News of the Diocese

Outdoor Mass, blessing of new Memorare Center highlight bishop’s visit to St. Francis de Sales Parish

A section of the parking lot in front of the new Memorare Center at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Akron was filled with chairs, not cars, on May 23 a...

‘God has an amazing plan for you,’ Bishop Malesic tells graduates

Bishop Edward Malesic returned to familiar territory on May 21: St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He had been scheduled to deliver the c...

Diocese will lift most pandemic-era safety guidelines effective June 2

As Catholics across the Diocese of Cleveland anticipate the end of the dispensation from attending Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligat...

Saint Ignatius community gathers at Progressive Field for Mass celebrated by Bishop Malesic

The traditional end-of-year all-school Mass for the Saint Ignatius High School community was more memorable than usual this year because it was the fi...

St. Joseph students construct 3-D prosthetic hands for Hands of Gratitude project

Sixth- through eighth-graders at St. Joseph School in Cuyahoga Falls literally lent some helping hands to Hands for Gratitude, a nonprofit that distri...

Ursuline College president receives national leadership award

Sister Christine De Vinne, OSU, president of Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, received the 2020 Charles W.L. Foreman Award from the Council...

15th annual Run for Peace fundraiser becomes an international event

Our Lady of Peace Parish in Cleveland jumped back into running shoes the weekend of May 1-2 for its virtual Run for Peace Fundraiser. The parish has s...