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Convocation of Catholic Leaders energizes attendees

Local team members committed to spreading the joy of the Gospel, working as missionary disciples throughout the diocese The just-concluded Convocation of Catholic Leaders placed renewed focus on missionary discipleship and going forth in unity. Both themes were integrated into the convocation, which was organized by the United States Conference of...

Watch your mailbox for the July/August Northeast Ohio Catholic magazine

The July/August issue of Northeast Ohio Catholic, the official magazine of the Diocese of Cleveland, should be arriving in mailboxes within a week. Here?s a sneak peek at the new issue: The Easter Vigil was very special for the Hudec family, with both Drew and his infant son, Andrew, being baptized. Father Paul Schindler, who celebrated the 5...

Leadership changes announced at Beaumont School, Magnificat High School

Two all-girls high schools in the Diocese of Cleveland are under new leadership. Wendy Hoke is the new president at Beaumont School in Cleveland Heights and Moira Clark is the new president of Magnificat High School in Rocky River. Hoke, who most recently was vice president of marketing and communications at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, al...

Ursuline College, Duquesne University partner to offer accelerated path to a pharmacy doctorate degree

Ursuline College in Pepper Pike and Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are partnering to offer students the opportunity to earn their bachelor's degree and doctor of pharmacy degree in seven years instead of eight. Both schools are Catholic. After three years of majoring in chemistry at Ursuline, a women-focused co...

Two diocesan natives are ordained Jesuit priests

Father Cyril N. Pinchak, S.J., and Father Christopher M. Staab, S.J., are among 29 Jesuit priests who were ordained recently in several liturgies across the United States and Canada. Father Pinchak, 33, is a native of Shaker Heights. His family attended both the Church of the Gesu in University Heights and St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church in B...

Vacation bible school programs keep youngsters’ faith growing

Many children across the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland are spending part of their summer vacation participating in a unique, age-appropriate, faith-building experience: vacation bible school. Themes may vary from parish to parish, but the goal is the same. Most parishes plan the weeklong program for children of about kindergarten age through g...

John Carroll University hosts World Union of Jesuit Alumni gathering

Father Timothy Kesicki, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, a former president of St. Ignatius High School and a 1984 graduate of John Carroll University, was the keynote speaker at the June 29 opening session of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni Global Congress at John Carroll. ?Uniting Our Jesuit Frontiers: