
The Good News: August 2023
The Annual Mass for Rhoda Wise, an update from Catholic Charities and more!

The Annual Mass for Rhoda Wise, an update from Catholic Charities and more!

Bishop David Bonnar celebrated Mass and blessed two Ashtabula County altars on May 7, 2023: St. Mary Parish in Orwell and Sacred Heart Parish in Rock Creek. Please enjoy these photos from both Masses, taken by Catholic Echo Staff Photographer Brian Keith.

On May 7, 2023, 119 couples were honored for a total of 5,644 years of wedded life, ranging from 25 to 70 years, in a Mass at St. Columba Cathedral.

Sister Dorothy Zwick, H.M., formerly Sister Mary Zita, 95, of Hubbard, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at Maplecrest Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Care in Struthers, Ohio.

Father Conoboy will serve on staff of Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

The parish welcomed four candidates in the faith and had four baptisms during the Easter Vigil.

St. Jude Parish in Columbiana welcomed five candidates in the faith, and Our Lady of Lourdes in East Palestine welcomed one during the Easter Vigil at St. Jude’s on Saturday, April 9, 2023.

On Holy Saturday, April 8, 2023, St. Rose Parish in Girard held their annual Blessing of Easter Food.

Father Michael Balash celebrated Mass for the Friday of the Passion of the Lord on April 7, 2023, at St. William Parish in Champion, where he is pastor.

Bishop David J. Bonnar celebrated Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6, 2023, at St. Columba Cathedral.