from June 30, 2010 and After
Selected articles about the closing, protests and actions after the June 30 closing date.
Members want church opened, priest reinstated
CLEVELAND - John and Edith Juhasz were married at St. Emeric Church. So was their daughter. All three of their children were baptized there. The couple hopes families can make even more memories there in the future. St. Emeric, located on West 22nd Street, is one of 50 churches closed by the diocese in an effort to downsize.
The Juhaszs have asked Bishop Richard Lennon to reverse his decision to close the 106 year old Hungarian church. In a meeting Friday afternoon, they also asked the bishop to "restore the faculties and dignity of our pastor, Father Sandor Siklodi, and make equitable and appropriate financial restitution...."
Livin' on a Prayer: Parishioners Beg Bishop to Save Church
CLEVELAND -- In a last-ditch effort to save their church, parishioners from St. Emeric Catholic Church met with the Bishop in hopes he will reverse his decision.
On June 30th, the Hungarian parish on West 22nd Street in Cleveland was forced to close its doors.
"We are a vibrant parish. We have healthy financial conditions and we did have a priest until he was dismissed," said John Juhasz.
Friday's meeting came in response to a recent protest....
Updated:
7/24/2010 8:10:19 AM Posted: 7/23/2010 6:50:40 PM
wkyc.com
CLEVELAND -- Three weeks after leading a sit-in at St. Emeric Catholic Church in an attempt to keep it from closing, John Juhasz had a sit-down meeting with Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese.
Juhasz was one of six people who stockpiled food and locked themselves inside the historic Hungarian church on West 22nd Street June 30.
After 16 hours of protest, the group emerged from the church with the agreement that Bishop Lennon would meet with them.
Thursday, Juhasz and his wife spoke with Bishop Lennon for nearly an hour. Juhasz submitted three written requests...
Imperiled parishes learn they still have a prayer
Published: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 4:31 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 9:24 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Vatican has given a group of imperiled area churches reason to hope and pray on. At least five churches ordered closed by Bishop Richard Lennon received letters from Rome this week alerting them that the deadline for the evaluation of their appeals had been extended. The news buoyed spirits among members of St. James in Lakewood and the Cleveland churches of St. Patrick (West Park), St. Emeric, St. Wendelin and St. Peter, five of the 10 parishes in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese that are appealing the bishop's order to close...
...St. Emeric Catholic Church protestors say they ended occupation of church to ...
Plain Dealer (blog) -
- 9 hours ago...
Parishioners End Sit-In at St. Emeric's Church
Protestors leave closed Cleveland church peacefully
Parishioners protest closing of Cleveland Catholic church
50th parish
to closing in huge Cleveland diocese downsizing
By Meghan Barr,
Associated Press
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BC-AP News Digest 3 am CNBC - June 30 - CLEVELAND-CHURCH CLOSING - A Hungarian Catholic church called St. Emeric's is becoming the last church to close its doors in a massive downsizing of mostly ...
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Selected Earlier Coverage:
Cleveland: St. Emeric closing controversial to the very end WKYC-TV - 1 day ago CLEVELAND -- New controversy erupts over the closing of Saint Emeric Church just two days before its doors close for good. Now Bishop Richard Lennon has ...
Church members boycott Diocese's "final" closing WTAM.com - Jun 29, 2010 A farewell mass was slated for St. Emeric's on West 22nd Wednesday, but the parish administrator, Father Sandor Siklodi, and the members of the Hungarian ...
Cleveland: St. Emeric closing controversial to the very end WKYC-TV - Jun 28, 2010 CLEVELAND -- New controversy erupts over the closing of Saint Emeric Church just two days before its doors close for good. Now Bishop Richard Lennon has ...
St. Emeric closing Mass canceled by Cleveland Catholic Diocese Plain Dealer (blog) - Jun 28, 2010 View full size Gus Chan, The Plain DealerMihaly Vamos, holds the cross as he waits to lead the procession during the final Hungarian mass at St. Emeric ...
Closing of St. Emeric marks end of Cleveland Catholic Diocese downsizing Plain Dealer (blog) - Michael O'Malley - Jun 27, 2010 Gus Chan, The Plain DealerA list of hymns for the last Hungarian Mass at St. Emeric Church can be seen at the entrance Sunday. The final Mass will be said ...