News - October 2018 RSS Feed

PARMA, Ohio — The Eparchy of Parma is introducing a new program this year, stemming from its annual Stewardship Appeal, that seeks to address both the temporal concerns of the church and the spiritual needs of its faithful in every parish in its 12-state territory. The 2018-2019 Stewardship Appeal includes an adult faith-enrichment component that will encourage members of every parish community to grow together in their understanding of the Byzantine Catholic faith. READ MORE.

PARMA, Ohio — The Office of Religious Education has launched a new eparchy-wide adult faith formation program, entitled “I BELIEVE – The Nicene Creed: Our Statement of Faith,” in conjunction with this year’s Stewardship Appeal. Bishop Milan Lach, SJ, of Parma mandated the program to take place in every parish, mission and outreach in the eparchy. READ MORE.

MUNSTER, Ind. — Monsignor Frank Korba has been a priest of the Eparchy of Parma for 52 years, serving from one end of the eparchy to the other. He was the rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Parma, Ohio, and later was pastor at St. Nicholas Parish in Munster, Indiana. Now retired, Monsignor Korba now benefits from the Stewardship Appeal, which funds retired priests’ health insurance. READ MORE.

Father Robert Jager, his wife and two children arrived in the United States from Kosice, Slovakia, this fall to help meet the urgent priest shortage in the Eparchy of Parma. “We, as a family, prayed over it for more than a year, and the result is our presence here, among you,” he said. READ MORE.

PITTSBURGH — Michael David Kunitz is a third-year seminarian for the Eparchy of Parma. Michael entered seminary from St. Stephen Parish in Allen Park, Michigan. He first heard the call to the priesthood while in high school and, at age 23, decided it was “worth dedicating” the rest of his life to. He said seminary has been a humbling and forming experience. READ MORE.

CLEVELAND — A new youth ministry pilot program began in Northeast Ohio this fall. The Eparchial Youth Commission designed easy-to-follow plans to help create regional youth groups. READ MORE.

PARMA, Ohio — As part of a significant cost-cutting strategy, the chancery offices of the Eparchy of Parma moved from the cathedral complex at 1900 Carlton Road in Parma to smaller office space on the third floor of a corporate building at 5000 Rockside Road in Independence, Ohio. The move took place at the beginning of August. The former offices at the cathedral complex are currently being used for archives and extra storage. READ MORE.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young people today are telling Catholic leaders that if they want to persuade the young to follow Christ and pursue a vocation, church leaders must be models of Gospel behavior, said the head of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Members of the Synod of Bishops have made repeated references to the story of Jesus and the rich young man in the Gospel — how Jesus told him to sell everything and follow him; several synod members have cited the passage to affirm that Jesus continues to place tough demands on young people. READ MORE.

MARIAPOCS, Hungary — Thirty-five pilgrims from across the metropolia joined Horizons’ 2018 pilgrimage, under the patronage of the Mother of God, to the spiritual and historical roots of the Byzantine Ruthenian Church. The Sept. 16-28 pilgrimage was themed “From Mariapoch to Mariapoch.” READ MORE.

PARMA, Ohio — Picture this: you go to the mailbox and find your latest water bill. You slip open the envelope and find an extra “0” on the amount you owe. This had been happening at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Parma since at least January 2017. READ MORE.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — St. Stephen Parish in Allen Park, Michigan, has been blessed with a new administrator to fill the void the community had experienced since their previous pastor of 30 years, Father Cyril Attak, retired in 2017. Father Attak died in April this year. Bishop Milan Lach, SJ, of Parma assigned Father John Russell to be the new administrator, effective July 1. READ MORE.

We are here in this old church and you can see where our ancestors prayed up to 600 years ago. They were poor people. They had nothing, but they had one important thing — the faith, a living faith — and this faith was encouragement for them to survive and to fight through daily life. Look around here. We traveled comfortably by bus to arrive here. Can you imagine that they were so poor that they would walk here every day? READ MORE.

The biggest commandment is the commandment to love God. God has to be first in our lives, dear brothers and sisters. No one or nothing else. We need to ask ourselves every day: Is God really first in my life or is there something else that I have placed first? READ MORE.

PARMA, Ohio — Another Eastern Catholic man from the Cleveland area was ordained a Jesuit priest, after nearly a decade of Jesuit formation. Bishop Bohdan Danylo of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat ordained Father Andrij Hlabse at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Parma July 15. READ MORE.