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Pilgrimage to Ireland planned for World Meeting of Families

Trip includes closing Mass with Pope Francis, meeting with Bishop Perez Reservations are being accepted for a pilgrimage to Ireland this summer that coincides with the World Meeting of Families, which takes place Aug. 21-26 in Dublin. The nine-day pilgrimage

Magnificat students quiz bishop about faith, love and other topics after all-school Mass

?We know how to love and we have the ability to create love because we carry Christ within us." With those words, senior Maria Le called the community of Magnificat High School to worship on April 11 for an all-school Mass celebrated by Bishop Nelson Perez in the Performing Arts Center. The feast was the memorial of St. Stanislaus, bishop and mart...

Father Ed Suszynski installed as pastor at Our Lady Help of Christians

The congregation at the 5:30 p.m. vigil Mass on April 7 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Litchfield spilled out of the sanctuary and down the hallway as Bishop Nelson Perez installed the parish?s new pastor, Father Ed Suszynski. ?I can sense your excitement and love for Father Ed,? the bishop said. He acknowledged Father Suszynski?s many ...

St. Mary School students attend Mass, visit with Bishop Perez

?God uses other people around us to make the impossible possible,? Bishop Nelson Perez told students, faculty, staff, parents and others attending Mass on April 9 at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Mentor. It was the celebration of the Annunciation, the day that Mary learned she would become the mother of Jesus. Although the feast normally is...

Watch Bishop Perez address the City Club of Cleveland on Friday, April 12

Bishop Perez will address the City Club of Cleveland on Friday, April 12. Bishop will begin speaking at approximately 12:30pm. More information on the address and to purchase tickets click here. The live-stream of the event will be available below.

Bishop Perez’s message welcoming Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, “Rejoice and Be Glad: On the Call to Holiness in the Contemporary World”

It is with great joy that we welcome the Holy Father?s new Apostolic Exhortation, ?Rejoice and Be Glad: On the Call to Holiness in the Contemporary World.?

Religious sisters, priests and brothers celebrate years of service to diocese

?I am happy to be here today on behalf of the Church of Cleveland to thank you for your service,? said Bishop Nelson Perez. ?You heard God?s call and answered it all those years ago. Something enflamed your heart so much that you left one world to embrace the mystical world of Christ,? he said, adding, ?This is a day of joy and remembrance.? The b...