Dear Parishioners, Well here we are, just about nearing Christmas 2020. Please take time to remember that the Christmas season is about GOD IS WITH US! Look at your nativity set with loving HOPE and the endearing sentimentality that YOU AND I are not left alone in a dark pandemic world, but, comforted by a […]

Dear Parishioners, What an exciting and beautiful Car Raffle DRIVE-IN drawing held on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at 6:30pm! Amidst a very bitter and winter night there was a para-liturgy about a LIGHT that has shone in the darkness; the light of Christ. Several cars with families were arranged in a fan shape facing the […]

Second Sunday of Advent (B) INTRO: Has this ever happened to you…..tree trimming!!!!?? Families get together; sip some beverages, listening to Christmas music, dividing up the duties of trimming the tree. Suppose you are the one who gets to do the lights…..!!! How many of you like to do the lights???? How many of you […]

Dear Parishioners, A Summit County setback due to rise in cases as we are now in the most dangerous level (4) PURPLE! What does this mean for IHM parishioners? Pray for everyone and be safe and sanitary, but, also, abide by the curfew and the advice as best as possible to remain home except for […]

First Sunday of Advent (B) 2020 INTRO: In this vastly-used technological world most of us either KNOW ABOUT or HAVE TRULY EXPERIENCED the computer CRASH!!! The computer screen ALL OF A SUDDEN goes DARK!!!! And the threat of losing a project or whatever we have been working on MAY BE LOST!!!!! We get stunned. We […]

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 […]

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: I grew up on the west side of Cleveland, and most of my young formative years were in Lakewood, Ohio. It was in that BIG old colonial home that we children learned: All things have a certain place. Our father’s car was always parked in the same spot. […]