Cleveland Catholic Church Saved From Closing
WJW Fox 8

New Life: Bishop Reverses Decision on Two Church Closures
WOIO Channel 19

Bishop Lennon has recommended that St. Colman Parish merge with St. Stephen at the St. Stephen site.
The St. Colman Parish Council has initiated an appeal effort.
Please read the Parish's Response Letter to the Bishop's decision (link below)
and fill out and mail the Parish Appeal Ballot (link below).
A link to Bishop Lennon's decision letter is also below.
What can you do to help? Click here to get the FACTS and to fill out an Appeal Form.

Bishop Lennon's Letter

Parish Response Letter

St. Colman parishioners: 'We refuse to close'

Catholic faithful face church closures
CNN

Parishioners rally at St. Patrick's Day mass to keep church open
WJW 8

St. Colman priest to parishioners: Do you want to keep our church open?
The Plain Dealer

Rev. Robert Begin of St. Colman gets news church will close
The Plain Dealer

Parishes Worry About How Closures Will Affect Neighborhoods
News Channel 5

Church Closure Will End Outreach Programs
News Channel 5

Traditional Mass at St. Colman Could Be The Church's Last St. Patrick's Day Mass Ever
19 Action News

Bishop's Decisions Come as a Shock for Some
WCPN

Over the weekend, Bishop Richard Lennon announced a major reconfiguration of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.
ideastream®'s Caitlin Johnson found that some parishes plan to appeal his decision.


St. Colman Parish delivered over 3300 appeal forms (more than 40 lbs. of documents!)
to Bishop Lennon on March 27th;
the formal appeal was delivered to the Bishop on March 26th.
To read the press release, please click here.

Click HERE to find out what you can do to help NOW
and to get status updates on the Appeal Process

(you will be redirected to the Friends of St. Colman Parish website - www.friendsofstcolmanparish.org)

Click HERE to help defray the cost of the Appeal

(you will be redirected to the Friends of St. Colman Parish website - www.friendsofstcolmanparish.org )

Architectural Tour
April 20th

Bishop Lennon's Meeting
April 14th

Closing of Catholic churches raises an urgent question: Can these masterpieces be saved?
Plain Dealer, April 13th

Friends fight to save St. Colman parish
West Side Sun, April 8th

Sacrificial Lambs - What will the Catholic Diocese do with all those extra churches?
Cleveland Scene, April 8th

Friends try to save St. Colman
West Side Sun News, April 2nd

St. Colman appeals merger with St. Stephen
Plain Press, April 2009

Deadline passes to appeal church closings

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