Category: Communique

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Announcements

ENCOUNTER 2025 Sponsorship Packages Available

Sponsorship packages available for our next diocesan youth convention – titled Encounter LOVE – with a four-year rolling theme of “encounter.” Questions? Please contact Maddie (DiSalvatore) Francisco at mfrancisco@youngstowndiocese.org.

Global Celebration of Young People
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Annual Global Celebration of Youth and Young Adults

On this feast day… the Church proclaims the Kingdom of Christ, already present, but still growing in all its mystery towards its full manifestation … young people are indispensable bearers of the dynamics of the Kingdom of God, the hope of the Church and the world. – St. John Paul II

Annual Diocesan Appeal 2024
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News About the Appeal

Fr. John-Michael Lavelle has been emailing updates on individual parishes’ performance on the Appeal. This information is also posted at doy.org/appeal under “Parish Toolkit and Updates.”

Two teens carry donations of cans in a Catholic Charities food pantry with stocked shelves
Annual Diocesan Appeal

Catholic Charities | Become a Guardian Angel

Catholic Charities assists thousands of individuals and families through a wide range of programs. In 2023, Catholic Charities provided more than 13,000 food bags, boxes, and vouchers to families in need; pregnancy and support services to more than 4,100 clients, including 2,882 children; and basic needs services to nearly 19,000 individuals, which included 149 veterans and 182 military families.

Annual Diocesan Appeal 2024
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Memorials for Guardian Angel Gifts

Bishop Bonnar is remembering dearly departed loved ones in prayer during November, the Month of All Souls. Names were submitted with Guardian Angels gifts to the Annual Diocesan Appeal.

Announcements

DVDs, Missalettes & Sponsorships Available for Our Sunday Mass

The Diocese of Youngstown shares Our Sunday Mass by distributing DVDs and secure download links to retirement/nursing homes and prisons within our six-counties, providing seasonal Missalettes to the homebound by mail, and posting the Mass online.