News of the Diocese

In Remembrance - The Most Reverend Donald E. Pelotte, SSS

Gallup, New Mexico

TV 8 to broadcast Christmas morning 'TV Mass'

Our friends at WJW-TV FOX8 will broadcast a special half-hour Christmas Day 'TV Mass' for the homebound members of the Catholic community in Northeast Ohio.  The Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon, Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland will be the 'TV Mass' celebrant.  This special 'TV Mass' will be broadcast at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, December 25, 2009...

Resigned Priest Sentenced in Elyria Case

Patrick J. O’Connor, who resigned from active priestly ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in June of 2008, has been sentenced by a Lorain County judge after having pleaded guilty to Corruption of a Minor. O’Connor has been sentenced to 90 days in prison and three years probation and must register as a sexual offender every si...

Cemetery Sunday - November 1, 3 p.m.

The Catholic Cemeteries Association, Diocese of Cleveland wishes to announce: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered at the following cemeteries on Catholic Cemetery Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.Review the complete cemetery schedule>

WVIZ/PBS to broadcast 'Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Everybody's Church' - October 29

WVIZ, Cleveland's public broadcasting station, will broadcast the locally-produced program Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Everybody's Church on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10 p.m.The program traces the history of Cleveland Catholicism's mother church on the occasion of its 160th anniversary.Visit the WVIZ web site>

Cleveland's Little Sisters of the Poor to celebrate canonization of foundress - October 18

Jeanne Jugan, the foundress and first Little Sister of the Poor will be canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, October 11 at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.  During the canonization ceremony she will be named a patron of the elderly.In celebration of her sainthood, Cleveland's Little Sisters of the Poor welcome all to par...

Diocese priest heads prestigious National Legal Society

The Reverend Lawrence Jurcak, JCL, was named president of the Canon Law Society of America during a special Mass on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky.Read more and see photo>