
The Good News: March 2026
CATHOLIC SISTERS WEEKThis year, across the nation and in our diocese, we celebrate and honor Catholic sisters during the

CATHOLIC SISTERS WEEKThis year, across the nation and in our diocese, we celebrate and honor Catholic sisters during the

St. Philip Neri Parish in Dungannon Township hosted its final Mass on Saturday, February 14, 2026

Humility of Mary Sister Rose Anne Hanlon, formerly Sister Mary Coletta, 86, died February 8, 2026, at Villa Maria Community Center.

Please note that this directory may not be a full listing of fish fries around the diocese. The fish

Construction of the enormous Gothic-style granite St. Columba Church on West Wood Street in Youngstown began in 1893 but

St. Patrick School in Kent was established in the late 1880s, during the pastorate of Father Francis O’Neill, the

NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK National Marriage Week is February 7 to 14, and World Marriage Day is on Sunday, February

Father Nicholas Mancini died on January 14, 2026, at 79 years old.

The project is the inaugural medical respite initiative of Catholic Charities Regional Agency and was developed in partnership with Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley, Meridian HealthCare, the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown, the Sisters of the Humility of Mary and private donors.

On December 16, parishioners and visitors gathered for the first night of Las Posadas, a nine-day novena reenacting Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter before the birth of Christ.