Easter Message from Father KraynakChrist is risen!
We are forgiven!
Christ is risen!

We are a people of Hope. Christ was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justifications.... [Continue]

EASTER Schedule

• Holy Saturday, April 20: 12:00noon - Blessing of Food.
  8:00pm - Easter Vigil Mass.
• Easter Sunday, April 21: Easter Mass - 8:00am & 10:30am.

PSR Happy Easter! Children, parents, and staff of the PSR program will gather for the last catechetical session of the year next Sunday, April 28, at 9:15am in the Social Hall. We hope all of our families will plan to attend as we celebrate this beautiful season of the church year!

FIRST EUCHARIST RETREAT Our second graders who have been preparing for the celebration of their First Eucharist will meet with Mrs. Eileen Edwards and Mrs. Vanda Victoria for a retreat and rehearsal of Saturday morning, April 27. Parents and children are asked to met in the church at 9:30am. The retreat will conclude at 12:00 noon.

TRAVELING VOCATIONS CHALICE PROGRAM The Traveling Chalice Program encourages prayers for vocations. This is a wonderful opportunity for all parishioners! Individuals or families can sign up to take home a special chalice blessed by Father Kraynak, and every day for one week take a few minutes to pray for vocations using special vocation prayer cards. The chalice is to be returned prior to the next weekend's Mass. It will be displayed in the church and then presented at the end of Mass to the individual or family who is taking it home that week. We invite you to prayerfully consider participating in the program. The program kicks off on Palm Sunday. Sign up in the sacristy for your week with the traveling chalice!

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SUPER CASH BONANZA TICKETS are on sale. The tickets are $5.00 each and support the Ohio State Charity Foundation of the Knights of Columbus. At least half of the ticket price comes back to our Council for local charity donations. To purchase a ticket see a Brother Knight at any of the Masses.

BLOOD DRIVE I.C. Hall, 251 West Spruce Avenue Ravenna, Ohio, Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 8:30am to 2:30pm.. To schedule your lifesaving donation, please go to RedCrossBlood.org or use the Red Cross Blood Donor App and enter Sponsor Code: Ravenna. Scheduling in advance is highly encouraged. Open to the public and walk-in's are welcome as the schedule allows.

STUDENTS ATTENDING CATHOLIC SCHOOL All parents of students from our parish planning on attending a Catholic Elementary School must contact our parish office at 330-296-6434 to receive parishioner status, as well as a listing of requirements for keeping that status. As an active parishioner, you must be a registered, active member of the parish for your child to be sponsored for enrollment in an area Catholic Elementary School. The most important criterion is that your family celebrates Mass faithfully on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation.

VOCATIONS "The Lord is truly risen!" Are you being called to proclaim the Risen Christ as a priest, deacon, or religious sister or brother? If God is stirring your heart to follow him contact Father Christopher Luoni at (330) 744-8451 or by email: cluoni@youngstowndiocese.org.

TRANSITIONAL DEACON ORDINATION On Saturday, June 1 at 10:30am, Bishop Murry will ordain Ryan Furlong, Matthew Humerickhouse and Matthew Zwilling of Immaculate Conception Parish, Ravenna to the Transitional Diaconate at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown. These men are preparing for ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Youngstown in the following year. Please keep these men in your prayers s they answer the call of God and give their lives in service to the diocese. All are invited to attend the ordination especially those who belong to Immaculate Conception.

NIGHT TO HONOR MARY A Night to Honor Mary will be held Friday, May 3, 2019 at 7:00pm at Saint Michael the Archangel Parish, Canton, and on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:00pm at Saint Columba Cathedral, Youngstown. The Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J., Bishop of Youngstown, will preside at both of these devotional services to honor Our Blessed Mother. All are invited to attend the service that will include scripture readings, a homily, hymns and recitation of the rosary.

25-40-50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration The Diocese of Youngtown will sponsor a Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, June 2, 2:00pm at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, honoring couples observing their 25th, 40th, 50th and over wedding anniversaries in 2019. The Wedding Anniversary Celebration will include Mass with Bishop Murry, renewal of marriage vows and personalized certificate for each couple. (Following Mass there will be a reception for the couples and their families in the Cathedral Hall.) You must make reservations in advance for this event by contacting the parish office by April 29th.