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Newman Catholic Campus Ministry receives award from Case Western Reserve University

The FYSH program of Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at Case Western Reserve University was honored by the Office of Student Affairs on Monday, April 13, 2009 with the 2008-2009 Dorothy Pijan Outstanding Program Award.  Selected through a nominating process, the student leadership award is presented to the student or student organization respon...

Catholics generally optimstic about church, Zogby poll finds

WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S. Catholics are generally optimistic about their church, according to the 2009 Le Moyne-Zogby Contemporary Catholic Trends survey released April 9.Close to three-fourths of those responding said they were at least somewhat optimistic about the church's future: 36 percent said they were very optimistic and 37 percent were ...

In Remembrance - The Reverend Mr. Joseph H. Newman (African-American was the first permanent deacon ordained in the Cleveland diocese)

The Reverend Mr. Joseph H Newman died, 26 March 2009, at South Pointe Hospice Center, after having received the prayerful support and consolation of the Sacraments. Joseph H. Newman was born on 5 November 1916 in Brooklyn, New York.

In Remembrance - The Reverend Robert A. Bonnell

The Reverend Robert A Bonnell died on Thursday, 5 March, at Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland, after receiving the prayerful support and consolation of the Sacraments. Robert Anthony Bonnell, the son of the late Charles and Mary (nee Di Rienzo) Bonnell was born in Cleveland on 30 July 1924.

20 years after communism, Pope urges preaching

Says Church's Mission Still the Same VATICAN CITY, FEB. 11, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI says bishops of former Communist countries need to be ardent in their proclamation of the Gospel, and thus overcome the difficulties inherited in those nations.This was the invitation sent in the Pope's name by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Berto...

Catholic Charities Appeal 2010

Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Cleveland continues long tradition of helping the needy - Remains largest Catholic Charities system in the world Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Cleveland has announced that their Annual Appeal for 2009 received just over $10.3 million in pledges to help needy people in our region, a significant accom...

Parish Clustering - A Reflection on the Structure of the Church

With all the discussion of ?clustering? going on in our own diocese, it seems as though it would be timely to reflect on the structure of the Church that reflects our tradition, namely those groupings or divisions we know as dioceses and parishes.  Some of our earliest Christian history found in the writings of the New Testament and shortly th...