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Bishop Perez, diocesan delegates travel to Region 6 V Encuentro gathering

This weekend, Bishop Nelson Perez and delegates from the Diocese of Cleveland will travel to Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan for the Region 6 V Encuentro gathering of Hispanic Catholic leaders from Michigan and Ohio. Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron and the archdiocese will welcome more than 250 delegates from 10 dioceses in the two st...

Brookside Gives Back Fund distributes $12,000 to aid Catholic school students

The Brookside Gives Back Fund, held at the Catholic Community Foundation, has made a distribution of $12,000 to support tuition assistance for students at Holy Family Catholic School and St. Columbkille Catholic School, both in Parma. The fund was created by Christopher A. Anselmo, president at Brookside Tax & Financial Group, LLC, a full-servi...

Saint Martin de Porres announces new school president

Only the second president in school's 15-year history CLEVELAND, May 30, 2018 -- The Board of Trustees of Saint Martin de Porres, Cleveland's Cristo Rey high school, announced today that Mr. Charles (Chaz) Napoli has been named president effective June 18, 2018. Mr. Napoli has over twenty years experience as a C-level technology executive drivin...

Priests celebrate first ordination anniversary at lunch with bishop

It?s been just over a year since eight men were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Daniel Thomas, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Cleveland. Bishop Thomas, who heads the Diocese of Toledo, also guided the Cleveland Diocese from the time Bishop Richard Lennon retired in December 2016 until Bishop Nelson Perez was installed last September...

Missionary discipleship is focus of lay ecclesial ministry convocation

About 200 people from across the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland gathered on May 25 at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe for the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Convocation. The theme was ?Dare to be a Disciple: Ministering as Missionary Disciples.? ?Jesus intentionally places the call to evangelize upon his disciples prior to his Ascension...

Memorial Day Mass recalls those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Memorial Day is a day of national mourning, a day we remember those who gave their lives in the service of their country, Bishop Nelson Perez told the congregation assembled at Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland for the annual Memorial Day Mass on May 28. Calvary is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Nearly 100 people gathered on the hot, sun...

Memorial Day Masses offered at Catholic cemeteries

A dozen Catholic cemeteries will host special Memorial Day Masses on May 28 once again this year. Many of the Masses will be outdoors, so those attending are reminded to dress for the weather and to bring lawn chairs. Father Luigi Miola, pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish in Maple Heights will celebrate the 10 a.m. Mass at All Saints Cemetery, 4...