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WVIZ/PBS to broadcast 'Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Everybody's Church' - October 29

WVIZ, Cleveland's public broadcasting station, will broadcast the locally-produced program Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Everybody's Church on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10 p.m.The program traces the history of Cleveland Catholicism's mother church on the occasion of its 160th anniversary.Visit the WVIZ web site>

Online Conference - Proclaiming Christ 2009

Proclaiming Christ 2009, Sharing the Gift of Our Catholic Faith, is an online conference for ministry leaders who wish to broaden their understanding of Catholic evangelization in the U.S. today.  Participants will view presentations by ministry experts, raise and discuss questions with the presenters and other participants, learn about the la...

Cleveland's Little Sisters of the Poor to celebrate canonization of foundress - October 18

Jeanne Jugan, the foundress and first Little Sister of the Poor will be canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, October 11 at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.  During the canonization ceremony she will be named a patron of the elderly.In celebration of her sainthood, Cleveland's Little Sisters of the Poor welcome all to par...

Diocese priest heads prestigious National Legal Society

The Reverend Lawrence Jurcak, JCL, was named president of the Canon Law Society of America during a special Mass on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky.Read more and see photo>

Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), in policy and practice, denies funding to groups that take positions contrary to Catholic teaching

The following is an October 2, 2009 memorandum from Bishop Roger P. Morin, Chairman, Catholic Campaign for Human Development to all U.S. Catholic bishops.          I write to respond to a recent report from Bellarmine Veritas Ministries that identified several CCHD-funded groups that had taken ...

Annual celebration of Faith and Culture - Friday, September 18

The Office of Hispanic Ministry invites you to our annual celebration of Faith and Culture entitled, 'Called to be Church: Believers to Disciples' on Friday, September 18, 2009.The Most Reverend Roger W. Gries, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland will be our main celebrant at the bilingual Eucharistic celebration beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Ch...

Remembrance of the attack on the World Trade Center

On 11 September 2009, Bishop Richard G. Lennon will celebrate Mass at 12:00 noon at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in remembrance of all of the victims of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.Read the complete Cathedral news release>