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Sacred oils blessed, priestly vows renewed during annual chrism Mass

A near-capacity crowd filled the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on March 27 for the annual chrism Mass while hundreds more watched the event streamed live on the diocesan website and Facebook page. The chrism Mass is the most important liturgy for a diocese, according to Father Michael Woost, director of liturgy and dean of students at Saint...

Parents of Priests enjoy time with bishop

About two dozen Parents of Priest members gathered for their quarterly Mass on Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Bishop Nelson Perez was the celebrant. He acknowledged the group during Mass, asking members to stand. He also thanked them publicly for the gift of their sons and the work they do to support priests in the Dioces...

Presbyteral day of sanctification draws 200 clergy

Priests in the Diocese of Cleveland gathered on the Tuesday of Holy Week for a presbyteral day of sanctification before the annual chrism Mass. The event is a Holy Week tradition in the diocese. More than 200 priests and seminarians from Saint Mary Seminary took over a banquet room at the Westin Hotel on March 27 for a chance to pray, hear a prese...

The resurrection reminds us that our faith is timeless, yet new

We live in a world that changes so quickly. What is new and exciting today will become a thing of the past tomorrow. Just ask a young person who uses a computer, iPad, smartphone and any other electronic device that leaves you and me baffled and frustrated. What is going on today is not unlike the changes that came on the scene when we or our pare...

Our Lady of the Elms in Akron welcomes Bishop Perez

The 230 students at Our Lady of the Elms School in Akron welcomed Bishop Nelson Perez on March 26 for a school Mass in the auditorium. The enrollment includes grades pre-kindergarten through 12. Sister Maura Bartel, OP assistant principal/registrar, welcomed the bishop to the Elms, which was founded in 1923, is a ministry of the Dominican Sisters ...

Parish Companion Program kicks off with daylong workshop

Sagrada Familia Parish on Cleveland?s West Side hosted a training session for about 50 people from parishes across the Diocese of Cleveland on March 24. The Parish Companion Program training session grew from the diocesan Welcoming the Stranger initiative, which is aimed at assisting refugees, migrants and immigrants. Father Rob Reidy, Sagrada Fam...

Bishop’s Palm Sunday homily focuses on passion, God’s love for us

Usually a king rode into a city on horseback during a time of war and he entered on a donkey during peacetime. ?Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday,? Bishop Nelson Perez said during his Palm Sunday homily at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. ?He was on his way to battle,? he said, referencing the Passion and death Jesus wo...