News of the Diocese

Kelly Davis from the Diocese of Cleveland receives 2018 CRS Rice Bowl award

Honor recognizes service, innovation, commitment and partnership WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2018 - Kelly Davis, the Catholic Relief Services? (CRS) Diocesan Director in the Diocese of Cleveland, received the 2018 CRS Rice Bowl Award today at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, DC.

St. Mary Parish rolls out the welcome mat for Bishop Perez

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Cleveland?s Collinwood neighborhood hosted Bishop Nelson Perez on Feb. 3 as he continues visiting parishes across the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland. The bishop?s visit coincided with the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the current church building, which occurred on Feb. 2, 1958. St. Mary?s was founded...

Ecumenical faith leaders meet for lunch, dialogue

?This is something I?ve wanted to do for a long time,? said Bishop Nelson Perez as he greeted about a dozen leaders from various faiths on Feb. 5 in the parlor at the cathedral rectory. Father Joseph Hilinski, pastor of St. Barbara Parish in Cleveland, who also serves as delegate for ecumenical and interfaith affairs in the Diocese of Cleveland, e...

Knights of the Holy Sepulchre gather for annual Mass at cathedral

Representatives of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre from Northern Ohio gathered for their annual Mass with the bishop on Feb. 4 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. The knights, dressed in their distinctive white capes with a large red Jerusalem cross on the shoulder and black velvet berets, filed into their pews bef...

First Friday Forum of Lorain County hosts Bishop Perez

Bishop Nelson Perez touched on a variety of topics during his Feb. 2 address to the First Friday Forum of Lorain County, including his recent trip to the Holy Land, the development of evangelism in the Catholic Church, the role of missionary disciples and more. During a question and answer session following his remarks, he addressed several other ...

Mass, lunch, tour highlight Bishop Perez’s visit to St. Ambrose School

Nearly 500 students, teachers and staff members at St. Ambrose School in Brunswick welcomed Bishop Nelson Perez to their campus on Jan. 31. The bishop?s visit coincided with Catholic Schools Week. There was a Mass at 10 a.m. that was concelebrated by Father Bob Stec, St. Ambrose pastor, Father Rob Ramser, parochial vicar, and a Ruthenian Catholic ...

Schools, parishes receive $1.4 million from Rooted in Faith campaign

The Catholic Community Foundation made a distribution of nearly $1.4 million to the Office of Catechetical Formation and Education as a result of the generosity of parishes throughout the diocese that participated in the Rooted in Faith