The Good News: December 2025
December 5, 2025
ANNUAL WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY The diocesan Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs invites all parishes to
County: Mahoning
From the Editor: December 2025/January 2026
December 5, 2025
Look to the Holy Family No image portraying the Christmas story is more prominent than that of the Holy
2025 Diocesan Football Review
December 1, 2025
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, the 2025 diocesan football season was the best of times and the worst of times—with
Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral November 30, 2025
November 29, 2025
This Sunday, November 30, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Father Jim Korda celebrates Mass for The First Sunday of Advent with Ron Puhalla as lector, and Laura Kunkel as cantor.
Sunday Masses for The Diocese of Youngstown are prerecorded and posted on Youtube and at catholicecho.org.
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To support this ministry, become a patron at www.doy.org/film-mass. The Diocese of Youngstown is a 501(c)3 organization so your donation may be tax deductible.
Our Sunday Mass from Saint Columba Cathedral is sponsored by the Mary Catherine Livingston Fund and the Diocesan Annual Appeal.
Mass Intention: John and Helen Groner
The Diocese of Youngstown Communications Department films Our Sunday Mass (formerly “Mass for Shut-ins”) in Saint Columba Cathedral, Youngstown, Ohio. The Diocese of Youngstown posts Our Sunday Mass at 4:00 pm EST Saturdays on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, distributes DVDs and secure download links to retirement/nursing homes and prisons within our six-counties, and provides seasonal Missalettes to the homebound by mail.
Episode 102: Recap of the Community Day of Hope
November 24, 2025
Spotify Youtube Apple Episode 102: Recap of the Community Day of Hope On this episode of The Catholic Echo
Episode 101: St. Joseph Maximo 175th anniversary and Archives Center Update
November 24, 2025
Episode 101: St. Joseph Maximo 175th anniversary and Archives Center Update
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal, Dennis Biviano talks with Andrew Conrad, a parishioner and historian at Saint Joseph Maximo Church on the parish’s 175th Anniversary. The Diocesan Chancellor Joan Lawson will also speak on the progress of the All Saints Diocesan Archives Center on the property of the former Saints Cyril and Methodius Church.
Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral November 23, 2025
November 22, 2025
This Sunday, November 23, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Father John Sheridan celebrates Mass for Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe with Marianne Yeager as lector, Jessyka Moreira Martins as cantor and Ralph Holtzhauser as organist.
Sunday Masses for The Diocese of Youngstown are prerecorded and posted on Youtube and at catholicecho.org.
Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700000.
To support this ministry, become a patron at www.doy.org/film-mass. The Diocese of Youngstown is a 501(c)3 organization so your donation may be tax deductible.
Our Sunday Mass from Saint Columba Cathedral is sponsored by the Mary Catherine Livingston Fund and the Diocesan Annual Appeal.
Mass Intention: Fred Mondok
The Diocese of Youngstown Communications Department films Our Sunday Mass (formerly “Mass for Shut-ins”) in Saint Columba Cathedral, Youngstown, Ohio. The Diocese of Youngstown posts Our Sunday Mass at 4:00 pm EST Saturdays on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, distributes DVDs and secure download links to retirement/nursing homes and prisons within our six-counties, and provides seasonal Missalettes to the homebound by mail.
Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral November 16, 2025
November 15, 2025
This Sunday, November 16, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Father William Wainio celebrates Mass for The Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time with Natalia Wells as lector, Laura Kunkel as cantor.
Sunday Masses for The Diocese of Youngstown are prerecorded and posted on Youtube and at catholicecho.org.
Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700000.
To support this ministry, become a patron at www.doy.org/film-mass. The Diocese of Youngstown is a 501(c)3 organization so your donation may be tax deductible.
Our Sunday Mass from Saint Columba Cathedral is sponsored by the Mary Catherine Livingston Fund and the Diocesan Annual Appeal.
Mass Intention: Carl and Clara Racketa
The Diocese of Youngstown Communications Department films Our Sunday Mass (formerly “Mass for Shut-ins”) in Saint Columba Cathedral, Youngstown, Ohio. The Diocese of Youngstown posts Our Sunday Mass at 4:00 pm EST Saturdays on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, distributes DVDs and secure download links to retirement/nursing homes and prisons within our six-counties, and provides seasonal Missalettes to the homebound by mail.
Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral November 9, 2025
November 8, 2025
This Sunday, November 9, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Father Kevin Bertleff celebrates Mass for The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica with Barb Zorn as lector, Laura Kunkel as cantor and Jason Volovar as organist.
Sunday Masses for The Diocese of Youngstown are prerecorded and posted on Youtube and at catholicecho.org.
Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700000.
To support this ministry, become a patron at www.doy.org/film-mass. The Diocese of Youngstown is a 501(c)3 organization so your donation may be tax deductible.
Our Sunday Mass from Saint Columba Cathedral is sponsored by the Mary Catherine Livingston Fund and the Diocesan Annual Appeal.
Mass Intention: Kathleen Gilmartin Vesko
The Diocese of Youngstown Communications Department films Our Sunday Mass (formerly “Mass for Shut-ins”) in Saint Columba Cathedral, Youngstown, Ohio. The Diocese of Youngstown posts Our Sunday Mass at 4:00 pm EST Saturdays on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, distributes DVDs and secure download links to retirement/nursing homes and prisons within our six-counties, and provides seasonal Missalettes to the homebound by mail.
Bishop Bonnar’s Reflections on the Sacred Heart at the First Friday Club
November 6, 2025
On October 2nd, Bishop David J. Bonnar spoke at the First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown with his reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
