Homilies and Letters

Dear Parishioners, I had the wonderful opportunity to make a retreat this summer from this past Sunday night, July 18 through Wednesday night July 20. The retreat presenters were Scott Hahn, John Bergsma, and Ralph Martin. A retreat is meant for “stepping back” from pastoral duties to “go forward” in our spiritual lives with the […]

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Dear Parishioners, Time flies! I cannot believe that we have been LIVESTREAMING MASS for over two years! This outreach evangelization effort needs a few more people to provide video streaming of the 10:00am Sunday Mass, and sometimes livestreaming other events, such as Holy Week, etc. For the most part we have relied upon one person, […]

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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 C Intro: You may know this about me, or you may not, but I am an “IMPULSE BUYER!!” For Christmas and birthdays for my brother or sisters, nieces, and nephew …. I buy FAST! And I do not do a lot of “CALCULATION” in getting these things, “Do I […]

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Dear Parishioners, SAVE THE DATE FOR AN IHM EVANGELIZATION OPPORTUNITY The Diocesan Vicar for Evangelization, Father Damian Ference, selected IHM as a perfect Summit County location for this evangelization effort. I am excited about it! The idea behind #9NightsCLE is to open nine strategically chosen churches in the diocese of Cleveland on nine consecutive nights […]

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14th Sunday Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: A while ago I was listening to the great excitement of one of our students going ON and ON enthusiastically about their TRACK PROGRESS!!! Oh my… how their time was getting better and better, so much so that at the end of the season they won the meet! […]

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Dear Parishioners, The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland commissioned this logo to recognize the convergence of three major events: our participation in Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality, our partaking in the National Eucharistic Revival, and the joyful celebration of our 175th anniversary as a diocese. Many blessings, Fr. Jim

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Dear Parishioners, “What the world needs is God’s love; it needs to encounter Christ and to believe in him. The Eucharist is thus the source and summit not only of the Church’s life, but also of her mission.” -Sacramentum Caritatis, #84 Over the next three years, every Catholic diocese, parish, school, apostolate, and family is […]

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