St. Marys Name Restored

By Ron Vidika
Morning Journal
March 16, 2012

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The Vatican has overruled Cleveland Catholic Diocese Bishop Richard Lennon’s 2009 edict that ordered Lorain churches, the former Holy Trinity Church and the former St. Mary Church, to merge into a new parish, Mary, Mother of God. The ruling means the parish will again be called St. Mary, but it doesn’t mean Holy Trinity will reopen.

The Vatican ruling came in the form of a letter Wednesday to Lennon, communications director for the diocese Robert Tayek said, .

The result of Lennon’s March 2009 edict was the closing of Holy Trinity, 2428 Elyria Ave., whose buildings are now up for sale.

The merged parish, Mary, Mother of God, meets in the former St. Mary Church, 309 Seventh St.

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