The unveiling and dedication of the street will occur after an 11:30 a.m. mass and a brief procession Sunday.
“St. Casimir is a destination parish, and now it will be marked and mapped,” stated a church press release.
Indeed, the community of St. Casimir was vocal in its opposition of Bishop Lennon’s aggressive shuttering strategy in 2009. Parishioners there spearheaded the activism of many of the city’s ethnic, inner-city churchgoers who felt cast aside by Cleveland’s Catholic leadership.
Volunteers like Joe Feckanin are elated. Feckanin suggested that June 14, dedication day, should be celebrated by “all those who stood up and defended the faith.”
“The renaming of Saint Casimir Way is a real testimony to the importance of our parish to this community – not just its past, but its present and future,” said Fr. Father Eric Orzech, Pastor at St. Casimir.
After the dedication, everyone is invited back to the church for a hearty Polish dinner for $10 a pop.
This article appears in Jun 10-16, 2015.
Maybe the new media director for the DIocese can attend and run social media on this event for penance or as a mea culpa since he has reemerged and was a point person for the reconfiguration.
You have pictured the wrong church. This is Our Lady of Perpetual Help church on Neff Road, which parish’s name was changed by Richard Lennon.. Saint Casimir is a dark red brick building of two towers at 8223 Sowinski by Rockefeller Park.
See the note above: this is one of the reasons the sign is needed. One can not trust internet search, and GPS when there are two locations with similar of identical names. Also emergency services could not locate the unnamed roadway.