Carillon Memorials are always welcome to memorialize or honor those special people in your life or mark events such as anniversaries, birthdays or graduations. A $20.00 donation will reserve your date for which the Angelus and seasonal hymns will ring both at noon and at 6 p.m. Your Carillon Memorials will be listed in the bulletin the weekend prior to your reserved date. You may use the green Special Contribution Envelope in your packet or contact the contact the Parish Office (330-274-2253).

Mass Intentions should be called or sent into the Parish Office as early as possible (stipend is $10.00 each; the Mass stipend is simply a donation made to the priest in consideration of his ministry. Because there is a service directly applied to the donation, a charitable donation receipt for income tax purposes cannot be given). Every effort will be made to honor your specific date request but please keep in mind that weekend Mass dates fill up very quickly. Requests for the next year will not be taken until October. In addition, there is a limit to once a month weekend Mass requests per person. Weekday Masses may be more readily available. Petitions at the Masses will include the names of those remembered through Mass Intentions. Please contact the Parish Office (330-274-2253) for available dates.

It’s a very Catholic thing to say to someone that you will “light a candle for them,” meaning that you will pray for them and ritually symbolize those prayers by the lighting of votives. We light the candle while praying for our intention or offering our thanks and then leave the flame burning as signs of our prayers. The Catholic custom of lighting candles is rooted in Church teaching that Christ is the Light of the World. Candles serve as an outward sign of the light of faith burning in our hearts. They help us to draw into communion with the Living Christ. They are our silent sentinels lifting up our prayer intentions to the Lord. You will see blue envelopes for donations to help offset the cost for the candles (simply leave near the altar or drop in the collection basket).

Names of loved ones, living or deceased, may be submitted for the bulletin for Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Christmas Flower Fund Intentions. Special envelopes are included in your contribution envelope packets or you may contribution through ParishSOFT Giving. These donations not only help provide our beautiful environment during these special times but also assist with church environment expenses throughout the year.