop Nelson Perez in a letter for Priesthood Sunday. Priesthood Sunday, observed Oct. 28-29, is a chance for the faithful ?to reflect upon and affirm the role of the priesthood in the life of the Church as a central one? (Prie...

Holy Family, Stow and Gesu parishes welcome Bishop Perez for Masses, receptions

Bishop Nelson Perez visited parishes in two more districts of the Diocese of Cleveland this week as he continues getting acquainted with the faithful. He was at Holy Family Parish in Stow on Oct. 24 for a Mass and reception with people from the 28 parishes in Summit County. The following night, Oct. 25, he visited Gesu Parish in University Height...

Watch the Respect Life Mass live at 10am on Oct. 27, 2017

On Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, Bishop Perez will celebrate the annual Respect Life Mass with Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice. Following Mass, the students will hold a rally in downtown Cleveland.

Watch as four men are ordained transitional deacons

Four seminarians studying in the Diocese of Cleveland have been called to the order of deacon. Three students of Saint Mary Seminary have been called by the Most Rev. Nelson J. Perez, bishop of Cleveland, for service to the diocese and one student has been called by the superior of the U.S.-Mexico vice province of the Congregation of St. Joseph fo...