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Greetings!
Happy Easter!
Pope Francis gives great words of wisdom. In this Easter season, we give you...
"At dawn, they went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body and found the first sign: The empty tomb. Their meeting with a messenger of God followed. he announced: 'Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified One, has risen, he is not here.' The women were motivated by love and were able to accept this announcement with faith: they believed and passed it on straight away; they did not keep to themselves but passed it on...
This should happen in our lives too. Let us feel the joy of being Christian! We believe in the Risen One who conquered evil and death! Let us have the courage to 'come out of ourselves' to take this joy and light to all the places of our life!"
(Pope Francis, General Audience, April 3, 2013).
We pray that in this Easter season you will find joy and take it out into the world.
Thanks for all you do!
Sr. Kathleen Ryan, Diane Zbasnik, Patrick O'Bryan, Kelly Ann Davis, Rachel Schmidt and Ann Coplan
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 Catholic Commissions Hold Fundraising Dinners
The Catholic Commissions for Lorain County, Lake & Geauga Counties, and Wayne, Ashland and Medina Counties held their fundraising dinners recently. Awards were given to several people who are making a difference within their respective communities. We thank everyone who supported these dinners through attending, buying ads in the programs, and our patrons. It is through your generous support that we are able to create change in unjust structures in NE Ohio. Each link below has pictures from the dinners and biographies for the awards winners.
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 Every year Catholic Relief Services touches the lives of millions of people around the globe. CRS eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in 93 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. They save lives by clothing, housing and feeding people in the worst types of natural and man-made disasters like the Typhoon that hit the Philippians six months ago and the current civil wars going on in places like South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Syria. But they also save lives in a lot of other ways. Read More |
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CCHD National Grant Specialist Makes Site Visit
Sean Wendlinder, a National Grant Specialist from the Catholic Campaign for  Human Development (CCHD), visited potential and current grantees of the Diocese of Cleveland two weeks ago. CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty initiative of the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB); this initiative takes place by providing grants to groups working on institutional change by empowering low-income people to be in leadership positions. Read More |
Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice
Mini-Summit
Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice, a network of the 20 Catholic High Schools in the diocese sponsored a Mini-Summit on Modern Slavery at the River's Edge, in collaboration with the Sisters of St. Joseph. The gathering was a day of educational awareness about modern forms of slavery and Catholic Social Teaching. Read More
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Social Mission & The Sacraments
As part of the Catholic Charities Parish Engagement Team, Pat O'Bryan led its Parish Leaders Training Project, which is creating an experiential model for parish leaders to come to a greater awareness of the direct connection, collaboration we have as Catholics in our family, our parish, extending to Catholic Charities acting in the eight counties of our diocese. Read More |
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Upcoming Events
Mass of God's Creation
Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 5pm
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Columbia Station, Ohio
Gather and Celebrate our Diocese's open spaces, family farms, rural lands, parks,and waters; our natural environment's - God's Creation - essential place in our lives!
Details Here
Flyer for the Mass
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 Micah Center
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The Micah Center has new materials for parish use. These are good for a movie night, small group discussion or even personal education. Search our online database to see what we have. We just added copies of The Gospel of Joy by Pope Francis.
You can find books and DVDs on:
- JustFaith Program materials
- Human Trafficking
- Death Penalty
- Hunger and Poverty, including A Place at the Table and how to conduct an Oxfam banquet
- Bridges Out of Poverty
- Racism and White Privilege
- Climate Change and Global Warming
- US International Policy
| | Contact the Summit Commission office at 330-535-2787 to check out materials |
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