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On Monday, January 6, the Church will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ. The word “Theophany” means “Manifestation of God” and it refers to the fact that the Lord has manifested Himself to all of creation in three Persons.
Jesus chose to become man to show us that he doesn’t just want to save us, but that he loves us. And he knew that in the incarnation and the crucifixion, there would be no greater way to show us that he loves us, than to become man and then go to the cross and die for us. “For greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for someone else / for his friends” (see John 15:13). So God wanted to show us that he loves us, and he does that through the incarnation and the cross. Jesus also becomes one of us to teach us how to love him back! How to be holy and to give ourselves totally to God.
Congratulations to our newly ordained deacon Tom Lehner! Tom Lehner is a lifelong member of Holy Ghost Church.
Many people think of the Catholic Church as a monolithic structure with a clear leadership and traditions. People also mistakenly refer to the whole as the Roman Catholic Church. But this is not quite accurate.
The Catholic Church actually comprises twenty-two particular Churches in full communion with one another. There are twenty-one Eastern Catholic Churches, and one Latin Catholic Church (i.e., the Church of Rome). Each of these particular Churches is self-governing (the term in Latin is sui iuris, “of their own law”), even while being in communion with the Church of Rome Annual Spring Clergy Days Focused on Healing Trauma, Financial Transparency, and Future of Eparchy5/12/2024
Saint Josaphat Eparchy held its annual Spring Clergy Days at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma, Ohio, April 29-May 2. Over the course of the four-day gathering, clergy participated in conferences and prayed selections from the Divine Office, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral, and enjoyed time together in fellowship. Bishop Bohdan kicked off the meeting Monday evening with a conference on the Synodal Way, United for Ukraine — which assists refugees of the war in Ukraine –, and the Eparchy’s future.
Thank you to all those who joined our 2024 Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Celebrations! Christ is Risen! Thank you to all those who volunteered for our 2023 Church Summer Camp! We had a blast and we hope all those who participated did to. See you next year!
Want to see what you missed? Check out the video. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, 8,800 civilians became victims of enforced disappearances and remain illegally detained, while more than 10,200 people are considered to be missing.
U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee Issues Statement on the Proper Disposition of Bodily Remains4/2/2023
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine has issued a statement providing principles for evaluating some newer methods and technologies for disposition of the bodies of the deceased. The USCCB’s Administrative Committee approved the issuance of the statement on March 15. In their statement, the doctrine committee affirms that every human being has been created in the image of God and has an inherent dignity and worth. Furthermore, since “every man and woman is a unity of body and soul, respect for the person necessarily includes respect for the body.”
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