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No Name-Calling Week - January 23-27 - Grades K-12

  While it is unfortunate that we even need to designate a week like this, there are many ways to call attention to the need to eliminate name-calling from our schools.   No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to la...

Have you paid a visit to the Museum of Divine Statues in Lakewood yet?

The Museum of Divine Statues is opened to the public.  Following a formal blessing of the facility by Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon in the former St. Hedwig Church at 12903 Madison Avenue in Lakewood, the museum opened to the public on Sunday, April 10, 2011.Visiting hours are Sundays, 12:00 Noon to 5:00 p.m.  Free parking is avai...

Bishop Tells Elyria Catholic Students: It's time to say "Here Am I Lord"

Bishop calls our Catholic Schools one of the great treasures of our Diocese.   As part of his ongoing program to meet with the high school students in the Diocese and celebrate the sacred Liturgy with them, Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon spent discussion time with a group of 16 students from all four grades at Elyria Catholic High School and ...

Report to the Community - Press Conference

Cleveland Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon and Diocesan Chief Financial Officer Jim Gulick held a press conference on Monday, January 9th to explain the 2011 Report to the Community with information on the closed and merged parishes which resulted from the Diocesan reconfiguration plan.   The press conference was held at The Museum of Divine ...

YouTube Videos Help Tell the Stories of Parish Mergers and Reuse

YouTube videos created and produced by students at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron and Lake Catholic High School in Mentor tell the stories of people who are part of newly merged parishes along with stories of church properties which have been sold and are now being reused.   Below you can see all 4 videos that are part of the Diocese...

Diocese Publishes Annual "Report to the Community"

The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland has released its "2011 Report to the Northeast Ohio Community" containing information on closed and merged parishes which resulted from the Diocesan reconfiguration plan.   In addition, the Diocese has launched special web pages to supplement the material found in the printed report.   To access the Re...

Archbishop Kurtz congratulates Cardinal-Designate Timothy Dolan, Cardinal-Designate Edwin O'Brien

(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters building in Washington, DC.)   WASHINGTON - Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, vice-president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), congratulated Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, 61, and Archbishop Edwin F. O?Brien of Baltimore, 72, on being named cardinals by Pop...