News of the Diocese

Rescue workers, victims of 9/11 terrorist attack remembered in cathedral prayer service

Father Sean Ralph, rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, presided at a brief prayer service after the noon Mass on Sept. 11 at the Publi...

Installation of Bishop Edward Malesic will be livestreamed on diocesan website

History will be made at 2 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist when Bishop Edward Malesic is installed as the 12th bis...

‘Ministry during the Pandemic’ is Parish Life and Development staff topic for virtual First Friday Club of Cleveland program

The First Friday Club of Cleveland was forced to cancel its in-person programs for the past several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, t...

Seminarians to be admitted to candidacy for diaconate, priesthood

Eight students at Saint Mary Seminary will be admitted to candidacy for ordination as deacons and priests for service to the Catholic Dioce...

St. Rocco’s redesigned drive-thru parish festival earns good reviews

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the St. Rocco Parish festival took on a different look and feel during Labor Day weekend. “It would have been ...

Legion of Mary marks Blessed Mother’s birthday with Eucharistic procession, prayers

About 200 people gathered on Sept. 7 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland for the second all-diocesan Legion of Mary Comi...

A statement from the Reverend Donald P. Oleksiak, diocesan administrator on the shooting Thursday that claimed two lives, one victim a Cleveland police detective

We are all stunned by the news of gun violence which lead to the deaths of two people on Cleveland’s west side Thursday evening. One of those sl...