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Our cluster's official documents

9/8/2009 - Secondary appeal delay
7/7/2009 - Primary appeal rejection
7/6/2009 - Primary appeal follow-up letter
7/2/2009 - Primary appeal addendum
6/11/2009 - Cornerstone newsletter
6/3/2009 - Cornerstone newsletter
5/27/2009 - Bishop Lennon's letter to Fr. Hagedorn, announcing his decision on the merged parish's worship site
May 2009 - Parish consolidation manual
3/12/2009 - Bishop Lennon's letter to Fr. Hagedorn, announcing his decision on our cluster's reconfiguration
Fall 2008 - Our cluster's Proposal, as submitted to the Diocese
Fall 2007 - Our cluster's parishes' detailed self-evaluations, as submitted to the Diocese
5/28/2007 - Bishop Lennon's letter to Fr. Hagedorn, announcing the final clusters, and their goals for sustainability
9/24/2006 - bulletin excerpt: Our proposed cluster
5/14/2006 - bulletin excerpt: What Stage II is all about

Cluster web sites

Our cluster: Northwest Cluster 1, including newsletters & other documents, and scans of official documents
Cleveland/Lakewood Cluster: St. Clement, Sts. Cyril & Methodius, St. Hedwig, St. James, St. Luke, St. Rose of Lima

Related articles in secular media

9/24/2009 WEWS TV-5: 'Endangered Catholics' Want Vatican To Oversee Bishop
9/24/2009 Plain Dealer: Group that opposes closings seeks oversight of bishop
9/23/2009 WKYC TV-3: Cleveland: 3 parishes continue fight after receiving letter from Vatican
8/14/2009 Sun News: Endangered Catholics will gather Sunday to pray for churches
7/20/2009 Plain Dealer: Letter to the Editor: Bishop Richard Lennon should be reassigned for his callous approach to church closings
7/16/2009 West Side Sun: St. Patrick West Park parishioners to take case to Vatican
7/15/2009 Plain Dealer: Letter to the Editor: Bishop Richard Lennon is apathetic to demise of inner-city Catholic churches
6/17/2009 Sun News: People pitching pennies, more into effort to save St. Patrick
6/17/2009 Sun News: St. Patrick West Park Upcoming Fundraisers
6/17/2009 Plain Dealer: Catholic parishioners protest church closings outside Cleveland bishop's office
6/11/2009 WKYC TV-3: St. Patrick's parish protests with prayer and candle light
6/8/2009 Plain Dealer Letters: St. Patrick Catholic Church parishioners want to continue their mission
6/5/2009 Plain Dealer: St. Patrick parishioners outraged by order to close
5/31/2009 WEWS TV-5: Parishioners At 2 Saved Churches [St. Colman & St. Mary] Celebrate
5/30/2009 WEWS TV-5: Dozens Rally After Learning [St. Patrick's] Church Will Close
5/29/2009 Plain Dealer: St. Patrick Catholic Church closing shocks congregants; Ascension is site of 3 merged parishes
5/28/2009(?) WEWS TV-5: Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon News Conference [explaining economic reasons for restructuring]
5/5/2009 WKYC TV-3: Spared churches [St. Colman & St. Ignatius of Antioch] promise to meet Bishop's goals
5/2/2009 WKYC TV-3: Bishop reverses another church closing: St. Ignatius stays open
4/27/2009 WKYC TV-3: Church [St. Casimir] closing to displace 92-year-old pastor
4/24/2009 WKYC TV-3: St. Peter's church appeal denied by bishop
4/21/2009 WKYC TV-3: Cleveland: Catholic churches anxiously await appeal decision
4/6/2009 WKYC TV-3: Parishes ask Vatican for mediation over closings
3/27/2009 West Side Sun News: Drive on to save St. Ignatius of Antioch
3/27/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese parishes slated for closing plan to appeal
3/22/2009 Plain Dealer: Bishop Lennon's decisions on Cleveland Catholic church closings leave parishes wondering: Why us?
3/21/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic churches plan to appeal bishop's order to close
3/19/2009 West Side Sun: West Side Cleveland churchgoers react to bishop's merger order
3/19/2009 Bedford Sun News: Parishioners lament diocese decision
3/17/2009 Norwalk Reflector: Sweeping changes to affect Catholic churches
3/16/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese church closings, mergers, including a high-resolution map (6 MB)
3/16/2009 WKYC TV-3: Bishop Lennon: 'We have to face reality'
3/16/2009 WKYC TV-3: Cleveland Diocese not alone in closing churches
3/16/2009 WKYC TV-3: Catholic school leaders meet with Bishop after church closings
3/15/2009 Ohio.com: Bishop explains closings
3/15/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland parishes may close but Catholic church will be resurrected within all of us: Regina Brett
3/15/2009 Plain Dealer: leveland Catholic Diocese reveals full list of parishes that will close or merge
3/15/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese announces church closures
3/15/2009 WKYC TV-3: Diocese of Cleveland: Parishioners learning fate of churches
3/15/2009 WKYC TV-3: (scroll down on this page:) Map of Catholic parishes to close, merge or remain open
3/14/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese announces church closures
3/14/2009 Plain Dealer: Bishop Richard Lennon informs parishes of plans for collaboration, consolidation
3/14/2009 Akron Beacon Journal: Catholic diocese to close six churches in Summit County
3/9/2009 Plain Dealer: Members of old, ethnic parishes in Cleveland Catholic Diocese fear the worst
3/2/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland council members prepare to fight over Catholic Diocese's plans to demolish some churches
2/23/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese is preparing a manual on how to close a church
2/23/2009 Plain Dealer: Diocese plans for church closings opens up emotions among Catholics
2/23/2009 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese's church closing process near completion
12/19/2008 Medina Gazette: Local parishes await diocese’s decisions
10/14/2008 Plain Dealer: Cleveland Catholic Diocese: Church consolidation (Cleveland-Lakewood cluster)
8/19/2008 Plain Dealer: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland parishes, including an interactive map of all the diocesan parishes
7/13/2008 Plain Dealer: Diocese reorganization hits ethnic, minority parishes, and Diocesan letter of retort to the Plain Dealer editor
Fall 2007 Cleveland City Council Ward 20 news (page 2): Parish Clusters
2/19/2007 WCPN 91.3-fm: A Call for Religious Regionalism
WKYC TV-3 section on the Diocesan initiative

Some relevant scriptural passages

1 Corinthians 1:10-13
Philippians 3:7-10
2 Timothy 3:1-9
Hebrews 13:17
Proverbs 29:8, 22