Deaneries and parishes of the Midwest Diocese are always invited to send news of their ministries, activities, photos and events for posting on our diocesan web site.  Please send all resources directly to tocmed@hotmail.com for posting.

CANTON, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Training for a Montessori-based Sunday school program for children ages three through six will be offered at Holy Assumption Church, Canton, OH June 11-16, 2018.  Teachers will be prepared for the "Catechesis of the Good Shepherd" Program, which the parish plans to implement as its religious education for its children.

Love one another as I have loved you.  Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:12-13).  In Christ, God's love for us is no longer an abstraction, but a living saving reality.  That is why we call Pascha the Feasts of feasts.  It is so because our Lord’s voluntary, self emptying, and life-creating death on the Cross is the pathway to follow that leads us from death to life, and to gain back what we once lost.

CANTON, OH [STOTS Communications] — The Mission Choir of Saint Tikhon's Seminary, South Canaan, PA visited three Ohio parishes over the weekend of March 24-25, 2018.

ROSSFORD, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — The Fifth Annual Small Parish Forum sponsored this year by the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the Midwest, the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania, and the Bulgarian Diocese will be held at Saint George Cathedral in the Toledo, OH suburb of Rossford July 12-14 2018.

PARMA, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Miss Margaret Hopkosky, 95, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, March 24, 2018.  The Funeral Service will be celebrated at Archangel Michael Church, 5025 East Mill Road, Broadview Heights, OH at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28.

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In 2017, His Grace, Bishop Paul issued an Encyclical on Family Life in which he shared his vision of and commitment to the family as an icon of the Church. In his encyclical, he spoke of the need for a website to address this theme.

DES PLAINS, IL [IOCC/MW Diocese Communications] — International Orthodox Christian Charities will hold its annual Grand Banquet and Silent Auction at Cafe la Cave, 2777 South Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, IL on Thursday, April 25, 2018.  Cocktails will be served at 6:00 p.m. with dinner to follow at 7:00 p.m.

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Diocese of the Midwest is pleased to announce that, in response to an appeal by His Grace, Bishop Paul for donations to help defray expenses for delegates from the Dioceses of Alaska and Mexico to the 19th All-American Council [AAC], the sum of $14,407.04 has been raised.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — For the second time, the International Society for Orthodox Church Music [ISOCM] will host its pan-Orthodox music symposium at Saint Mary Cathedral here from Wednesday, June 20 through Sunday, June 24, 2018.  Online registration for the event is now open.