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Preparing the Way

December 5, 2025

Advent traditions across the Diocese of Youngstown Your front lawn is awash in a rust and gold-colored quilt of

Woman kneels before the cross at Holy Family in Navarre on Good Friday. Photo by Bob Rossiter.

Across the diocese: Good Friday

April 30, 2025

Good Friday is a day of somber reflection and quiet prayer. The Good Friday liturgy contains three distinctive parts: the proclamation of the Passion and Solemn Intercessions; the Adoration of the Holy Cross; and Holy Communion.

Father washes feet during Holy Thursday Mass

Across the Diocese: Holy Thursday

April 30, 2025

This photo essay highlights how parishes across the Diocese of Youngstown celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral March 23, 2025

March 22, 2025

This Sunday, March 23, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Msgr. Robert Siffrin celebrates Mass for the Third Sunday of Lent, with Marianne Yeager as lector, Sam Mohn 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: 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 March 16, 2025

March 15, 2025

This Sunday, March 16, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Msgr. Peter Polando celebrates Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent, with Ron Puhalla as lector, Brianne Samson 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: John Sweetko
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.

Deacon holds a book aloft during Rite of Election. Photo by Brian Keith.

Rite of Election 2025

March 10, 2025

View a collection of photos from the Rite of Election on March 9.

Our Sunday Mass from St. Columba Cathedral March 9, 2025

March 8, 2025

This Sunday, March 9, 2025 at The Cathedral of Saint Columba, Father Matthew Roehrig, SSP celebrates Mass for the First Sunday of Lent, with Ron Puhalla as lector, Brianne Samson 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: Pasqualina Montanna
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.