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 […]

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! […]

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

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 […]

Corpus Christi The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2022 C Intro: QUESTION TIME … Congregation participation! 1. How many of you like to cook or GRILL OUTSIDE? I am sure this Father’s Day weekend many will be doing this!!! Happy Father’s Day men! 2. How many of you like to EAT? 3. How […]

Dear Parishioners, We lost a tree and now we GAINED a tree! In this past early spring one of the yellow maple trees on Portage Trail became “split.” The tree trunk seemingly “cracked” and was dangerously hanging over the parking lot. Not wanting a huge wind to cause the limbs to break off and “perhaps” […]

Dear Parishioners, Summer is fast approaching and while our IHM Elementary School is out capital projects begin. Flat roofs (not shingles yet) begin being re-done a.       Church b.       Rectory c.       Convent Gym floor of the PCC will be refinished Concrete sidewalks around the church repaired Lillis Drive “apron” into the school lot being repaired Lillis Drive sidewalk being […]

Ascension Sunday © 2022 INTRO: When I was deciding to become a priest, I wavered back and forth while in the seminary if I could do this or not. How could I get up everyday and have to preach, heal, and minister and do it well? My spiritual director kept saying: “You have it within […]

6th Sunday of Easter 2022 c INTRO: I WAS A YOUNG BOY in the early or mid-sixty’s when the SIGN OF PEACE originated in the Mass. I distinctly remember my mom and dad a bit hesitant about this “gesture.” I heard them “talking” and questioning it. We kids thought it COOL! However, my parents embraced […]

Dear Parishioners, This weekend will be the Ordination to the Priesthood for Deacon Joseph Menkhaus and the celebration of his first Mass at his home parish church, Saint Monica in Garfield Heights on late Sunday morning. These are always beautiful events for the one to be ordained, his family, and his parish families. I know […]