Decrees

Particular Law for the Diocese of Cleveland

Mass offerings ('stipends') (June 1, 2001)

The Sacrament of Confirmation (Aug. 3, 2021)

Decrees pertaining to Mass attendance for COVID-19

Rescinding the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass (May 18, 2021)

The extension of the obligation to attend Mass up to and including May 31, 2020 (Pentecost) - April 28, 2020

Decrees regarding the extension of the suspension of Mass and the obligation to attend Mass - April 3, 2020  Suspension of Mass | Dispensation from Sunday Obligation

Suspending Public Worship issued on March 17, 2020

Dispense from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass on March 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 2020

Decree – Holy Love Ministries / Decreto – Ministerios del Santo Amor / 법령 – 거룩한 사랑의 선교회

On July 9, 2019, Bishop Perez affirmed the the provisions of the decree issued by Bishop Lennon on November 11, 2009. The so-called 'Confraternity of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary' is not an approved association of the Catholic faithful, the alleged apparitions and locutions are not of a supernatural nature, the sacraments are not to be celebrated at the site of Holy Love Ministries, and the Catholic faithful are admonished to cease gathering for spiritual, liturgical, religious, or devotional purposes at the site of Holy Love Ministries.

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