News of the Diocese

500+ entering Catholic Church join Bishop in “Rite of Election”

Some 513 adult Catechumens and Candidates participated on Sunday, March 13th with Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon in the "Rite of Election of Catechumens and Call to Continuing Conversion of Candidates."

It's Time for the Lenten Fish Fry

Find out which parishes are offering this traditional Friday Abstinence from meat coupled as a fundraiser during the Season of Lent.

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In his message for the 44th Worlds Communications Day, the Holy Father Benedict XVI wrote, "Responding adequately to this challenge [to preach the Gospel] amid today's cultural shifts, to which young people are especially sensitive, necessarily involves using new communications technologies."

Ash Wednesday - Homily of Bishop Richard Lennon

The Most Reverend Richard Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland celebrated the noon mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Ash Wednesday. 

"Fat Tuesday" Leads to "Ash Wednesday" and the Beginning of Lent

Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday The roots of the "Fat" or "Shrove" Tuesday celebration lie in the Christian calendar as the "last hurrah" before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. The reference to "fat" comes from the Mardi Gras tradition in Louisiana of slaughtering and feasting upon a fatted calf on the last day of Carnival.

Bishop's Lenten Message...The Journey

As we begin Lent next week with Ash Wednesday we have a special opportunity as individuals and as a faith community to reflect over these few days upon what this Lent can be for us this year.

Catholic Charities kicks off 2011 Annual Appeal

At a press conference to kick-off this year?s Annual Appeal, the Diocese of Cleveland Catholic Charities announced that their Annual Appeal for 2010 received just over $10.4 million in pledges to help needy people in our region, a significant accomplishment in today?s tough economic climate.