News of the Diocese

Watch Live - Mass for Peace and Healing - Nov 9 at noon

Most Reverend Nelson Perez, Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, will offer a special Mass for Peace and Healing at noon on Thursday, November 9 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. This Mass presents an opportunity for people to gather as a community and unite our prayers into one asking God?s love and mercy and an end...

It’s time for a new issue of Northeast Ohio Catholic magazine

Watch your mailbox because the November/December issue of Northeast Ohio Catholic magazine will be arriving any day. The new issue features a story about Blessed Trinity Parish in Akron and how the numerous outreach programs it hosts benefit the North Hill neighborhood of Akron and beyond. In his column, Bishop Nelson Perez writes about the outpo...

#weGiveCatholic initiative returns on Nov. 28

Mark your calendar for Nov. 28, which is the second #weGiveCatholic, Northeast Ohio?s Catholic day of online giving. More than 165 parishes, Catholic schools, Catholic Charities sites/programs and other Catholic nonprofits will participate in the 24-hour fundraising initiative. The event is in conjunction with Giving Tuesday, which is a global day ...

Innovative, community survey of attitudes on Catholic education provides impressive results

More than 6,700 Greater Clevelanders took time to share their opinions on the state of Catholic education in the Diocese of Cleveland through an innovative online survey process named the Thought Exchange.

Hundreds welcome Bishop Nelson Perez at district Mass and reception at St. Rita Parish in Solon

A huge crowd of nearly 1,000 people filled St. Rita Church in Solon on Nov. 7 as Bishop Nelson Perez celebrated the 10th – and last – of the district Masses that introduced him to the faithful of the Diocese of Cleveland. About a dozen priests from the 13 parishes in the Cuyahoga County Suburban-Southeast District concelebrated the litu...

Lake Catholic High School rolls out the welcome mat for Bishop Nelson Perez

The message ?Welcome Bishop Perez? scrolled across the digital sign on the front lawn of Lake Catholic High School in Mentor on Nov. 7. The bishop spent the morning with 700 students, faculty and staff there, offering Mass, touring the school and eating lunch in the cafeteria with a group of students. When asked what was special about Lake Catholi...

Bishop Perez to offer a special Mass for Peace and Healing in the wake of recent violence

Most Reverend Nelson Perez, Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, will offer a special Mass for Peace and Healing at noon on Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland.