Catholicism and Catholic Church information in Akron, Ohio
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Mass
Blessed Virgin Mary
- The Holy Rosary
- The Litany of the Blessed Virgin
- The Memorare: Prayer of St. Bernard to Our Blessed Lady
- Daily Offering to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Religious notes
Archives from: 2025- 8 March 2026 (Israel/Iran conflicts may spread)
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Pope Leo XIV: "In addition to the episodes of violence and devastation as well as the widespread climate of hatred and fear, there is also the concern that the conflict will spread and that other countries in the region, including beloved Lebanon, may again sink back into instability."
- 27 January 2026 (Paul Mann)
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In 2001, Paul Mann started the web site DRBO.ORG (Douay-Rheims Bible Online) to preserve that translation of the Bible after noticing that they were becoming hard to get. Unfortunately, he has gone blind in his right eye in 1992, and he more recently went approximately 80% blind in his left eye due to glaucoma. Given this, along with other health conditions, he was settled into a nursing home, but at a significant cost. If you would like to help him out with costs, a fundraiser was set up to cover medical costs. Prayers, and if possible, financial support, will be greatly appreciated by Mann, as well as many of us who benefit from the work he's done.
- 16 January 2026 (Immaculate Conception, Kenmore: mass schedule suspended)
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The Immaculate Conception Parish in Kenmore has announced that its mass schedule has been suspended with the parish celebrating its last mass on January 11th (one day earlier).
The reasons for this suspension was cited in an article published by St. Francis de Sales Parish's pastor, Fr. Jeremy Merzweiler, that Immaculate Conception "has become overwhelmed by maintenance costs, declining offertory, insufficient savings, and a decreasing parish family. For over a century, the parish has been a vital presence in the Kenmore neighborhood, and in recent years, its former school and convent have hosted several necessary services to those mist in need in the community. Fortunately, those services will be able to continue as Catholic Charities will now be assuming control of those buildings while making plans to expand its services."
Churches in Akron, Ohio, USA
Below are churches doing both the Tridentine Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass) and the Mass of Paul VI (the New Order of the Mass a.k.a. the Novus ordo).Please be advised: searching for churches in the Akron area that do the Traditional Latin Mass will return outdated results and irrelevant results. St. Paul and St. Sebastian's, which search results (and especially inaccurate so-called LLM systems) consistently list as still doing the TLM. Both churches were unable to do so as of November in 2023. Other churches it suggested were parts of sedevacantist groups -- people who believe that the Chair of St. Peter has been vacant ever since a year that not everyone can agree on for some reason -- which I do not plan on linking to from here, as I do not support sedevacantism.
Religious society chapels/churches in Akron/Cleveland (Ohio, USA
- St. Peregrine, FSSPX:
- 3086 West Streetsboro Road, Richfield, OH 44286
- Mass times (Tridentine Mass):
- Sunday: 9:30AM (Sung)
- Monday & Saturday: 11:00AM (Low)
- First Friday of month: 6:00PM (Low)
- Mass times (Tridentine Mass):
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary, ICRSS:
- 9016 Buckeye Rd, Cleveland, OH 44104
- Mass times (Tridentine Mass):
- Sunday: 8:00AM & 10:00AM
- Monday-Thursday: 7:00AM
- Friday: 6:30PM
- Saturday: 9:00AM
- Mass times (Tridentine Mass):
In the Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
- St. Mary Parish:
- 750 S Main St, Akron, OH 44311
- Mass times (both Mass of Paul VI and Tridentine Mass):
- Sunday: 9:00AM (Paul VI) & 1:00PM (Tridentine)
- Weekdays (school mass): 8:45AM
- Mass times (both Mass of Paul VI and Tridentine Mass):
- St. Paul Parish:
- 1580 Brown St, Akron, OH 44301
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):
- Saturday: 4:30PM
- Sunday 8:00AM (English) & 10:30AM (Latin Novus Ordo)
- Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8:30AM (with Rosary before Mass)
- Tuesday/Thursday: 7:00AM
- Friday: 5:30PM
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):
- St. Bernard Parish:
- 44 University Ave, Akron, OH 44308
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):
- Saturday: 4:30PM
- Sunday: 10:00AM, 12:00PM (Spanish), 8:00PM (RooCatholic / Student "contemporary" -- so: guitars, drums, Hillsong "worship" songs, and the like.)
- Weekdays: 12:10PM
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):
- St. John the Baptist Parish:
- 1044 Brown St, Akron, OH 44301
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):
- Sunday: 10:00AM
- Thursday: 5:30PM
- Mass times (all Mass of Paul VI):