Dear Parishioners, I am writing this on November 18th as I need to submit this letter early, due to holiday printing for the bulletin. I pray you are all well as can be. I do know and am aware of our many homebound who are sick and those on hospice. You are in my prayers […]
Dear Parishioners, Just want to keep you all informed. As of today and through December 16th, 2020 I am taking seriously the advisory from Summit Health Department in terms of employees on our Rectory Staff working remotely. This message does not include the school or its employees as there will be more information about the […]
Dear Parishioners, I left for a two-week vacation yesterday. The first week I’m in Chardon, Ohio enjoying rest and the comfort of an Indian Summer for a few days! I am fortunate to have a house in the woods that it is real quiet and scenic. This brings me a place to finish my quarantine […]
Dear Parishioners, I am just offering a reminder and a clarification about Saturday, November 7th and beyond. Last week, on October 29th, 2020 the Governor DID NOT DECLARE Summit County as level 4 (purple). We remain at level 3 (red). When we turned red from level two (orange) a number of weeks before that, I felt […]
Dear Parishioners, As of today, Thursday, October 15, 2020 SUMMIT COUNTY is at LEVEL 3 (RED). This level means there are many positive cases of COVID-19. Because Summit County is at this level 3 (RED) that changes our IHM weekend PUBLIC Mass schedule from 4 weekend Masses to only 2 (TWO) weekend Masses. Until further […]
Dear Parishioners, Over the years and before COVID-19 the Christmas Eve 4:30pm Mass congregation size was beautiful, heart-warming, and very large; standing room in every nave of our church! In 2016 there were approximately 1000 in attendance; In 2017, 950 in attendance; In 2018, 900 in attendance; and last year, In 2019, 750 in attendance! […]
Dear Parishioners, The last several weeks have been exciting and eventful for us at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. I am deeply humbled and sincerely grateful that, even in these challenging times, many parishioners have spoken favorably about the “Love God, Make Disciples, through Mary” Program and have returned their Commitment Cards. In my conversations, […]
Dear Parishioners, Your Sunday Offertory COMMITMENT CARDS are coming in, via online, mail, and collection basket. You are responsible and amazing, but we are not yet at 100% participation. We have three more full weeks to go to receive them. May I ask for 100% response and participation? Please fill them out EVEN IF YOU […]
Dear Parishioners, All of us agree, that my role as Pastor during this pandemic, COVID-19, is to remain able to serve and minister to all of you safely in our church building and with good conscientiousness at its sanitization. After some research, I made the decision to provide and install Global Plasma Solutions Needlepoint Bipolar […]
Dear Parishioners, IHM WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE AS OF OCTOBER 3-4, 2020 Saturday at 4:30pm Sunday at 8:00a Sunday at 10:00am (Also Live Streamed) Sunday at 4:30pm Beginning this coming Sunday, October 4, 2020, IHM will bring back its 8:00am Mass for public worship. We discontinued that Mass way back at the middle of March 2020 […]