It is with much sadness that I write this letter. Sunday evening, May 9, Fr. Dan Redmond was found deceased in the rectory. At the time of this writing we do not know the cause of death or what the arrangements will be. Fr. Dan was a great asset to both St. Mary and St. Patrick parishes.

Please click here for the complete details regarding the wake and funeral of Fr. Dan Redmond.

It is with heavy hearts to announce that Fr. Dan Redmond passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, May 9th, 2021. Please pray for the repose of his soul and for his family. Once funeral arrangements are finalized, they will be announced here. Please stay tuned to this page for further updates.

“Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother’s womb. The mother is filled with wonder at this mystery of life, and ‘understands’ with unique intuition what is happening inside her..."

The following article is an update of the Heart of a Shepherd campaign.

I would like to once again offer my sincere congratulations to all of our students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Monday evening. It was a privilege for me to serve as the minister of the sacrament. While no Bishop or Abbot was available for the date of April 26, 2021, Bishop Malesic gave all the Priests of the Diocese the faculty to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation last year after he was installed as Bishop of Cleveland.

The Liturgical Ministry Schedule (for Lectors, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion) for the period of May 1 through June 30, 2021 is now available for viewing, downloading, and printing. To access the schedule, click this news story or go to www.stmarychardon.org/ministry-schedules.

Each week as we continue on our Easter journey the scripture readings reveal more of the struggles the disciples had, trying to make sense of Christ’s Passion, death and Resurrection.

In honor of the Year of St, Joseph, the WOW Prayer Group would like to encourage fellow parishioners to join us in a novena leading up to the May 1st Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. The novena is prayed for nine days, Thursday, April 22 - Friday, April 30. Then, on May 1st, be sure to enjoy the Feast Day and pray this prayer again in celebration!

This Series is focused on bringing the Young Mother’s of the Catholic Community together in an effort to engage a deeper relationship with Jesus and the Church. This series will be aimed at accomplishing this through a 6-month journey to six local Shrines in the area.

During this coming week, the third week of Easter, each day we will continue to read from the Acts of the Apostles. We will read stories of courage, of denial, of conversion and complete transformation.

The SVDP donation truck will be at St. Mary this Saturday afternoon until early Monday April 19. We’re collecting household items, dishes, clothing, toys, sporting equipment, books, small furniture and appliances...

This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000. The Lord expressed His will with regard to this feast in His very first revelation to St. Faustina.

On behalf of our Parish Staff, I would like to wish you and your loved ones a very blessed Easter. Christ has risen! He is truly risen! Once again the Church can cry out in prayer and song, “Alleluia!”

Today is Palm Sunday. It is the beginning of Holy Week. It is a week that truly changed the world. It is the week in which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ fulfilled His mission to redeem the world by His Passion, Death and Resurrection.

 This Sunday is the 5th Sunday of Lent. For the readings from Cycle B, the Gospel from John (12:20-33) tells us that “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.”

Anyone who would like to make the Consecration to St. Joseph on Friday, March 19th, please join us immediately after the parish Stations of the Cross. Women and men of any age are most welcome to join us. St. Joseph, pray for us!

Brothers and sisters: God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ — by grace you have been saved —, raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Today marks the 3rd Sunday of the season of Lent. We are half way to the beginning of Holy Week and, perhaps, this is a good time to reflect on how we have or have not embraced this holy season. If we have been faithful to our resolutions and experienced a deepening of our prayer life, let’s give thanks and praise to God! If we have struggled with prayer, fasting and almsgiving, let’s not get discouraged or be tempted to give up on this sacred time!

The Diocese of Cleveland has instructed all of its parishes to participate in “The Called For More Pilot” program from the Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI). CLI received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to pilot a new process for supporting priests and parishes in thriving in ministry. By gathering information about each priest and each parish, the pilot seeks to give parishioners more awareness about the needs and opportunities of their local community...