News of the Diocese

"Lenten discipline brings us closer to Lord" - Bishop Lennon's U.B. column

  On this coming Wednesday, the 22nd of February, we will be celebrating Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a very special day for Catholics who see this as the beginning of Lent, a journey of 40 days leading up to the Sacred Triduum. The journey entails, according to the teaching of the Church, an intense period of preparation for those persons ...

A Black History Month Profile

  Father Augustus Tolton - Cause for Canonization   Father Augustus Tolton carries the reputation of being the first identified priest of African descent in the United States by reason of his mother and father being direct descendants of Africans who were brought here as slaves.   Tolton's ordination was taken simultaneously as a...

February 2012 Diocesan Memorandum is now available

  The February 2012 edition of the Diocesan Memorandum is now available.   Click HERE to review the February 2012 Diocesan Memorandum option page.      

Bishop Lennon meets with Pope Benedict XVI - See video highlights of "ad limina" visit

  Every 5 years each bishop makes an ?ad limina? visit to the Vatican to meet with the Holy Father and the offices of the Holy See. Currently Bishop Lennon and his fellow bishops from Ohio and Michigan are in the Vatican for their visit.   The highlight of the ?ad limina? is a meeting with the Holy Father. According to reports, the mee...

"Threats to marriage and religious freedom" - Bishop Lennon's U.B. column

  Marriage continues to be a high priority for the Catholic Church.  I have some good news to report in the Diocese of Cleveland as more parishes are offering marriage enrichment for couples and, for the first time in many years, there was a 2.5 percent increase in the number of Catholic weddings.  But two national threats have emer...

Komen response from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

  The Susan G. Komen Foundation's new policy that eliminates funding Planned Parenthood and embryonic stem cell research is applauded by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.   Director of the Diocesan Pro Life office, Peggy Gerovac is encouraging all individuals to contact the Foundation members and thank them for defunding Planned Pare...

Parishes receive first distribution checks from Diocesan Capital Campaign

(Pictured: Mary Lou Ozimek, Fr. Joseph Kraker, Shani Sinopoli)  On January 27th, nine Catholic parishes throughout the Diocese of Cleveland who completed their fundraising in support of the diocesan initiative, Rooted in Faith - Forward in Hope, received their first distribution check.  The checks represent a portion of the share ea...