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The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland names Amy Butler as new Associate Superintendent for the Office of Catholic Education

Amy Butler has been selected to serve as the Associate Superintendent for Secondary Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Office of Catholic Education. Butler, who currently serves as president of Elyria Catholic High School where she had previously been principal from 2009 to 2015, will join the leadership team serving Catholic schools t...

The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland names Monica Dietz as new Assistant Superintendent for the Office of Catholic Education

Monica Dietz has been selected to serve as the assistant superintendent of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Office of Catholic Education. Dietz, a career Catholic educator who has served as principal at St. Bernadette school in Westlake since 2016, will join the leadership team overseeing Catholic schools serving more than 40,000 st...

More Than $670,000 in Diocesan Grant Distributions Benefit Catholic Schools and Parishes

The Catholic Community Foundation has made a recent distribution in the amount of $672,761 to the Office of Catechetical Formation and Education to provide assistance to a total of 75 Catholic schools and parish catechetical programs in the Diocese of Cleveland. Grants have been awarded to help fund faith formation for children, young adults and ad...

Catholic Charities Supports Camp Christopher Special Needs Campers with 2019 Annual Appeal Follow Up and $100,000 Matching Challenge Grant

All 185 parishes in the Diocese of Cleveland will come together this weekend to provide an improved adaptive camp experience for persons with developmental disabilities at Catholic Charities’ Camp Christopher. This Catholic Charities’ Follow Up Appeal is boosted by a generous Challenge Grant, which will match all new, increased or add...

Nine to be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral

Bishop Nelson J. Perez, D.D., bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland will ordain nine deacons to the priesthood in the great tradition and solemn ritual of the Catholic Church at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, May 18, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. Those scheduled for priestly ordination are the nine transiti...

Interfaith memorial prayer service for the victims of the Sri Lankan bombings to be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

(CLEVELAND, OH) – The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist will host a memorial prayer service led by the Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez, bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, to remember all victims, deceased and living, of the Sri Lanka bombings on Sunday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. Members of the ecumenical and interfaith religious leadership wil...

Holy Week and Easter liturgies at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

(CLEVELAND, OH) – Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, April 14, and concludes on Easter Sunday, April 21. The summit of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church is the Easter triduum, which runs from the evening of Holy Thursday (April 18) to the evening of Easter Sunday. The liturgical celebrations will take place at the Cathedral of St. Joh...