Happy Easter! Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! We continue this celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection with this celebration of his Divine Mercy. If you are able to attend the service on Sunday afternoon, it will be a powerful time of prayer. Mark Ternes and I had (We thought at least lol) a pretty good podcast last weekend [...]
A BIG thanks to all who helped to make our parish mission with Dcn. John Green and his wife Carolyn, such a fruitful event! Thanks to the dinner crew, to the tech crew, to the Adoration crew! Deacon John with his witness of words and Carolyn with her witness of music helped us to see [...]
Coming up for our Parish Mission in a few weeks we are going to have a Potluck Dinner at 5pm. Please bring a side dish or desert and we will provide a main dish (Pasta and meatballs). If you come a few minutes early, we can get the serving line started so that I can [...]
In this Lenten Season, there is a priority given to the human voice in the Liturgy (Mass). Before any other instrument, the human voice praised God in acclamation and song. It was St. Augustine who said, “He who sings prays twice.” There is both a certain vulnerability and power in singing. I would love to [...]
In beginning to share about liturgical music in this Lenten season and really considering our whole participation in the liturgy (= Mass = public work of the Church), it's important to realize that we participate both externally and internally. There are appropriate times for both and, truly, they happen oftentimes at the same time. To [...]
This week in the bulletin you will see a flyer for our Deanery Lenten Confession schedule. The Deanery is a collection of 18 parishes in our area that is tasked to work together with different projects and initiatives as well as with fostering fraternity amongst the priests and pastors. In our first large initiative, we [...]
Catholic Schools Week is upon us! A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Csank, our school faculty, and staff for all of the amazing work and devotion that make our school community so special! A huge THANK YOU as well to Mrs. Rene Buchtel and her staff for their great work in our Pre-school and Child [...]
https://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2025/08/21/holy-family-parish-in-parma-welcomes-father-stavarz-as-pastor
It is with joy that I share that Bishop Malesic has appointed me as the next Pastor of Holy Family, effective June 15th, providentially Father’s Day! I want to thank you GREATLY for all the prayerful support, encouragement, and love you have shown me over this past year since being Administrator. You have made being [...]
On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country! We pray for all from our parish who are serving and have served our country and especially for any who died in service. Their selfless example is one that should give us courage in our daily struggles. Here is [...]
