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Hanukkah message to the Jewish Community in Northeast Ohio from Catholic Bishop Nelson Perez

In this season of goodwill and reflection, I wish to extend Happy Hanukkah greetings to our sisters and brothers in the Northeast Ohio Jewish community.

Sacred Heart Chapel parishioners celebrate feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Hundreds of people gathered the evening of Dec. 11 at Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is observed on Dec. 12. Bishop Nelson Perez attended as a special guest. Festivities began at 9 p.m. in the parish hall with food and entertainment and concluded about 2 a.m. on Dec. 12, after Mass. Mariachis ...

Bishop Perez continues celebrating Masses with the faithful across the diocese

Cleveland Bishop Nelson Perez spent time traversing the diocese last weekend to visit the clergy and faithful in parishes in Hinckley in Medina County and Euclid in Cuyahoga County. During the second weekend of Advent, the bishop first stopped at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Hinckley on Dec. 9. Father Edward Estok, parish administrator, concelebrat...

Bishop Perez readies for Christmas, records TV Mass for holy day

Cleveland Bishop Nelson Perez took time on Dec. 10 to record the Christmas Day Mass at dawn at the television studios of WJW Fox8. The liturgy will air at 6 a.m. on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. The TV Mass, a staple on Fox8 for nearly 45 years, is supported by a staff of volunteers and the station?s production crew. It offers persons who can't attend M...

John Carroll University Welcomes 25th President: Michael D. Johnson, Ph.D.

Cleveland, OH — Michael D. Johnson, Ph.D., has been elected by the John Carroll University Board of Directors as the institution’s 25th president. The Board approved the decision on December 6, 2017. Dr. Johnson will join John Carroll on July 1, 2018, with an appointment that runs through 2023. Dr. Johnson currently serves as Provost o...

Sounds of the season: Daughters of St. Paul Choir returns to Cleveland for Christmas concert on Dec. 8

They’ll be back – the Daughters of St. Paul, that is. The singing nuns are expected to attract another capacity crowd when they present their popular Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 1007 Superior Ave., in downtown Cleveland. Sister Anne Joan Flanagan said she and her fellow sisters are...

‘Share in the Care’: contribute to Retirement Fund for Religious Dec. 9-10

Catholics in the Diocese of Cleveland will have the opportunity to ?give to those who have given a lifetime? as part of the collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious, to be held in parishes this weekend, Dec. 9-10. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington, D.C., the annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic ...