Preserving the past, building the future:
November 4, 2025
Diocese breaks ground on archives center Story and Photos by Vince Taddei The sunlight of a bright September morning
Category: Diocesan News
A future for our veterans
November 4, 2025
Dr. Chrisanne Gordon, then a Columbus-area rehabilitation physician, one day in November of 1996 experienced a traumatic brain injury—“that
Meet Jennifer Sharpnack
November 4, 2025
Jennifer Sharpnack’s long road to her job as the diocesan director of cemeteries started all the way back on
Sister Maureen Tighe-Brown – 65 Jubilee
October 1, 2025
Sister Maureen Tighe-Brown (Sister M. Peter Claver) entered the Humility of Mary Community in October 1959 from St. Joseph (now Our Lady of Peace Parish) in Ashtabula.
2025 Ordination to the Priesthood: Rev. Travis Seagraves
September 8, 2025
Watch, listen to, and read about the Ordination to the Priesthood of Rev. Travis Seagraves on June 7, 2025 at St. Columba Cathedral.
Meet Father Travis Seagraves
September 2, 2025
A Q&A with the diocese’s most recently-ordained priest.
A Pilgrimage to Windsor
September 2, 2025
The July 13 pilgrimage was not only a celebration of Marian devotion, but also a reflection of the global Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, declared by the late Pope Francis.
Diocese of Youngstown releases “The March of the Eucharist Continues”
August 11, 2025
In honor of the Jubilee of Hope, the Diocese of Youngstown is re-issuing “The March of the Eucharist” as the August issue of The Catholic Echo Magazine.
History of the Youngstown Diocese
August 11, 2025
A historical overview of the Diocese of Youngstown, published in the 1951 “March of the Eucharist” book, plus additional information from diocesan archivist Joan Lawson.
Read the 1951 “March of the Eucharist”
August 11, 2025
The original 1951 March of the Eucharist book was written by the Diocese of Youngstown’s first bishop, James McFadden, to mark the 1950 jubilee year. The book tells the histories of each of the parishes that existed in the diocese at that time, featuring beautiful illustrations of the church buildings, ornate scroll work and a gilded, leather-bound cover.
