Welcome to the Lake/Geauga District!

With a rich history of collaboration and fellowship, the 20 parishes in Lake and Geauga counties along with Diocesan and Educational Administration, strive to create enthusiasm, joyfulness and enrichment for the Catholic faith and those that preach, teach, and support this.

2022/2023 Chairperson is Gina Rensi, Director of Religious Education, Divine Word Parish

2022/2023 Convenor, Father Dave Woost, Pastor, Divine Word Parish

2024 Lake/Geauga District Summer Formation Series

Open to all Parishioners in Lake and Geauga Counties (All guests are welcome!)
Catholic Spirituality – Evenings include Dinner and Presentation

To view the schedule and register, click here for the pdf.

Upcoming Events/Latest News

Saint John Vianney ministry seeks to spiritually adopt Religious Sisters

The Fraternity of Spiritual Fathers seeks to promote, protect, and pray for religious women by ensuring a Holy Hour is prayed each day for a Religious Sister. More information and registration are available at SJVMentor.org/FSF.

Here is a link to the flyer shown on the left: FSF Full Page Flyer (11-3-23)

ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASSES: If you have been baptized Roman Catholic and celebrated First Holy Communion but did not receive the Sacrament of Confirmation as a teenager, and would now like to do so, please call Saint John Vianney Parish at 440-255-0600 to request a registration form for the Adult Confirmation Classes. Classes will take place on five consecutive Sunday afternoons from 1:30-2:30, beginning on October 22, in the Large Conference Room of the Parish Office Center. Parishioners from other parishes in the Lake-Geauga District are welcome to participate in the sessions. The Confirmation ceremony would be celebrated in your home parish as a general rule. Saint John Vianney Parish is located at 7575 Bellflower Road, Mentor, Ohio.

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The Catholic Cemeteries Association continues with our monthly Sunday Grief Support meetings on September 19^th in two formats: In-person at six of our cemetery offices and virtually via Zoom. An RSVP is appreciated but not required for the in-office meetings. Safe meeting guidelines are followed as advised by the Diocese and local health authorities. We continue our special appeal to east side and Avon area parishes to let your grieving families know about our free and safe in-office monthly grief support meetings. Please advise leaders in your parish who are in contact with the bereaved, to reach out and suggest one of our grief support groups. Even if you have grief support at your parish, this is a free source of additional support for them. With the challenges and stresses in our current pandemic environment, many people are in need of one or more support systems. They will be blessed by taking advantage of all the support resources available to them. To request a supply of our Grief Support flyers for the grieving in your parish or for more information, please contact me at rabrams@clecem.org or 216-930-4866. Our 2021 Grief Support Group info as well as our Walk to Remember info (registration started August 1^st) is included below for posting on bulletin boards, inserting in your bulletins, or posting on your parish website.

Lake/Geauga 2023/2024 District Meetings

All meetings scheduled from 11:45 am to 2 pm

Date	Location
May meeting CANCELLED	St. John Vianney

District News

Special Needs PSR

St Gabriel Youth Formation, Friends of Jesus program is for any students who would benefit from an Adaptive Curriculum, using small group interaction, hands on activities and individual instruction, please contact Rachel Troha in the Religious Education Office at rtroha@st-gabriel.org or 440-354-7551. These Special Needs PSR classes take place on Saturday mornings from 10-11am for students in Grades 1 – 12.

Alpha program is available now at St. Gabriel Church

Alpha program info

Immigration Crisis

St. Mary in Painesville has been in the news with deportations and advocacy for their parishioners.
We can all help by getting the word out to our parishioners to:

Learn more about the USCCB’s position on Justice for Immigrants
Learn more about the Dream Act and DACA from the American Immigration Council
Phone your legislators at 202-224-3121 (updated number from the 9/11/17 District Meeting)
Leave a message saying that you support the Dream Act