Cleveland Diocese Church Closing News
CLEVELAND -- Members of St. Colman Catholic Church vowed their 2009 St. Patrick's Day celebration would not be their last, even though the parish was scheduled to be closed.
CLEVELAND -- "Endangered Catholics," a group which says it is trying to prevent the closing of 14 parishes, is asking for Vatican oversight of Bishop Richard Lennon.
CLEVELAND -- U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-10) has asked Mayor Frank Jackson to have the city try and preserve the closed and soon-to-be-closed church buildings using the process of eminent domain, to preserve historic churches and community centers.
LAKEWOOD -- Lakewood City Council is drafting a new ordinance that would prohibit the Cleveland Catholic Diocese from tearing down St. James Church or destroying its beautiful interior.
CLEVELAND -- An historic Catholic church scheduled to be closed as part of the Diocesean reconfiguration has taken an extraordinary step in its attempt to stay open.
CLEVELAND -- Since St. Casimir parish closed two months ago, a few dozen parishioners have returned every Sunday morning to meet and pray in front of the church building.
CLEVELAND -- The year now ending may go down as the most bitter and divisive in the 150-year-plus history of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese.
CLEVELAND -- Nine-month-old Mora O'Malley smiled as she bounced on her mother's lap, while Irish music filled a school gym next to St. Patrick Church.
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Diocese has donated the former St. Procop convent to the Community Service Alliance (CSA), the parent organization which assists men moving from homelessness to self sufficiency.
CLEVELAND -- An online sale is under way offering altars, crucifixes, statues of saints and gold-plated chalices from Roman Catholic churches shut down by the Cleveland diocese.
CLEVELAND -- Emotions ran high at not one, but two local churches Sunday morning.
The members of St. Stanislaus parish will hold their final Mass this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. But even before the doors are closed for good, parishioners were shocked to see the real estate listing for their church already posted online.
CLEVELAND -- Bishop Richard Lennon and Mayor Frank Jackson stood side by side Thursday at a groundbreaking ceremony, then addressed a proposal that may have them on opposite sides.
CLEVELAND -- At St. Margaret's Church in Orange, parish members were holding up protest signs and encouraging passing motorists to honk their horns in support.
CLEVELAND -- Members of twelve Catholic churches slated for closing under the reorganization plan of the Diocese of Cleveland, have joined forces in hopes of staying open.
CLEVELAND -- Members of two West Side churches whose closings were reversed by Bishop Richard Lennon have already begun working to ensure their continued survival.
CLEVELAND -- Bishop Richard Lennon has reversed a second church closing and will allow St. Ignatius of Antioch to remain open.
CLEVELAND -- The closing of St. Casimir's Catholic Church will force the parish's 92-year-old pastor to vacate the only home he has known for more than 35 years.
CLEVELAND -- A Catholic church which fought hard to reverse Bishop Richard Lennon's decision to close it, has lost its appeal.
The reconfiguration plan announced by the Cleveland Diocese will mean 52 fewer parishes by 2010.
