We’re back!

It was so good to see people come through the doors of the church last weekend – first time since March 17th. It looked a bit strange as everyone had masks on and had to learn how to navigate the new guidelines, but all in all things went pretty well. The number of people coming for worship were down and that was expected. Please know that we miss those of you who are choosing to stay home, that we fully respect your decision and that we look forward to the day this pandemic is eradicated and we can all be together once again. Starting this weekend, Trinity Sunday, we’ll have the full bulletin once again and will continue to place copies at the back door of the church for those not yet coming to Mass and who don’t have a computer to see the bulletin on our website.

The staff is so very grateful for your faithful stewardship of treasure; I.C. parishioners ROCK!!! If you’re coming to Mass, follow the guidelines and place your envelope in the basket at the front of the church. If you’re not yet able to come to Mass, please continue to mail in or drop off your envelopes or go online to make your contribution.

Please pray for an end to this pandemic, all those affected by it, our medical, hospital and military personnel and for our country as we work toward racial equality and understanding. Think about this from an unknown author that was posted on Facebook: “When Jesus said love your neighbor, He knew your neighbor would act, look, believe and love differently than you. It’s kind of the whole point.”

Ascension homily video from Fr. Mike

We did a video of Fr. Mike’s homily on the Feast of Ascension and we hope you enjoy it. Even though the doors are now open we will continue to film things for those who do not yet feel safe about being out in public – we care about you!!

May Crowning

Fr. Mike crowned Our Blessed Mother, Mary, on Sunday May 3rd. We hope you enjoy this video and we invite you to honor Mary by praying the Litany of Loreto with Fr. Mike.

Revisiting Generations of Faith Talks on iTunes

Thomas Conte, webmaster extraordinaire, found these live recordings from our 2010 Generations of Faith program and put them all here in one place. We invite you to revisit or enjoy them for the first time. In 2010 Fr. Andy, ordained from this parish, was in his 4th year of priesthood, Bill Boomer was Director of the Marriage and Family Life Office, Sr. Margaret was the Director of the Office of Evangelization and Fr. Tifft was a professor at the seminary. Thomas, thank you for these gems.


The Life You Change Could Be Your Own | Fr. Andy Turner
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Will Our Kids Have Faith? | Bill Boomer
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Rekindle the Flame | Sr. Margaret Mach
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History of our Catholic Diocese of Cleveland | Rev. Thomas W. Tifft
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Drive thru blessing

Thank you to all who came to our Drive Thru Blessing Event on May 10th – it was so good to see you!! I wish we had pictures to show you, but it was so busy we didn’t have time to take any. Fr. Mike, Fr. Sam and the staff were excited to welcome you back to the property and we hope you were excited to be here. If you couldn’t come, you can pick up a bulletin and the latest letter from the Ohio Bishops at the back door of the rectory.

GIANT shout-out

We are incredibly grateful to Mike Grace, President of TNT Exterminating Co., a wonderful, generous and gracious friend to the parish, who came with a crew on Friday, April 17th to sanitize the church, the Free Store and first floor of the school along with Hitch, Waldeisen and Maher Halls. TNT takes care of our pest control and monthly inspections and during this difficult time, they have figured out how to use their equipment to sanitize against this terrible Covid-19. If you have need of an exterminating company, please consider giving our friends at TNT a call!!