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Special liturgy celebrates 170th anniversary of the Diocese of Cleveland

Nearly a dozen priests concelebrated the noon Mass on April 24 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist to mark the 170th anniversary of the Diocese of Cleveland. Principal celebrant and homilist was Father John Manning of the Office for Senior Priests. Father Manning used the Bishop Rappe chalice at the Mass. The historic chalice was used by B...

May 2017 luncheon speakers for the First Friday Clubs are announced

The three First Friday Club luncheon speakers series in the Diocese of Cleveland will hold their respective luncheons beginning at noon on Thursday, May 4 and at noon on Friday, May 5. Father Robert Jasany, pastor, St. John Nepomucene Parish, Cleveland, will be the guest speaker at the First Friday Club of Cleveland on Thursday, May 4. [wpfilebase...

Divine Mercy Sunday is April 23

This week is what is known on the Church?s liturgical calendar as the Octave of Easter. Basically what that means is the Church celebrates the great feast of Easter for eight days. The octave will conclude next Sunday, April 23, on the Second Sunday of Easter. As of the year 2000, however, a new feast was added to the calendar that coincides wit...

Cleveland native Martin J. Amos retiring as Bishop of Davenport, Iowa

Pope appoints bishop for Iowa diocese, names San Diego auxiliary WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Martin J. Amos of Davenport, Iowa, and named as his successor Msgr. Thomas R. Zinkula, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, who is currently rector of St. Pius X Seminary at Loras College in Dubuque. The...

Awareness Sunday: The first step to ending the heroin crisis

Cleveland area religious leaders to devote their sermons to opioid awareness CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Sunday, April 23, over 550 religious leaders, from Protestant to Catholic and Jewish to Baptist, are bringing the topic of heroin to their congregations throughout Northeast Ohio. In a coordinated effort, these leaders are devoting their sermons to r...

Diocese of Cleveland celebrates its 170th anniversary on April 23

The Diocese of Cleveland will mark the 170th anniversary of its establishment at the noon Mass on April 24 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. When the diocese was established by Pope Pius IX in a papal bull issued on April 23, 1847, the city of Cleveland was only 51 years old. Ohio had become a state just 44 years e...

Four Diocese of Cleveland Catholic schools earn 2017 STEM designation

Four Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Cleveland are among the most recent educational institutions statewide to receive designation as STEM schools by the Ohio Department of Education. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. Mater Dei Academy in Wickliffe; St. Ambrose School, Brunswick; St. Mary of the Immacu...