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First ‘Claimed by Love’ event draws about 130 attendees

An estimated 130 young adults, ages 18-35, from throughout the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland gathered for the first ?Claimed by Love? event at St. Basil the Great Parish in Brecksville. Coordinated by the vocation office and the young adult ministry of the diocese, the event began with registration at 8 a.m., followed by Mass at 8:30 celebrate...

Bishop Perez spends the weekend visiting parishes in Brunswick, Berea and Cleveland

Bishop Nelson Perez spent the third weekend of Advent continuing his efforts to visits parishes across the diocese. His first stop took place on Dec. 16 at the 4:30pm Mass in Brunswick in Medina County at St. Ambrose Parish. There he celebrated Mass along with Pastor Father Robert Stec and Fathers Robert Ramser and Adam Zajac. Member of the paris...

Thousands of Ohioans tell Congress to protect young immigrants

The nine Catholic dioceses in the State of Ohio, in collaboration with other faith-based and advocacy groups, will wrap-up an advocacy effort in support of young immigrants on Monday, December 18, 2017, International Migrants Day. The effort was coordinated by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati?s Catholic Social Action Office. Over 15,000 individual le...

Gaudete Sunday is a time for joy and hopefulness

The third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday. It marks the halfway point of Advent. Gaudete is the Latin word for rejoice. The priest may wear a rose-colored or pink vestment instead of purple, as is worn the other three Sundays of Advent. Also, the pink candle is lit on the Advent wreath. Even the readings reflect a spirit of joy, com...

Feast day of St. John of the Cross is Dec. 14

John is a saint because his life was a heroic effort to live up to his name: ?of the Cross.? The folly of the cross came to full realization in time. ?Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me? (Mark 8:34b) is the story of John?s life. The Paschal Mystery

Bishop Perez brings Christmas to the county jail

Annual Christmas Mass for inmates features message of hope In what has become a longstanding tradition at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland joins men and women inmates at the county jail to celebrate a Christmas Mass. In his first opportunity to worship with more than 50 inmates from the jail, Bis...

How can I de-stress this Christmas?

My family says I get cranky at Christmas — easy for them to say, since I do most of the work to make Christmas perfect. Is there a way for me to de-stress, while still having a great holiday? God loves us so much that he decided not just to save us, but to do it by becoming one of us. Although we know that Jesus — God among us — ...