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. […]

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! […]

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 INTRO: Do you always wear the right thing? You all look really nice today ..…BUT, are you wearing the right outfits ?????? The wedding banquet story in Matthew’s gospel has this UNIQUE confrontation of the generous KING with a guest not wearing the “right thing” or the “correct […]

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 […]

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: I’m not sure how much you know about the SAINTS, and I have to say I could use a class on the Lives of the Saints, but, I do remember some “tid-bits” about many saints. Saint Catherine of Siena is considered a DOCTOR of the CHURCH…she was brilliant […]

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 […]