Eparchy of Parma

During this period of the Philip’s Fast, in preparation for the Nativity of our Lord Jesus, we are challenged to change our lives, to let go of our comforts and of what we consider to be “a good life.” Many people do not want to let go of these comforts or they become upset if someone tries to suggest that they leave behind the things that bring them comfort, but this is often what discipleship in Christ calls us to do. This is both a challenge and a goal of discipleship. To be a disciple of Jesus means to sit at his feet, just as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus did in the Gospel. READ MORE.

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To all pastors and administrators: Glory to Jesus Christ! It is your responsibility to ensure that all parish staff and volunteers are safe environment trained in accordance with the requirements that can be found online at www.parma.org under the “Safe Environment” page. In the near future, the eparchy will be changing the training requirements to a Virtus-based system. Pastors and administrators will be notified when this occurs. READ MORE.

BURTON, Ohio — Christ the Bridegroom Monastery reached its final step of canonical establishment Sept. 27, when it was established as a sui iuris, or self-governing, monastery of eparchial right by Bishop Milan Lach, SJ, of Parma. The establishment was publicly announced by the reading of a decree at the conclusion of a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the monastery chapel Sept. 30, the vigil of the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God. A decree approving the monastery’s typikon, or rule of life, was also read. READ MORE.

In theory, we know love. In theory, we know how we need to be as Christians. But life is a little bit complicated, and this basic challenge of Jesus is not easy for us. When we need inspiration to love, to be good, to do good, and to help others without wanting anything in return, we turn to the source of love, which is the love of God, our heavenly Father. Jesus Christ, who has seen the Father, shows us how we need to love each other. READ MORE.

EUCLID, Ohio — Father Robert Jager remembers a time before 1989. "The whole world just surrendered to the red hordes and sacrificed the Christians behind the Iron Curtain to be forgotten,” he said of the years of communist oppression in Central Europe, where he grew up in the Greek Catholic Church. “However, it was the Byzantine Catholic Church in North America that spoke up for us,” he said. Father Jager recalled serving as an altar boy during communism in present-day Slovakia, then Czechoslovakia. READ MORE.