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Diocesan Directory Updates -NEW

Please download this printable supplement to add to your diocesan directory.

This document summarizes parish collaborations, mergers, and clergy assignments since November 30, 2023. Most of the changes have effective dates of May 1 or July 1, 2024.

Soon we are launching a Mass Finder on our website to help folks show up for Mass at the right place & time during these transitions. If you change your Mass times, please notify us whenever you update your bulletin! You can notify us of changes at any time by using this form: https://forms.gle/GFX45J5cZt9CuRoQA

Thank you for helping facilitate worship of Lord Jesus, worthy of all praise. If you have any questions, please contact Meagen Farrell, Communications Manager at communications@youngstowndiocese.org or 330-744-8451 x275.

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OCP Parish Grant Program

The Parish Grant Program is open to all Roman Catholic parishes and campus ministries within the United States. Applications for 2024 OCP Parish Grants are being accepted through May 30, 2024.

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Free Webinar Series – “Behold the Lamb”

The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions will sponsor a FREE Webinar Series entitled “Behold the Lamb” on Wednesday afternoons in May from 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. The webinar series will focus on the newly approved Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside of Mass ritual book.

Bishop Bonnar distributes communion at the White Mass at St. Columba Cathedral, Youngstown on February 11, 2024

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Low Gluten Hosts

It is important for pastors to make every effort to accommodate the experience of Holy Communion for the faithful, including those suffering from celiac disease.

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Displaying of Flags in Catholic Churches (from the USCCB website)

The Bishop’s Committee on Divine Worship encourages that the American flag not be placed within the sanctuary itself, in order to reserve that space for the altar, ambo, presidential chair and tabernacle.

Baptism at Our Lady of Peace Parish, Ashtabula, Ohio.

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New Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the revised translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adult and the Ritual de la Iniciacion Cristiana de Adultos.

Eucharistic Adoration at St Christine Church in Youngstown on January 15, 2023

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New Ritual Book – Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside of Mass

A new ritual book, Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside of Mass has been approved for use no later than December 1, 2024.