Dear Parishioners, Due to significant financial stresses and a steep decline in enrollment, it has been announced that St. Joseph Parish Elementary School in Cuyahoga Falls will be closing in June at the end of the current academic year. News of this closing brings with it a deep sense of sadness because for nearly 100 […]

Second Sunday of Easter C 2022 INTRO: I have had it mentioned to me several times by all sorts of people: “I feel like I’m losing my faith.” People would say that they have had an intimate relationship with God, but now they feel empty inside, and have even begun to question whether God exists […]

Dear Parishioners, Many thanks for your generosity over the past months for the people of Ukraine and the surrounding countries, providing them with $3,615.70. Likewise, I and our finance council thank you for this year’s, Easter collection that is most beneficial to us and our expenses. As a reminder the finance council members are composed […]

Holy Saturday 2022 INTRO: I have always been rather good at finding things which have become lost. My mom used to call me “EAGLE EYES”!! I have relied upon Saint Anthony all the time to help find things as well … “TONY, TONY, LOOK AROUND SOMETHING IS LOST AND NEEDS TO BE FOUND!” Well, tonight […]

Holy Thursday 2022 INTRO + When we were kids …. there was a set place for each of us at the dinner table. I was always to the right of my father…. I was a S L O W – eater and he could help me speed things up!!! + When we went to church […]

Dear Parishioners, Happy Easter to you! I am so pleased to be your Pastor celebrating my eleventh Easter with you! This is a GREAT HOLY DAY to keep in your minds that we have a GOD that loves us deeply and never leaves us alone. During wars and pandemics, the promise of heaven from Jesus’s […]

Palm Sunday 2022 C INTRO: The Catholic Church all throughout the world has designated PALM SUNDAY as the opening of HOLY WEEK. It recalls JESUS’ triumphal entry into JERUSALEM! It must have been quite the scene! ASK: What is the ONE, MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM that you own? (Do not really tell me…but think of it […]

Dear Parishioners, When Jeff Mills and I investigated buying a new organ for IHM the decision was made to reclaim the choir loft for the placement of the new organ and the choir members. An additional organ console (called the sanctuary console) was necessary to purchase as well. Its placement is on the Holy Family […]

Fifth Sunday in Lent C 2022 INTRO: When I was growing up there was an apple orchard as part of one of our neighbors’ property. First, we kids WERE NOT ALLOWED to enter it, but we did anyway! Second, the apples, when almost ripe, were the best for throwing at each other. A group of […]

Dear Parishioners, IHM has been blessed with the pastoral and liturgical help of Deacon Joseph Menkhaus. He arrived last May 19 in 2021 and will conclude his service to IHM on the weekend of May 7-8, 2022! In his last month here, Deacon Joe will be a TREMENDOUS help with the Holy Week and Easter […]