Press Releases

St. Augustine Parish, Hunger Center request turkeys, cash donations, volunteers to serve 20,000 Thanksgiving meals

(CLEVELAND, OH) – For the 46th year, St. Augustine Parish plans to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to any person in need or to those living alone on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22. This year, the parish and Hunger Center, located on West 14th St. in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, anticipate preparing and distributing more than 20,000 mea...

Bishop William Cosgrove Center serves up hospitality for the homeless at annual Feast and Fellowship luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. Nov. 9

(CLEVELAND, OH) – On Nov. 9, the Bishop William Cosgrove Center, which offers a multitude of services and free meal programs to support the area’s homeless and disenfranchised, will serve its annual Feast and Fellowship luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The facility is located on Superior Avenue at East 18th Street in downtown Clevelan...

Cleveland Bishop Nelson J. Perez to celebrate Mass in honor of Oscar Romero’s canonization at St. John Cathedral on Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m.

(CLEVELAND, OH) – On Oct.14 at 5:30 p.m., the Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez is scheduled to be the celebrant at St. John Cathedral (East 9th Street and Superior Ave.) for a special Mass honoring Blessed Oscar Romero’s canonization. All are invited to attend. Oscar Romero, the fourth bishop of San Salvador, was shot on March 24, 1980 fo...

Cleveland Bishop Nelson J. Perez to celebrate 21st annual Asian Mass at St. Clarence Church Oct. 7 at noon

(CLEVELAND, OH) – On Oct.7, Bishop Nelson J. Perez is scheduled to be the celebrant at the annual Asian Mass at noon Sunday, Oct. 7 at St. Clarence Church, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted. The theme of this year’s Mass is “So that they may be one, as we are one.” Members of the diocesan Asian ministry, including Chinese, ...

Diocese of Cleveland holds Silent Sorrow Mass at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m.

(CLEVELAND, OH) – The Diocese of Cleveland will have a special liturgy (Silent Sorrow Mass) on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (East 9th Street and Superior Avenue) to provide comfort and compassion for those who grieve from miscarriage, infertility or neonatal death. In reflecting on the problematic e...